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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 through 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the 14th century begin?
(a) With a plague.
(b) With increases in agricultural production.
(c) With a population increase.
(d) With large-scale wars.

3. How were women portrayed in 14th century literature?
(a) As unfit and deceptive.
(b) As saints.
(c) As whores or angels.
(d) As virtuous and spiritual.

4. 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 enclosed the surrounding farmland in walls as well.
(b) They built installed a system of early detection for invaders.
(c) They built a network of underground entrances.
(d) They built a moat around the castle for water.

5. How did wealthy people display their wealth in the 14th century?
(a) By traveling abroad.
(b) By paying taxes.
(c) By displaying tapestries.
(d) By owning slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the dead buried who died of the plague?

2. What would a wealthy child learn until the age of seven?

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

4. How did Dauphin Charles try to raise money?

5. Where are the sons of the poor sent when they reach an age to learn a trade?

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