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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. What happened to the church during the plague years in the 14th century?
(a) It became more inclusive in order to maintain congregations.
(b) It gained adherents as people sought explanations.
(c) It gained authority as people died, and the church took their lands.
(d) It lost its authority because it could not stop the plague.

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

3. Who was accused of poisoning wells?
(a) Gypsies.
(b) Protestants.
(c) Jews.
(d) Knights Templar.

4. When would a wealthy child be sent to another castle to serve as a page?
(a) At sixteen.
(b) At seven.
(c) At eleven.
(d) At fourteen.

5. Who was Pope in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) John XXII.
(b) Clement V.
(c) Phillip VI.
(d) Clement III.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did people transport things in the 14th century?

2. What new technology became a metaphor for an organized universe?

3. When did Philip the Fair accuse the Templars of heresy?

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

5. When did Herve built the first castle in Coucy?

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