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

2. What would a wealthy child learn until the age of seven?
(a) Math.
(b) Morality.
(c) Trades.
(d) Manners.

3. What technology was revolutionizing warfare in the 14th century?
(a) Artillery.
(b) Poison gas.
(c) Observation balloons.
(d) Longbows and guns.

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 sold their support to the landowners.
(c) They used the port as a center for foreign trade.
(d) They taxed the people and imported spices from India with the proceeds.

5. Where is the castle of Coucy located?
(a) Picardy.
(b) Versailles.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Rouen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founded an Augustinian monastery in Coucy?

2. When would a wealthy child be sent to another castle to serve as a page?

3. How did the church make money in the beginning of the 14th century?

4. What new technology became a metaphor for an organized universe?

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

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