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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How were the English forces paid during their campaign in France?
(a) In women and slaves.
(b) In Spanish gold.
(c) In pillage.
(d) In land on returning home.

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

4. What did the commoners do when King Charles died?
(a) Protested.
(b) Mourned.
(c) Revolted.
(d) Celebrated.

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

6. What did Christine de Pisan write about?
(a) Joan of Arc.
(b) Chivalry.
(c) King Arthur.
(d) Romance.

7. Who condemned Enguerrand's sale of dynastic property?
(a) Wenceslas IV.
(b) Isabeau.
(c) Froissart.
(d) Count Guy de Blois.

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

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

10. Who was Sir John Hawkwood?
(a) A brigand commander.
(b) An English lawyer.
(c) A French landowner.
(d) A famous pirate.

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

12. Why is Enguerrand torn when King Charles declares war in 1369?
(a) He had sworn allegiance to both nations.
(b) He is related to the English, but he is French.
(c) He is married into French nobility, but his wealth is in English companies.
(d) He will lose money no matter who wins the war.

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

14. Whom does Enguerrard recommend when Charles nominates him for Constable?
(a) Philip.
(b) Someone more familiar with Brittany.
(c) Hawkwood.
(d) Visconti.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Enguerrand punish looters?

3. What caused the bourgeoisie to come to a peaceful settlement in regard to the King's tax policy?

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

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

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