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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people lived in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 750,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 1,000,000.

2. What did the church teach about life on earth?
(a) It was necessarily painful.
(b) It was man's only chance at meaning.
(c) It was just a passage.
(d) It fulfilled a divine plan.

3. Which parties were in political conflict in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Aristocrats and rulers.
(b) The clergy and rulers.
(c) Rulers and the freemen.
(d) Rulers and merchants.

4. How many people were considered nobles in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 4,000.

5. What was a typical penance imposed in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Flogging.
(b) A pilgrimage to Rome.
(c) Devoting one's children to the church.
(d) Exile to Britain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the 14th century begin?

2. How did wealthy men create a base of commerce at Coucy?

3. What roles did the Church play in Coucy society?

4. How long did it take to build the castle of Coucy?

5. Which figures in the church offered believers solace?

(see the answer key)

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