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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What roles did the Church play in Coucy society?
(a) Protector and police.
(b) Comforter and teacher.
(c) Governor and jailer.
(d) Prophet and mystic.

3. What is the difference between the two types of plague?
(a) One would leave a person pockmarked.
(b) One would affect the eyes.
(c) The length of time before death.
(d) One could be survived.

4. How did people explain the advent of the plague?
(a) Corruption in the church.
(b) Unpaid debts.
(c) Centralization of power in governments.
(d) Planetary alignments.

5. What became of Enguerrand's son, Thomas?
(a) He became a good leader.
(b) He was excommunicated.
(c) He was executed.
(d) He was murdered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the castle of Coucy primarily built for?

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

3. Why did nobles neglect to condemn the luxuries of the clergy?

4. When did Philip the Fair accuse the Templars of heresy?

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

(see the answer key)

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