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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 wealthy men create a base of commerce at Coucy?

2. What was the dominant belief about the shape of the earth?

3. What technology was revolutionizing warfare in the 14th century?

4. When was the castle of Coucy built?

5. How did Philip the Fair prove his claims of heresy against the Templars?

Short Essay Questions

1. What technology affects the living arrangements in the 14th century?

2. Describe the Jacquerie rebellion.

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

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

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

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

7. List the first Lords of Coucy.

8. What does Dauphin Charles ordain during Jean II's captivity?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

American government officials used the word "crusade" to describe the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Compare and contrast these wars with the "crusades" launched against the Berbers in Tunis and the Turks in Hungary. How were they similar? How were they different?

Essay Topic 2

The French fought many battles against the English, but they also fought the Hapsburgs in Alsace, rebels in Flanders, and the Berbers in Tunis. Describe the difference between warfare against a distant city like Tunis and warfare against people closer by, like the Alsatians or the Flemish. How did the French undertake these campaigns differently? What was at stake in each kind of war?

Essay Topic 3

Tuchman describes a number of ways that societies in the fourteenth century disposed of superfluous people, in wars, in plagues, in the Inquisition. Analyze these squanderings, and describe the value society placed on human life in the fourteenth century. Why couldn't society find uses for these "extras"? Why were warfare and the Inquisition the best ways to dispose of them? Did anyone try to put the masses to better uses? What was the state of technology, that there were so many extra people? What was the state of agricultural production, to feed so many people?

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