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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. What were the first signs of the people rebelling against the church?
(a) The Papal tax collectors were attacked.
(b) Church attendance declined.
(c) The gap between rich and poor widened.
(d) Luddites destroy machinery in the textile indutry.

2. Where are the sons of the poor sent when they reach an age to learn a trade?
(a) To apprentice with a craftsman.
(b) To work for distant relatives.
(c) To serve in the military.
(d) To study at a university.

3. Where is the castle of Coucy located?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Rouen.
(c) Versailles.
(d) Picardy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between the two types of plague?

2. How are the wealthy different from the poor in size of their families?

3. When would a wealthy child be sent to another castle to serve as a page?

4. When would a child learn combat?

5. What opportunity made warfare attractive to peasants?

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