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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the castle of Coucy primarily built for?
(a) Withstanding a siege.
(b) Foreign trade.
(c) A network of marketplaces.
(d) A center for art and literature.

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

4. How did Philip the Fair prove his claims of heresy against the Templars?
(a) By raiding Templar meeting houses.
(b) By forcing confessions from Knights Templar.
(c) By playing off people's superstitions.
(d) By publishing intercepted letters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who built Coucy up in spite of being excommunicated?

2. Which figures in the church offered believers solace?

3. How did people transport things in the 14th century?

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

5. Who founded an Augustinian monastery in Coucy?

(see the answer key)

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