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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22 through 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the dead buried who died of the plague?
(a) In shallow graves.
(b) In centralized cemetaries.
(c) In individual graves.
(d) In expensive mausoleums.

2. When did Jean II take the throne of France?
(a) 1350.
(b) 1344.
(c) 1348.
(d) 1342.

3. What responsibility did Coucy assume when King Charles died?
(a) He commanded the forces at Picardy.
(b) He became England's embassador to France.
(c) He assumed responsibility for Coucy.
(d) He was charged with capturing Hawkwood.

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

5. What was increasing as the fourteenth century progressed?
(a) Warfare.
(b) Literacy.
(c) Agricultural production.
(d) Infant mortality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the bourgeoisie to come to a peaceful settlement in regard to the King's tax policy?

2. What did King Charles focus on as his health began to decline?

3. Where is the castle of Coucy located?

4. Why were Enguerrand's men ultimately discouraged?

5. How common was it for women to earn wages?

(see the answer key)

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