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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Enguerrand was named as a second in a force that joined Genoa against what country?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Algiers.
(c) England.
(d) Barbary.

2. What did King Charles focus on as his health began to decline?
(a) Paying back his debts.
(b) Making peace.
(c) Winning his wars.
(d) Extending his territory.

3. What reason did Enguerrand give for wanting to stop fighting?
(a) He wanted to be made Pope.
(b) He wanted to see to his estate and his business.
(c) He wanted to return to his family.
(d) He wanted to travel.

4. Who did Enguerrand ally himself with?
(a) The Black Knight.
(b) Pope Gregory XI.
(c) King Charles.
(d) The Green Count.

5. What did Philip van Artevelde order in Ghent when there were revolts?
(a) Massacre of men and boys.
(b) Raising of taxes.
(c) Distribution of food and fixing of prices.
(d) Ordering the townspeople into exile.

6. What did Anjou ask for before his death?
(a) The liberation of slaves.
(b) Peace in his lands.
(c) The ascension of his son.
(d) The abolition of taxes.

7. What had King Charles promised on his deathbed?
(a) That the people would get to vote.
(b) That the monarchy would be dissolved.
(c) That taxes would not be collected.
(d) That armies would be disbanded.

8. Who condemned Enguerrand's sale of dynastic property?
(a) Count Guy de Blois.
(b) Wenceslas IV.
(c) Froissart.
(d) Isabeau.

9. Who assumes the Papacy after Gregory?
(a) Urban VI.
(b) Enguerrand.
(c) King Charles.
(d) Hawkwood.

10. How do the Saracens propose to settle the conflict with France?
(a) In single combat.
(b) By siege.
(c) They want ten men from each side to fight.
(d) In full warfare.

11. When did England and France have a one-year peace?
(a) 1381.
(b) 1385.
(c) 1371.
(d) 1375.

12. How common was it for women to earn wages?
(a) Women could only work in certain restricted trades.
(b) Fairly common.
(c) Only lower-class women could work.
(d) Rare.

13. What happened to Urban VI after he assumed the Papacy?
(a) He brokered peace between England and France.
(b) He sought to unify the cardinals and archbishops.
(c) His power went to his head.
(d) He initiated an age of peace and exploration.

14. What was a woman's recourse against a dominant husband?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Court.
(c) Affairs.
(d) Scolding.

15. Who was appointed Captain-General of the pope's forces in 1371?
(a) Visconti.
(b) Urban.
(c) Enguerrand.
(d) Gregory XI.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did people typically carry in the courts?

2. Who convinced Gregory XI to hire mercenaries against the Italians?

3. What does Anjou offer in return for safe passage back to France?

4. How were women portrayed in 14th century literature?

5. What turn of events allowed Enguerrand's forces to defeat Visconti's?

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