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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What became of Enguerrand's son, Thomas?
(a) He was executed.
(b) He became a good leader.
(c) He was murdered.
(d) He was excommunicated.

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

3. What did the Jacquerie hold in May of 1358?
(a) A secession meeting.
(b) A constitutional convention.
(c) An open revolt.
(d) An "indignation meeting."

4. When did Philip the Fair accuse the Templars of heresy?
(a) 1523.
(b) 1307.
(c) 1136.
(d) 1352.

5. 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 serve in the military.
(c) To study at a university.
(d) To work for distant relatives.

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

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

8. What was increasing as the fourteenth century progressed?
(a) Agricultural production.
(b) Warfare.
(c) Infant mortality.
(d) Literacy.

9. What did Edward hope to get by keeping Jean II captive?
(a) Leverage to extract concessions from Philip VI.
(b) French land.
(c) Ransom from France.
(d) An alliance with Charles of Navarre.

10. What answer is offered for anything that cannot be explained?
(a) Alchemy.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Religion.
(d) Science.

11. 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.

12. What resulted from the depopulation of Europe during the plague?
(a) Labor was cheaper.
(b) Factories sprang up.
(c) Rents decreased.
(d) Knights returned to their estates.

13. How did the black plague affect the animals of Europe?
(a) They vacated the continent until the plague had passed.
(b) Their populations thrived with all the bodies to eat.
(c) They died from eating diseased bodies.
(d) They entered into people's homes looking for safe food.

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

15. How did Dauphin Charles try to raise money?
(a) By selling indulgences.
(b) By devaluing the coinage.
(c) By increasing taxation.
(d) By borrowing from the Swiss.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What organizations thrived during the plague years?

3. What belief among the people allowed the church to maintain its position and make money?

4. Whom did the Jacquerie choose as their leader?

5. Who founded an Augustinian monastery in Coucy?

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