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

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

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

4. What belief among the people allowed the church to maintain its position and make money?
(a) The idea that giving to the church would save you from troubles in this life.
(b) The idea that opposing the church would automatically send you to hell.
(c) The idea that paying alms earns you a place in Heaven.
(d) The idea that serving the church in the military would give you the chance to earn grace.

5. Why were music and medicine lumped together in the 14th century?
(a) They both relied on mystical intervals of sound and tone.
(b) They both used resonance to heal.
(c) They both aimed to harmonize the body.
(d) They both drew on the same spirits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Jews burned inside a house in a plague town?

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

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

4. How did wealthy people display their wealth in the 14th century?

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

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