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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the church resist dissolution for its excesses?
(a) It oppressed any dissenters.
(b) Its roots ran deep in Coucy society.
(c) It could buy out any opposition.
(d) It enforced its power with well-armed militias.

2. Where are young women taught?
(a) In the universities.
(b) In cities.
(c) At home.
(d) In women's schools.

3. How did the church make money in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Conquering foreign lands.
(b) Selling slaves and imports.
(c) Selling offices and imposing fines.
(d) Taxing mercantile cities.

4. What were the first signs of the people rebelling against the church?
(a) The gap between rich and poor widened.
(b) Church attendance declined.
(c) Luddites destroy machinery in the textile indutry.
(d) The Papal tax collectors were attacked.

5. How many people can the castle of Coucy house?
(a) Two hundred fifty.
(b) A thousand.
(c) Five thousand.
(d) Five hundred.

6. What happened to Coucy in 1197?
(a) It was sold as a commune.
(b) It was consolidated with neighboring territories.
(c) It was attacked and ravaged.
(d) It was developed into a castle.

7. What was the most applied science in the 14th century?
(a) Astrology.
(b) Alchemy.
(c) Bridge-building.
(d) Prophecy.

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

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

10. What did the Third Estate accomplish while Jean II was a captive of the English?
(a) They gained control over the monarchy.
(b) They signed the Magna Carta.
(c) They conquered Calais and bordering lands.
(d) They killed Jean II's son.

11. How did people try to avert the black plague?
(a) By going on the Crusades.
(b) By offering money to the church.
(c) By living underground.
(d) By parading in sackcloth and ashes.

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

13. When did Herve built the first castle in Coucy?
(a) 1223.
(b) 910.
(c) 713.
(d) 841.

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

15. What is the difference between the two types of plague?
(a) One would leave a person pockmarked.
(b) One could be survived.
(c) One would affect the eyes.
(d) The length of time before death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Jacquerie choose as their leader?

2. How are the wealthy different from the poor in the age they marry?

3. What did the church teach about life on earth?

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?

5. What technology was revolutionizing warfare in the 14th century?

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