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

2. Charles of Navarre is arrested under suspicion of what?

3. What did King Charles focus on as his health began to decline?

4. What did the Cardinal do when Anjou took the throne?

5. What turn of events allowed Enguerrand's forces to defeat Visconti's?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened when the Roman Empire fell?

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

4. Describe the beginnings of the Inquisition.

5. Describe Enguerrand's campaign in Alsace.

6. What happens when Charles goes mad?

7. Describe Lionel, Duke of Clarence's wedding to Violante Visconti.

8. What is Enguerrand VI's reign like for the peasants?

9. Describe the Genoese expedition to Tunis.

10. Describe Buckingham's expedition to France shortly before the French king's death.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the gap between rich and poor in the fourteenth century and the gap between rich and poor now. How are our times different from the fourteenth century's? How are they similar?

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

Peasant uprisings were a perennial problem in Europe. Why were peasants unhappy, and what did they gain by rioting? Did the peasant rebellions contribute to an improvement of the peasants' situation, or did the nature of feudalism change for other reasons?

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