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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. Who was exempt from taxation?
(a) People with only one estate.
(b) Men of the sword.
(c) Freemen.
(d) Slaves.

2. When would a wealthy child be sent to another castle to serve as a page?
(a) At eleven.
(b) At seven.
(c) At sixteen.
(d) At fourteen.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What roles did the Church play in Coucy society?

2. What was the most applied science in the 14th century?

3. When did Herve built the first castle in Coucy?

4. Who was the first "lord of Coucy"?

5. How did the people who built the castle of Coucy allow for the people inside the castle to provide for themselves during a siege?

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