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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, The Shattering (Sections 24-34).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the pope's feasts was known as the Ballet of the ____.
(a) Peaches.
(b) Walnuts.
(c) Chestnuts.
(d) Apricots.

2. What was the percentage of illiteracy among the clergy?
(a) 8%.
(b) 0%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 5%.

3. Which crime was common for this Borgia?
(a) Conspiracy.
(b) Treason.
(c) Theft.
(d) Murder.

4. In which year were the heirs to the English throne murdered?
(a) 1421.
(b) 1386.
(c) 1483.
(d) 1516.

5. What is the estimated illiteracy rate among women at this time?
(a) 76%.
(b) 89%.
(c) 81%.
(d) 94%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word is used to describe the Goths, Saxons, Huns and Franks?

2. The Portuguese had been in the islands ___ years previous.

3. What is the name of the girl who became legendary for exploiting her own beauty?

4. The empire's border extended for ____ miles.

5. Which location was the new home to the papacy?

(see the answer key)

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