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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which figures in the church offered believers solace?
(a) The pope.
(b) Patron saints.
(c) The worshippers themselves.
(d) The bishops.

2. Who began to mint his own money upon news that the King of France was heading to Rome to make peace?
(a) Wenceslas IV of Bohemia.
(b) Count Guy de Blois.
(c) Enguerrand.
(d) The Duke of Brittany.

3. How did the church resist dissolution for its excesses?
(a) It enforced its power with well-armed militias.
(b) It could buy out any opposition.
(c) Its roots ran deep in Coucy society.
(d) It oppressed any dissenters.

4. What threat confronted people in the countryside of Europe in the 1360s?
(a) Grain shortages.
(b) Labor riots.
(c) Gangs of brigands.
(d) Warfare.

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. Who built Coucy up in spite of being excommunicated?

2. What did Christine de Pisan write about?

3. How was Hawkwood's loyalty purchased by the Milanese?

4. How many people were considered nobles in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?

5. Why were the French reluctant to commit troops as the Genoese wanted?

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