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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Sir John Hawkwood?
(a) An English lawyer.
(b) A famous pirate.
(c) A French landowner.
(d) A brigand commander.

2. Who was King Edward's daughter promised to when she was nineteen?
(a) A propertied landowner's son.
(b) A nobleman's youngest son.
(c) A wealthy merchant's son.
(d) A propertied landowner.

3. Whom did Enguerrand marry in 1365?
(a) Philippa.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Joanna.

4. Under what condition was sex permitted in the mid-fourteenth century?
(a) Procreation.
(b) Self-discovery.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Pornography.

5. How were the English forces paid during their campaign in France?
(a) In women and slaves.
(b) In Spanish gold.
(c) In land on returning home.
(d) In pillage.

6. How did Enguerrand punish looters?
(a) Fines.
(b) Hard labor.
(c) Hanging.
(d) He did not punish them.

7. What territories did Enguerrand want to acquire?
(a) Aquitaine.
(b) Wales.
(c) Hapsburg.
(d) Lorraine.

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

9. What reason did Enguerrand give for wanting to stop fighting?
(a) He wanted to be made Pope.
(b) He wanted to return to his family.
(c) He wanted to see to his estate and his business.
(d) He wanted to travel.

10. Why is Enguerrand torn when King Charles declares war in 1369?
(a) He had sworn allegiance to both nations.
(b) He is married into French nobility, but his wealth is in English companies.
(c) He is related to the English, but he is French.
(d) He will lose money no matter who wins the war.

11. How many guests turned out to welcome Roman Emperor Charles IV?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 100.
(d) 800.

12. Enguerrand was named as a second in a force that joined Genoa against what country?
(a) Barbary.
(b) Turkey.
(c) England.
(d) Algiers.

13. Where did Pope Urban govern Italy from?
(a) London.
(b) Prussia.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Avignon.

14. What book did people typically carry in the courts?
(a) Ovid's Metamorphoses.
(b) Caesar's Gallic Wars.
(c) The Book of Hours.
(d) The Old Testament.

15. How does Catherine of Siena serve Christ?
(a) By giving away all her possessions to the poor.
(b) By keeping herself in a constant state of discomfort.
(c) By copying the bible into foreign languages.
(d) By praying incessantly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Genoese present their request for French military assistance?

2. The papacy after Gregory was disputed between whom?

3. What does Leopold suggest that people do, in towns threatened by Enguerrand?

4. To whom did Philip de Artevelde offer allegiance after he assumed the Regent?

5. Why were Enguerrand's men ultimately discouraged?

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