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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alexius capture at the start of Book VIII?
(a) 500 horses.
(b) All of the Dalmatian catapults.
(c) A Byzantine city.
(d) An entire legion of Turks.

2. What city does Bohemund capture?
(a) Rome.
(b) Illyria.
(c) Antioch.
(d) Massalia.

3. How were the Christians of Ephesus treated according to Anna?
(a) Like everyone else.
(b) With fear.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Citizens.

4. What treaty is signed in September of 1109 according to Anna?
(a) Varene.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Devol.

5. Who does Alexius make Duke of the fleet?
(a) Bohemund.
(b) Michael Ducas.
(c) Isaac Contostephanus.
(d) Dyrrachius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alexius learn about after the event of Levunium?

2. Who joins forces with Alexius according to Anna?

3. Who dies at the start of Book XIV?

4. Who engages Tzachas in battle according to Anna?

5. Who attacks Bithynia according to Anna?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Alexius want the crusaders to do at the end of Book X?

2. What happens between Bohemund and Alexius at the end of Book XI?

3. What happened between Tzachas and the Sultan in Book IX?

4. At the end of Book XII, who does Bohemund meet with and what does he hope to incite?

5. What happens between Ducas and Tzachas at the beginning of Book IX?

6. In Book XI, what are the Frankish troops doing?

7. What does Alexius hope to do Bohemund's allies, friends, and servants?

8. Why did Alexius' advisers try to dissuade him?

9. What was not safe, according to Book VIII?

10. What do the negotiations discussed at the end of Book XIII result in?

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