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

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

4. What did Jean II do immediately upon taking the throne of France?
(a) He beheaded Enguerrand.
(b) He exiled Enguerrand.
(c) He returned Calais to England.
(d) He devalued money.

5. Who arranged for the release of Charles of Navarre?
(a) Enguerrand.
(b) Jean II.
(c) The Dauphin.
(d) Marcel.

6. How did people explain the advent of the plague?
(a) Unpaid debts.
(b) Planetary alignments.
(c) Corruption in the church.
(d) Centralization of power in governments.

7. How did the poor organize to oppose the influence of the rich?
(a) They held town hall meetings.
(b) They formed brotherhoods.
(c) They formed militias.
(d) They formed labor unions.

8. 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.

9. How are the wealthy different from the poor in the age they marry?
(a) They typically marry more than once.
(b) They are typically younger.
(c) They typically take more than one wife at a time.
(d) They are typically older.

10. When did Jean II face an English invasion?
(a) 1351.
(b) 1355.
(c) 1342.
(d) 1362.

11. How did Sir Robert Knollys avoid being condemned for breaking the treaty with France?
(a) He gave the booty to Edward.
(b) He installed Edward as the king of the conquered lands.
(c) He threatened Edward with invasion.
(d) He arranged for Jean II to be killed.

12. What technology was revolutionizing warfare in the 14th century?
(a) Longbows and guns.
(b) Poison gas.
(c) Observation balloons.
(d) Artillery.

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

14. What was the effect of mercenaries on the French countryside?
(a) They brought peace and allowed prosperity to take hold.
(b) They wrought havoc on the population.
(c) They protected the towns from invaders.
(d) They collected taxes with violence.

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