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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were music and medicine lumped together in the 14th century?
(a) They both used resonance to heal.
(b) They both relied on mystical intervals of sound and tone.
(c) They both aimed to harmonize the body.
(d) They both drew on the same spirits.

2. What happened to Coucy in 1197?
(a) It was consolidated with neighboring territories.
(b) It was developed into a castle.
(c) It was sold as a commune.
(d) It was attacked and ravaged.

3. What was a typical penance imposed in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) A pilgrimage to Rome.
(b) Exile to Britain.
(c) Devoting one's children to the church.
(d) Flogging.

4. What new technology became a metaphor for an organized universe?
(a) The steam engine.
(b) The mechanical clock.
(c) The vaccine.
(d) The railroad.

5. What was the political situation like in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Prosperous and democratic.
(b) Constantly unstable.
(c) Chaotic but largely plutocratic.
(d) A repressive dictatorship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What belief among the people allowed the church to maintain its position and make money?

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

4. Why did nobles neglect to condemn the luxuries of the clergy?

5. How did the people who built the castle of Coucy allow for the people inside the castle to provide for themselves during a siege?

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