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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the wealthy different from the poor in the age they marry?
(a) They are typically younger.
(b) They are typically older.
(c) They typically marry more than once.
(d) They typically take more than one wife at a time.

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

3. Who arranged for the release of Charles of Navarre?
(a) Jean II.
(b) Enguerrand.
(c) The Dauphin.
(d) Marcel.

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

5. How did the black plague affect the animals of Europe?
(a) They vacated the continent until the plague had passed.
(b) They died from eating diseased bodies.
(c) They entered into people's homes looking for safe food.
(d) Their populations thrived with all the bodies to eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dauphin Charles try to raise money?

2. How did people explain the advent of the plague?

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

4. Where are the sons of the poor sent when they reach an age to learn a trade?

5. Where were Jews burned inside a house in a plague town?

(see the answer key)

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