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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are young women taught?
(a) In women's schools.
(b) At home.
(c) In cities.
(d) In the universities.

2. Who built Coucy up in spite of being excommunicated?
(a) Aubry de Coucy.
(b) Comte d-Eudes.
(c) Enguerrand III.
(d) Abbot Guibert.

3. What new technology became a metaphor for an organized universe?
(a) The railroad.
(b) The steam engine.
(c) The vaccine.
(d) The mechanical clock.

4. What did the Pastoreaux do to oppose the Church?
(a) They attacked Jews.
(b) They besieged the castle at Coucy.
(c) They marched on Rome.
(d) They burned buildings and opened prisons.

5. How did the 14th century begin?
(a) With increases in agricultural production.
(b) With large-scale wars.
(c) With a population increase.
(d) With a plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What roles did the Church play in Coucy society?

2. Who led the Third Estate of Paris while Jean II was a captive of the English?

3. What organizations thrived during the plague years?

4. Whom did the Jacquerie kill?

5. Who was put in charge of the money for knights and armies, as a result of the agreement between the Third Estate and Dauphin Charles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between the military and money?

2. How are the Jews treated in 14th-century France?

3. Describe the role and status of the church in 14th-century France.

4. Describe Chaucer's visit to France.

5. Describe the Jacquerie rebellion.

6. What is the relation of the king to the nobles?

7. Describe the reputation of the estate at Coucy.

8. Who are the Pastoreaux?

9. How does the plague affect Europe's economy and society?

10. What is the relationship between the church and science in 14th-century France?

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