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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. What were the first signs of the people rebelling against the church?

2. What idea began to catch on as the plague swept Europe?

3. Where are young women taught?

4. What did the Third Estate accomplish while Jean II was a captive of the English?

5. How did people explain the advent of the plague?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Chaucer's visit to France.

3. Who are the Pastoreaux?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How mobile were people in the fourteenth century? Enguerrand fought wars from England to Tunis, but how many people enjoyed this degree of mobility? Is the idea of a small town local life in the fourteenth century a myth, or was it the reality for a large portion of the people?

Essay Topic 2

Enguerrand was caught between two sets of loyalties, to England and France, and he served as an envoy between the two countries. What was the role of diplomacy in 14th-century politics? What tools besides war did political figures and monarchs use to enforce their wills and desires?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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