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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. How are the wealthy different from the poor in the age they marry?
(a) They typically marry more than once.
(b) They are typically younger.
(c) They are typically older.
(d) They typically take more than one wife at a time.

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

3. How did wealthy men create a base of commerce at Coucy?
(a) They taxed the people and imported spices from India with the proceeds.
(b) They sold their support to the landowners.
(c) They used the port as a center for foreign trade.
(d) They sent overland cargo transports to Italy and the East.

4. How did the 14th century begin?
(a) With a population increase.
(b) With a plague.
(c) With increases in agricultural production.
(d) With large-scale wars.

5. How are the wealthy different from the poor in size of their families?
(a) They typically send extra children away.
(b) They typically have larger families.
(c) They typically take in foster children.
(d) They typically have smaller families.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would a wealthy child learn until the age of seven?

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

3. What answer is offered for anything that cannot be explained?

4. What was the political situation like in Coucy in the beginning of the 14th century?

5. Who built Coucy up in spite of being excommunicated?

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