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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What caused the bourgeoisie to come to a peaceful settlement in regard to the King's tax policy?
(a) The defeat of the Flemish at Lys.
(b) The death of Enguerrand.
(c) A disastrous battle of Ghent.
(d) The death of the female heir to the throne.

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

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

6. Why did mobs rush the Jewish quarter of the city?
(a) The Inquisition had made Jews seem threatening.
(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) Anjou had followed through on Charles's decision not to collect taxes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. To whom did Philip de Artevelde offer allegiance after he assumed the Regent?
(a) France.
(b) The Pope.
(c) England.
(d) Prussia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why were Enguerrand's men ultimately discouraged?

3. What did the Cardinal do when Anjou took the throne?

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

5. What responsibility did Coucy assume when King Charles died?

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