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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ruled Italy after the fall of the Roman Empire?
(a) Coucy.
(b) Brigands.
(c) The French.
(d) King Charles.

2. The papacy after Gregory was disputed between whom?
(a) Clement and Charles.
(b) Gregory and Urban.
(c) Urban and Clement.
(d) Visconti.

3. When did Enguerrand marry Isabelle?
(a) 1365.
(b) 1347.
(c) 1383.
(d) 1386.

4. What was a woman's recourse against a dominant husband?
(a) Court.
(b) Affairs.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Scolding.

5. Charles of Navarre is arrested under suspicion of what?
(a) Plotting to overthrow the king.
(b) Plotting to murder his wife's father.
(c) Murdering his brother-in-law.
(d) Plotting to poison the king.

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

7. What did the commoners do when King Charles died?
(a) Protested.
(b) Revolted.
(c) Mourned.
(d) Celebrated.

8. How long after his visit to France did Charles IV die?
(a) Two months.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Ten months.

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

10. To whom did Philip de Artevelde offer allegiance after he assumed the Regent?
(a) Prussia.
(b) The Pope.
(c) France.
(d) England.

11. How were women portrayed in 14th century literature?
(a) As virtuous and spiritual.
(b) As whores or angels.
(c) As unfit and deceptive.
(d) As saints.

12. What was Enguerrand's relation to the English King?
(a) Son in law.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Brother.
(d) Son.

13. What did Gerard Groote found?
(a) The Saracens.
(b) The Brethren of the Common.
(c) The Knights Templar.
(d) The Freemasons.

14. What happened to Urban VI after he assumed the Papacy?
(a) He initiated an age of peace and exploration.
(b) His power went to his head.
(c) He sought to unify the cardinals and archbishops.
(d) He brokered peace between England and France.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the bourgeoisie to come to a peaceful settlement in regard to the King's tax policy?

2. When does Gregory return to Rome?

3. Who was appointed Captain-General of the pope's forces in 1371?

4. Why were Enguerrand's men ultimately discouraged?

5. What does Enguerrand receive in return for ensuring that his men will not pillage?

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