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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. Why were music and medicine lumped together in the 14th century?
(a) They both aimed to harmonize the body.
(b) They both used resonance to heal.
(c) They both relied on mystical intervals of sound and tone.
(d) They both drew on the same spirits.

2. How was uncultivated land used when there weren't farmers to farm it?
(a) It was logged.
(b) It returned to wilderness.
(c) It was turned into preserves.
(d) It was used for grazing sheep.

3. What could bastard sons buy from the church in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Military appointments.
(b) Nobility papers.
(c) Brides.
(d) Papers of legitimacy.

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

5. Who was the first "lord of Coucy"?
(a) Abbot Guibert.
(b) Archibishop Herve.
(c) Comte d'Eudes.
(d) Aubry de Coucy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was exempt from taxation?

2. When would a wealthy child be sent to another castle to serve as a page?

3. Which parties were in political conflict in the beginning of the 14th century?

4. What was the most applied science in the 14th century?

5. How did the poor organize to oppose the influence of the rich?

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