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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 through 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were music and medicine lumped together in the 14th century?
(a) They both used resonance to heal.
(b) They both drew on the same spirits.
(c) They both relied on mystical intervals of sound and tone.
(d) They both aimed to harmonize the body.

2. Where were Jews burned inside a house in a plague town?
(a) Geneva.
(b) Basel.
(c) Berlin.
(d) London.

3. What was the effect of mercenaries on the French countryside?
(a) They wrought havoc on the population.
(b) They brought peace and allowed prosperity to take hold.
(c) They collected taxes with violence.
(d) They protected the towns from invaders.

4. What was the dominant belief about the shape of the earth?
(a) People believed it was flat square.
(b) People believed it was hollow.
(c) People believed it was a sphere.
(d) People believed it a flat circle.

5. Who did Enguerrand ally himself with?
(a) King Charles.
(b) Pope Gregory XI.
(c) The Green Count.
(d) The Black Knight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technology was revolutionizing warfare in the 14th century?

2. How did the poor organize to oppose the influence of the rich?

3. What was increasing as the fourteenth century progressed?

4. Which parties were in political conflict in the beginning of the 14th century?

5. How did Sir Robert Knollys avoid being condemned for breaking the treaty with France?

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