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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. What was a woman's recourse against a dominant husband?
(a) Scolding.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Court.
(d) Affairs.

2. What does Anjou offer in return for safe passage back to France?
(a) Normandy.
(b) Kent.
(c) Provence.
(d) The Loire Valley.

3. Who threatened to come to England with his helmet on and 60,000 men?
(a) Philip of Spain.
(b) Pope Gregory XI.
(c) Edward, the Black Knight.
(d) The Green Count.

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

5. How were women portrayed in 14th century literature?
(a) As virtuous and spiritual.
(b) As unfit and deceptive.
(c) As saints.
(d) As whores or angels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what condition was sex permitted in the mid-fourteenth century?

2. Who was appointed Captain-General of the pope's forces in 1371?

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

4. Enguerrand was named as a second in a force that joined Genoa against what country?

5. Where did Pope Urban govern Italy from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Charles almost killed during his pilgrimage of thanks?

2. How does Charles try to win the good will of his people?

3. Why do the English commoners revolt, and how does Richard II quell their rebellion?

4. Describe the problem of brigands in the French countryside.

5. How does Charles of Navarre die?

6. What are marriages typically like in 14th-century France?

7. Who is Philip van Artevelde and what is his role?

8. What happened when the Roman Empire fell?

9. What conflicts take place in Italy after Robert's reign?

10. What difficulties is France experiencing at the time of King Charles's death?

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