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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are the wealthy different from the poor in the age they marry?

3. Who built Coucy up in spite of being excommunicated?

4. Who was exempt from taxation?

5. How did people try to avert the black plague?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are colleges like in 14th-century France?

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

3. List the first Lords of Coucy.

4. What is the relation of the king to the nobles?

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

6. Describe the role and status of the church in 14th-century France.

7. How do people explain the presence of the Black Plague?

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

9. Describe the castle at Coucy.

10. What is the relationship between the classes like in 14th-century France?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peasant uprisings were a perennial problem in Europe. Why were peasants unhappy, and what did they gain by rioting? Did the peasant rebellions contribute to an improvement of the peasants' situation, or did the nature of feudalism change for other reasons?

Essay Topic 2

What are the methods and strategies used in war in the 14th-century France? Analyze the armed conflicts that are described in "A Distant Mirror" and describe the patterns and themes of armed conflict. Who typically fought? Nations, states, regions, families? How did they fight? What did they fight over?

Essay Topic 3

How were Jews treated in 14th-century France? Analyze the role of the Jews in European culture.

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