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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What territory did the King of England send Enguerrand to conquer?
(a) The Loire valley.
(b) Aquitaine.
(c) Alsace.
(d) Charles of Navarre's lands.

2. What did the Black Prince order his people to do in Limoges?
(a) Collect taxes.
(b) Destroy the town and slaughter the people.
(c) Open a Roman Catholic school.
(d) Take possession of the library and art collections.

3. What did Gerard Groote found?
(a) The Freemasons.
(b) The Saracens.
(c) The Brethren of the Common.
(d) The Knights Templar.

4. What were many people waiting for during the plague years?
(a) Papal intercession.
(b) The end of time.
(c) A cure for the plague.
(d) Total war.

5. Why was Louis II's marriage to Bernabo Visconti's daughter annulled?
(a) Bernabo's daughter committed adultery.
(b) Louis II was killed.
(c) Louis took another wife.
(d) Bernabo fell from power.

6. What turn of events allowed Enguerrand's forces to defeat Visconti's?
(a) Enguerrand's forces received last-minute reinforcements.
(b) Enguerrand paid Visconti's forces not to fight or to fight against Visconti.
(c) Visconti's forces were pushed into the lake.
(d) Visconti's mercenaries turned to looting.

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

8. What did King Edward's daughter decide on her way to her wedding?
(a) To become a poetess.
(b) To run away.
(c) To become a nun.
(d) Not to get married.

9. What was Enguerrand's relation to the English King?
(a) Brother.
(b) Son in law.
(c) Son.
(d) Cousin.

10. How were the English forces paid during their campaign in France?
(a) In pillage.
(b) In Spanish gold.
(c) In women and slaves.
(d) In land on returning home.

11. The papacy after Gregory was disputed between whom?
(a) Gregory and Urban.
(b) Visconti.
(c) Clement and Charles.
(d) Urban and Clement.

12. How did the Genoese present their request for French military assistance?
(a) As a crusade.
(b) As a conquest.
(c) As a holy obligation.
(d) As an inquisition.

13. Why did mobs rush the Jewish quarter of the city?
(a) Anjou had followed through on Charles's decision not to collect taxes.
(b) Money was in short supply and the mobs rioted.
(c) The plague had made people superstitious, and they took it out on the Jews.
(d) The Inquisition had made Jews seem threatening.

14. How does Catherine of Siena serve Christ?
(a) By copying the bible into foreign languages.
(b) By praying incessantly.
(c) By keeping herself in a constant state of discomfort.
(d) By giving away all her possessions to the poor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Enguerrand punish looters?

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

3. Who ruled Italy after the fall of the Roman Empire?

4. Where does Gregory say Rome is?

5. How was sex handled in King Edward's culture?

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