A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did people explain the advent of the plague?
(a) Centralization of power in governments.
(b) Unpaid debts.
(c) Planetary alignments.
(d) Corruption in the church.

2. When did Jean II take the throne of France?
(a) 1344.
(b) 1342.
(c) 1350.
(d) 1348.

3. What was the dominant belief about the shape of the earth?
(a) People believed it a flat circle.
(b) People believed it was hollow.
(c) People believed it was a sphere.
(d) People believed it was flat square.

4. What belief among the people allowed the church to maintain its position and make money?
(a) The idea that opposing the church would automatically send you to hell.
(b) The idea that paying alms earns you a place in Heaven.
(c) The idea that serving the church in the military would give you the chance to earn grace.
(d) The idea that giving to the church would save you from troubles in this life.

5. What roles did the Church play in Coucy society?
(a) Comforter and teacher.
(b) Protector and police.
(c) Prophet and mystic.
(d) Governor and jailer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a knight's work in the 14th century?

2. What was the political situation like in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?

3. What was the most applied science in the 14th century?

4. What would a wealthy child learn until the age of seven?

5. What answer is offered for anything that cannot be explained?

(see the answer key)

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