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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. Why did nobles neglect to condemn the luxuries of the clergy?
(a) Because the clergy still lived relatively Spartan existences.
(b) Because the nobles profited from the clergy's decadence.
(c) Because the clergy was more powerful than the nobles.
(d) Because the nobility and clergy needed each other.

2. Who are more susceptible to the black plague?
(a) The poor.
(b) The aristocrats.
(c) The knights.
(d) The clergy.

3. What could bastard sons buy from the church in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Papers of legitimacy.
(b) Military appointments.
(c) Brides.
(d) Nobility papers.

4. How did Dauphin Charles try to raise money?
(a) By devaluing the coinage.
(b) By borrowing from the Swiss.
(c) By selling indulgences.
(d) By increasing taxation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sir Robert Knollys avoid being condemned for breaking the treaty with France?

2. What did Jean II do immediately upon taking the throne of France?

3. Who arranged for the release of Charles of Navarre?

4. When did Jean II face an English invasion?

5. What did the church teach about life on earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between the rich and poor in 14th-century France?

2. Describe education in 14th-century France.

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

4. Describe the Jacquerie rebellion.

5. Describe the 14th-century French entertainment that involved cats.

6. How do people try to protect themselves from the plague?

7. List the first Lords of Coucy.

8. What is the relationship between the classes like in 14th-century France?

9. What is the state of trade in 14th-century France?

10. How are taxes collected in Coucy?

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