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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the church make money in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Selling offices and imposing fines.
(b) Conquering foreign lands.
(c) Selling slaves and imports.
(d) Taxing mercantile cities.

2. How did people transport things in the 14th century?
(a) Railroad.
(b) Canals.
(c) Caravans.
(d) Mule trains.

3. When was the castle of Coucy built?
(a) 1332.
(b) 1223.
(c) 1323.
(d) 1232.

4. How many people died of the black plague?
(a) Hundreds of millions.
(b) There is no way to know.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) Tens of millions.

5. What belief among the people allowed the church to maintain its position and make money?
(a) The idea that giving to the church would save you from troubles in this life.
(b) The idea that opposing the church would automatically send you to hell.
(c) The idea that serving the church in the military would give you the chance to earn grace.
(d) The idea that paying alms earns you a place in Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Philip the Fair prove his claims of heresy against the Templars?

2. Where are young women taught?

3. How many people can the castle of Coucy house?

4. What did people believe about the plague?

5. What became of Enguerrand's son, Thomas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the reputation of the estate at Coucy.

2. What technology affects the living arrangements in the 14th century?

3. What is the state of trade in 14th-century France?

4. Describe Chaucer's visit to France.

5. How do people try to protect themselves from the plague?

6. How are the Jews treated in 14th-century France?

7. List the first Lords of Coucy.

8. How are taxes collected in Coucy?

9. What is the status of knights, and what is the state of military combat in 14th-century France?

10. Describe Jean II's captivity in England.

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