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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What answer is offered for anything that cannot be explained?
(a) Alchemy.
(b) Religion.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Science.

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

3. What roles did the Church play in Coucy society?
(a) Comforter and teacher.
(b) Prophet and mystic.
(c) Governor and jailer.
(d) Protector and police.

4. When would a wealthy child be sent to another castle to serve as a page?
(a) At fourteen.
(b) At eleven.
(c) At sixteen.
(d) At seven.

5. How did the people who built the castle of Coucy allow for the people inside the castle to provide for themselves during a siege?
(a) They built installed a system of early detection for invaders.
(b) They enclosed the surrounding farmland in walls as well.
(c) They built a network of underground entrances.
(d) They built a moat around the castle for water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did people explain the advent of the plague?

2. What resulted from the depopulation of Europe during the plague?

3. How many people can the castle of Coucy house?

4. What was the most applied science in the 14th century?

5. What did Jean II do immediately upon taking the throne of France?

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