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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. Which answer best describes Wenceslas IV?

2. Who was the first child of Kind Edward and Queen Philippa?

3. What did King Edward's daughter decide on her way to her wedding?

4. What does Enguerrand receive in return for ensuring that his men will not pillage?

5. What did the commoners do when King Charles died?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Charles goes mad?

3. How is the Black Death handled when it returns in 1373-74?

4. What difficulties does Enguerrand encounter in remaining neutral between England and France?

5. Describe Catherine of Siena's personality and her influence on the Pope.

6. What luxuries do the nobility indulge in?

7. Describe the marriage of Isabella and Enguerrand.

8. How does Charles of Navarre die?

9. Describe the Genoese expedition to Tunis.

10. Describe the beginnings of the Inquisition.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the methods and strategies used in war in the 14th-century France? Analyze the armed conflicts that are described in "A Distant Mirror" and describe the patterns and themes of armed conflict. Who typically fought? Nations, states, regions, families? How did they fight? What did they fight over?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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