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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people died of the black plague?
(a) Tens of millions.
(b) Hundreds of millions.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) There is no way to know.

3. Who was exempt from taxation?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Men of the sword.
(c) Freemen.
(d) People with only one estate.

4. Where are the sons of the poor sent when they reach an age to learn a trade?
(a) To serve in the military.
(b) To apprentice with a craftsman.
(c) To study at a university.
(d) To work for distant relatives.

5. What organizations thrived during the plague years?
(a) Knighthoods.
(b) Mystical sects.
(c) Churches.
(d) Labor unions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the church resist dissolution for its excesses?

2. How many people lived in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?

3. What is the difference between the two types of plague?

4. How did the 14th century begin?

5. Why were music and medicine lumped together in the 14th century?

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