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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Enguerrand punish looters?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Hard labor.
(c) He did not punish them.
(d) Fines.

3. Which answer best describes Wenceslas IV?
(a) A soldier who maintained his neutrality.
(b) An alcoholic who was destroyed by constant warring.
(c) A scholar who advocated for persecution of demons.
(d) A virtuous man who was successful in bringing peace.

4. Why is Enguerrand torn when King Charles declares war in 1369?
(a) He will lose money no matter who wins the war.
(b) He is married into French nobility, but his wealth is in English companies.
(c) He had sworn allegiance to both nations.
(d) He is related to the English, but he is French.

5. How does Enguerrand resolve his conflicting obligations?
(a) He pleads neutrality.
(b) He fights for France.
(c) He fights for England.
(d) He fights for England and hires a replacement to fight for France.

6. Who began to mint his own money upon news that the King of France was heading to Rome to make peace?
(a) Count Guy de Blois.
(b) Enguerrand.
(c) The Duke of Brittany.
(d) Wenceslas IV of Bohemia.

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

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

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

10. When did Enguerrand marry Isabelle?
(a) 1386.
(b) 1383.
(c) 1347.
(d) 1365.

11. Who threatened to come to England with his helmet on and 60,000 men?
(a) Pope Gregory XI.
(b) Edward, the Black Knight.
(c) The Green Count.
(d) Philip of Spain.

12. What does Leopold suggest that people do, in towns threatened by Enguerrand?
(a) Arm themselves against the invaders and fight in the streets.
(b) Stay in their homes.
(c) Turn their churches into forts.
(d) Take their possessions and retreat.

13. How many times was King Edward's first daughter promised in marriage?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

14. Who was the first child of Kind Edward and Queen Philippa?
(a) Joanna.
(b) Ferdinand.
(c) Christine.
(d) Isabelle.

15. Who ruled Italy after the fall of the Roman Empire?
(a) King Charles.
(b) Brigands.
(c) The French.
(d) Coucy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did King Edward's daughter decide on her way to her wedding?

2. Why was Louis II's marriage to Bernabo Visconti's daughter annulled?

3. How common was it for women to earn wages?

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

5. What city did the papal forces fail to take under Gregory XI?

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