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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 through 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Enguerrand receive in return for ensuring that his men will not pillage?
(a) Payments from the French.
(b) Promises of land.
(c) Payments from the Italians.
(d) Land to distribute to his officers.

3. What opportunity made warfare attractive to peasants?
(a) Seeing foreign places.
(b) Owning conquered land.
(c) Serving God.
(d) Pillaging.

4. What new technology became a metaphor for an organized universe?
(a) The railroad.
(b) The mechanical clock.
(c) The vaccine.
(d) The steam engine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did people transport things in the 14th century?

2. How common was it for women to earn wages?

3. How are the wealthy different from the poor in size of their families?

4. How long does a serf have to work on his master's land to be freed?

5. What was a woman's recourse against a dominant husband?

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