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

2. Whom did the Jacquerie kill?
(a) Knights and nobles.
(b) Clergy.
(c) The pope.
(d) Peasants.

3. Where was Jean kept during his captivity by the English?
(a) In a dungeon.
(b) In an elaborate household.
(c) In a monastery.
(d) In Corsica.

4. How are the wealthy different from the poor in size of their families?
(a) They typically send extra children away.
(b) They typically take in foster children.
(c) They typically have larger families.
(d) They typically have smaller families.

5. How did the 14th century begin?
(a) With a plague.
(b) With large-scale wars.
(c) With a population increase.
(d) With increases in agricultural production.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was appointed Captain-General of the pope's forces in 1371?

2. Where did Pope Urban govern Italy from?

3. How did the black plague affect the animals of Europe?

4. How many people died of the black plague?

5. Where are the sons of the poor sent when they reach an age to learn a trade?

(see the answer key)

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