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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 was Enguerrand's relation to the English King?

2. How was Hawkwood's loyalty purchased by the Milanese?

3. What did Gerard Groote found?

4. Where did Pope Urban govern Italy from?

5. How many times was King Edward's first daughter promised in marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened when the Roman Empire fell?

3. Describe the marriage of Isabella and Enguerrand.

4. How is Charles almost killed during his pilgrimage of thanks?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens when Charles goes mad?

10. Describe the Genoese expedition to Tunis.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the effect Enguerrand's death had on the Coucy estate. How did he leave it? Had he improved it? Had it fallen apart? How had Enguerrand prepared his successor? Did those who assumed responsibility for the estate reflect his same values?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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