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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 through 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What would a wealthy child learn until the age of seven?
(a) Manners.
(b) Morality.
(c) Trades.
(d) Math.

3. What answer is offered for anything that cannot be explained?
(a) Religion.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Alchemy.
(d) Science.

4. What belief among the people allowed the church to maintain its position and make money?
(a) The idea that opposing the church would automatically send you to hell.
(b) The idea that giving to the church would save you from troubles in this life.
(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.

5. What did the Third Estate accomplish while Jean II was a captive of the English?
(a) They conquered Calais and bordering lands.
(b) They signed the Magna Carta.
(c) They killed Jean II's son.
(d) They gained control over the monarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Pope Urban govern Italy from?

2. How did the church resist dissolution for its excesses?

3. What idea began to catch on as the plague swept Europe?

4. What happened to the church during the plague years in the 14th century?

5. What was the effect of mercenaries on the French countryside?

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