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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. How did the church resist dissolution for its excesses?
(a) Its roots ran deep in Coucy society.
(b) It could buy out any opposition.
(c) It enforced its power with well-armed militias.
(d) It oppressed any dissenters.

2. When was the castle of Coucy built?
(a) 1332.
(b) 1323.
(c) 1232.
(d) 1223.

3. When did Herve built the first castle in Coucy?
(a) 910.
(b) 841.
(c) 1223.
(d) 713.

4. How did wealthy men create a base of commerce at Coucy?
(a) They sold their support to the landowners.
(b) They used the port as a center for foreign trade.
(c) They taxed the people and imported spices from India with the proceeds.
(d) They sent overland cargo transports to Italy and the East.

5. How did wealthy people display their wealth in the 14th century?
(a) By owning slaves.
(b) By displaying tapestries.
(c) By paying taxes.
(d) By traveling abroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the people who built the castle of Coucy allow for the people inside the castle to provide for themselves during a siege?

2. What answer is offered for anything that cannot be explained?

3. How did Philip the Fair prove his claims of heresy against the Templars?

4. What was the political situation like in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?

5. How many people lived in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?

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