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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a knight's work in the 14th century?
(a) Nation-building.
(b) Politics.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Policing the cities.

2. What could bastard sons buy from the church in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Brides.
(b) Papers of legitimacy.
(c) Military appointments.
(d) Nobility papers.

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

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

5. What was the political situation like in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?
(a) Constantly unstable.
(b) Chaotic but largely plutocratic.
(c) Prosperous and democratic.
(d) A repressive dictatorship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which figures in the church offered believers solace?

3. Where is the castle of Coucy located?

4. When did Enguerrand become a historical figure?

5. How many people can the castle of Coucy house?

(see the answer key)

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