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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 many people can the castle of Coucy house?
(a) A thousand.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) Two hundred fifty.
(d) Five thousand.

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

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

4. Why did nobles neglect to condemn the luxuries of the clergy?
(a) Because the clergy still lived relatively Spartan existences.
(b) Because the nobility and clergy needed each other.
(c) Because the clergy was more powerful than the nobles.
(d) Because the nobles profited from the clergy's decadence.

5. What new technology became a metaphor for an organized universe?
(a) The vaccine.
(b) The mechanical clock.
(c) The railroad.
(d) The steam engine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Enguerrange III known for?

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

4. When did Jean II face an English invasion?

5. Who founded an Augustinian monastery in Coucy?

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