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

2. What was the dominant belief about the shape of the earth?
(a) People believed it a flat circle.
(b) People believed it was hollow.
(c) People believed it was flat square.
(d) People believed it was a sphere.

3. What was the most applied science in the 14th century?
(a) Astrology.
(b) Alchemy.
(c) Bridge-building.
(d) Prophecy.

4. What was increasing as the fourteenth century progressed?
(a) Warfare.
(b) Infant mortality.
(c) Agricultural production.
(d) Literacy.

5. What had King Charles promised on his deathbed?
(a) That taxes would not be collected.
(b) That the people would get to vote.
(c) That armies would be disbanded.
(d) That the monarchy would be dissolved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Anjou ask for before his death?

2. Who was the first child of Kind Edward and Queen Philippa?

3. When did Enguerrand marry Isabelle?

4. Whom did Enguerrand marry in 1365?

5. What technology was revolutionizing warfare in the 14th century?

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