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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 people transport things in the 14th century?
(a) Caravans.
(b) Mule trains.
(c) Railroad.
(d) Canals.

2. How many people died of the black plague?
(a) There is no way to know.
(b) Tens of millions.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) Hundreds of millions.

3. What opportunity made warfare attractive to peasants?
(a) Seeing foreign places.
(b) Pillaging.
(c) Owning conquered land.
(d) Serving God.

4. What was the political situation like in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Prosperous and democratic.
(b) A repressive dictatorship.
(c) Constantly unstable.
(d) Chaotic but largely plutocratic.

5. What was a knight's work in the 14th century?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Nation-building.
(c) Politics.
(d) Policing the cities.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Enguerrange III known for?

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

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