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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which figures in the church offered believers solace?
(a) Patron saints.
(b) The worshippers themselves.
(c) The bishops.
(d) The pope.

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

5. What was Enguerrange III known for?
(a) His brigandage.
(b) The generosity of his noblemen.
(c) His conquests.
(d) His oppressive taxation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Philip the Fair prove his claims of heresy against the Templars?

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

3. What could bastard sons buy from the church in the beginning of the 14th century?

4. When did Philip the Fair accuse the Templars of heresy?

5. Why did nobles neglect to condemn the luxuries of the clergy?

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