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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 many people can the castle of Coucy house?
(a) A thousand.
(b) Two hundred fifty.
(c) Five thousand.
(d) Five hundred.

2. When did Herve built the first castle in Coucy?
(a) 1223.
(b) 910.
(c) 713.
(d) 841.

3. What could bastard sons buy from the church in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Nobility papers.
(b) Brides.
(c) Military appointments.
(d) Papers of legitimacy.

4. What was the castle of Coucy primarily built for?
(a) A center for art and literature.
(b) A network of marketplaces.
(c) Foreign trade.
(d) Withstanding a siege.

5. What answer is offered for anything that cannot be explained?
(a) Science.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Religion.
(d) Alchemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were music and medicine lumped together in the 14th century?

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

3. What was the dominant belief about the shape of the earth?

4. How many people died of the black plague?

5. Who was exempt from taxation?

(see the answer key)

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