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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did people transport things in the 14th century?

2. When did Philip the Fair accuse the Templars of heresy?

3. When would a child learn combat?

4. How did the people who built the castle of Coucy allow for the people inside the castle to provide for themselves during a siege?

5. How did towns react when Charles of Navarre's brother was ravaging the land?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the relationship between the church and the Knights Templar?

3. What is the status of knights, and what is the state of military combat in 14th-century France?

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

5. Describe Chaucer's visit to France.

6. Describe Jean II's ascent to the throne and his war with the English.

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

8. Describe the reputation of the estate at Coucy.

9. Describe the Jacquerie rebellion.

10. How are women seen in 14th-century France?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the role of women in 14th-century France? Analyze the role of women in French and English culture.

Essay Topic 2

Religious figures like Catherine of Siena and Pierre de Luxembourg acquired great renown and some power in their religiousness. Mystics sought the same influence by spreading their teachings. Analyze these figures and describe the role of the exceptionally-religious person in society. What was their role? What was their power? How did they influence the people around them?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways is Enguerrand's life a representative life for the times? In what ways was it not? Who else's life might have been more representative of the times?

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