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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who convinced Gregory XI to hire mercenaries against the Italians?
(a) Hawkwood.
(b) Enguerrand.
(c) Robert of Geneva.
(d) Charles IV.

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

3. Who pleaded with the pope for Church reform?
(a) Hawkwood.
(b) Archbishop Bari.
(c) Catherine of Siena.
(d) Enguerrand.

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

5. Why were Enguerrand's men ultimately discouraged?
(a) Low pay.
(b) A string of losses.
(c) Constant guerilla-style harassment.
(d) Lack of food and plunder.

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

7. How did Pierre de Luxembourg attain canonization?
(a) By dying at six.
(b) By healing the sick as a child.
(c) By renouncing the flesh at age six.
(d) By bearing the stigmata.

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. Who was King Edward's daughter promised to when she was nineteen?
(a) A wealthy merchant's son.
(b) A propertied landowner.
(c) A propertied landowner's son.
(d) A nobleman's youngest son.

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

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

14. Enguerrand was named as a second in a force that joined Genoa against what country?
(a) England.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Algiers.
(d) Barbary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What territories did Enguerrand want to acquire?

2. How was Hawkwood's loyalty purchased by the Milanese?

3. Why did mobs rush the Jewish quarter of the city?

4. What did Gerard Groote found?

5. How did the Genoese present their request for French military assistance?

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