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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the castle of Coucy primarily built for?
(a) A center for art and literature.
(b) Withstanding a siege.
(c) Foreign trade.
(d) A network of marketplaces.

2. How did the church resist dissolution for its excesses?
(a) It enforced its power with well-armed militias.
(b) It oppressed any dissenters.
(c) It could buy out any opposition.
(d) Its roots ran deep in Coucy society.

3. What roles did the Church play in Coucy society?
(a) Comforter and teacher.
(b) Prophet and mystic.
(c) Protector and police.
(d) Governor and jailer.

4. What did the church teach about life on earth?
(a) It was necessarily painful.
(b) It fulfilled a divine plan.
(c) It was just a passage.
(d) It was man's only chance at meaning.

5. How did the church make money in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Taxing mercantile cities.
(b) Selling slaves and imports.
(c) Selling offices and imposing fines.
(d) Conquering foreign lands.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the 14th century begin?

2. When did Philip the Fair accuse the Templars of heresy?

3. When was the castle of Coucy built?

4. How many people lived in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?

5. What did the Pastoreaux do to oppose the Church?

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