A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Test | Final Test - Easy

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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ruled Italy after the fall of the Roman Empire?
(a) King Charles.
(b) The French.
(c) Brigands.
(d) Coucy.

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

3. Why is a knight loyal to the queen when the king is absent?
(a) Because the knight vowed to obey the king's people.
(b) Because the queen is joined with the king in a unified monarchy.
(c) Because the queen is of inferior virtue.
(d) Because the king will kill him if he is disobedient.

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

5. What book did people typically carry in the courts?
(a) Ovid's Metamorphoses.
(b) The Old Testament.
(c) Caesar's Gallic Wars.
(d) The Book of Hours.

6. How do the Saracens propose to settle the conflict with France?
(a) They want ten men from each side to fight.
(b) In single combat.
(c) In full warfare.
(d) By siege.

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

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

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

11. What had King Charles promised on his deathbed?
(a) That the people would get to vote.
(b) That the monarchy would be dissolved.
(c) That armies would be disbanded.
(d) That taxes would not be collected.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Enguerrand marry Isabelle?

2. What territory did the King of England send Enguerrand to conquer?

3. The papacy after Gregory was disputed between whom?

4. What did King Charles focus on as his health began to decline?

5. Who began to mint his own money upon news that the King of France was heading to Rome to make peace?

(see the answer keys)

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