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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. 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.

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

3. What did King Edward's daughter decide on her way to her wedding?
(a) To become a nun.
(b) To run away.
(c) Not to get married.
(d) To become a poetess.

4. When did England and France have a one-year peace?
(a) 1375.
(b) 1371.
(c) 1381.
(d) 1385.

5. Why is a knight loyal to the queen when the king is absent?
(a) Because the queen is joined with the king in a unified monarchy.
(b) Because the knight vowed to obey the king's people.
(c) Because the queen is of inferior virtue.
(d) Because the king will kill him if he is disobedient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Sir John Hawkwood?

2. The papacy after Gregory was disputed between whom?

3. Whom does Enguerrard recommend when Charles nominates him for Constable?

4. Under what condition was sex permitted in the mid-fourteenth century?

5. How many religious holidays did workers have to observe a year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bad news do the English get during their one-year truce with France?

2. Describe Roman Emperor Charles IV's visit to Paris.

3. Describe the beginnings of the Inquisition.

4. What happened when the Roman Empire fell?

5. What are conditions like in England in 1376?

6. Describe Buckingham's expedition to France shortly before the French king's death.

7. Describe Enguerrand's actions against Charles of Navarre.

8. Describe the Genoese expedition to Tunis.

9. Describe Lionel, Duke of Clarence's wedding to Violante Visconti.

10. What conflicts take place in Italy after Robert's reign?

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