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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the castle of Coucy located?
(a) Rouen.
(b) Versailles.
(c) Picardy.
(d) Nancy.

3. Who was accused of poisoning wells?
(a) Jews.
(b) Protestants.
(c) Knights Templar.
(d) Gypsies.

4. What was a typical penance imposed in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Exile to Britain.
(b) Flogging.
(c) Devoting one's children to the church.
(d) A pilgrimage to Rome.

5. How were the dead buried who died of the plague?
(a) In individual graves.
(b) In centralized cemetaries.
(c) In shallow graves.
(d) In expensive mausoleums.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the castle of Coucy built?

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

3. What was the castle of Coucy primarily built for?

4. What resulted from the depopulation of Europe during the plague?

5. What did people believe about the plague?

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