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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 through 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the most applied science in the 14th century?
(a) Alchemy.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Prophecy.
(d) Bridge-building.

2. What new technology became a metaphor for an organized universe?
(a) The mechanical clock.
(b) The vaccine.
(c) The railroad.
(d) The steam engine.

3. When did Enguerrand become a historical figure?
(a) 1358.
(b) 1396.
(c) 1425.
(d) 1312.

4. How common was it for women to earn wages?
(a) Rare.
(b) Women could only work in certain restricted trades.
(c) Fairly common.
(d) Only lower-class women could work.

5. What did Christine de Pisan write about?
(a) Chivalry.
(b) Joan of Arc.
(c) King Arthur.
(d) Romance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would a wealthy child learn until the age of seven?

2. How was sex handled in King Edward's culture?

3. Who was King Edward's daughter promised to when she was nineteen?

4. How were women portrayed in 14th century literature?

5. Under what condition was sex permitted in the mid-fourteenth century?

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