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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Cardinal do when Anjou took the throne?
(a) Fled the country.
(b) Organized a militia.
(c) Campaigned to have him removed.
(d) Raised money for the government.

3. Charles of Navarre is arrested under suspicion of what?
(a) Plotting to overthrow the king.
(b) Murdering his brother-in-law.
(c) Plotting to poison the king.
(d) Plotting to murder his wife's father.

4. How many religious holidays did workers have to observe a year?
(a) 75.
(b) 50.
(c) 200.
(d) 100.

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

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

7. How did the French try to take the Saracens' city?
(a) By deceit.
(b) By force.
(c) By siege.
(d) By trade.

8. What does Anjou offer in return for safe passage back to France?
(a) Provence.
(b) Kent.
(c) The Loire Valley.
(d) Normandy.

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

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

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

12. Where did Pope Urban govern Italy from?
(a) Prussia.
(b) Avignon.
(c) London.
(d) Madrid.

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

14. What territories did Enguerrand want to acquire?
(a) Wales.
(b) Hapsburg.
(c) Aquitaine.
(d) Lorraine.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was a woman's recourse against a dominant husband?

3. How did Pierre de Luxembourg attain canonization?

4. How did Enguerrand punish looters?

5. What did Gerard Groote found?

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