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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How many guests turned out to welcome Roman Emperor Charles IV?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 100.
(c) 800.
(d) 1,000.

7. What did England lose when a ship carrying money was sunk in a naval battle?
(a) Its secure hold on Aquitaine.
(b) Its naval supremacy.
(c) The loyalty of its troops.
(d) Its chance of peace with France.

8. What does Enguerrand receive in return for ensuring that his men will not pillage?
(a) Payments from the Italians.
(b) Land to distribute to his officers.
(c) Promises of land.
(d) Payments from the French.

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

10. Whom did the Genoese as for the French to fight with them?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Algiers.
(c) Tunis.
(d) Morocco.

11. Whom did Enguerrand marry in 1365?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Philippa.
(c) Joanna.
(d) Isabella.

12. How was Hawkwood's loyalty purchased by the Milanese?
(a) Promises of money.
(b) Marriage to an illegitimate daughter of Visconti's.
(c) An estate in the country above Milan.
(d) A share in the Milanese's businesses.

13. What threat confronted people in the countryside of Europe in the 1360s?
(a) Gangs of brigands.
(b) Warfare.
(c) Labor riots.
(d) Grain shortages.

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

15. How long does a serf have to work on his master's land to be freed?
(a) Six months.
(b) Six years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Enguerrand marry Isabelle?

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

4. What did the Black Prince order his people to do in Limoges?

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

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