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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. How did people try to avert the black plague?
(a) By living underground.
(b) By parading in sackcloth and ashes.
(c) By going on the Crusades.
(d) By offering money to the church.

2. How did people explain the advent of the plague?
(a) Corruption in the church.
(b) Unpaid debts.
(c) Centralization of power in governments.
(d) Planetary alignments.

3. What did people believe about the plague?
(a) It was a manifestation of an ancient curse.
(b) It was a radical purification of humanity.
(c) It was a scourge from God.
(d) It was a sign of the Kings' corruption.

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

5. Which parties were in political conflict in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Aristocrats and rulers.
(b) Rulers and merchants.
(c) The clergy and rulers.
(d) Rulers and the freemen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What opportunity made warfare attractive to peasants?

2. How long did it take to build the castle of Coucy?

3. How did the church make money in the beginning of the 14th century?

4. What did the church teach about life on earth?

5. When did Jean II take the throne of France?

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