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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What threat confronted people in the countryside of Europe in the 1360s?
(a) Labor riots.
(b) Warfare.
(c) Grain shortages.
(d) Gangs of brigands.

2. What reason did Enguerrand give for wanting to stop fighting?
(a) He wanted to be made Pope.
(b) He wanted to travel.
(c) He wanted to see to his estate and his business.
(d) He wanted to return to his family.

3. Who threatened to come to England with his helmet on and 60,000 men?
(a) Pope Gregory XI.
(b) Philip of Spain.
(c) Edward, the Black Knight.
(d) The Green Count.

4. What does Leopold suggest that people do, in towns threatened by Enguerrand?
(a) Turn their churches into forts.
(b) Arm themselves against the invaders and fight in the streets.
(c) Stay in their homes.
(d) Take their possessions and retreat.

5. What had King Charles promised on his deathbed?
(a) That taxes would not be collected.
(b) That the people would get to vote.
(c) That armies would be disbanded.
(d) That the monarchy would be dissolved.

6. What were many people waiting for during the plague years?
(a) Total war.
(b) A cure for the plague.
(c) Papal intercession.
(d) The end of time.

7. What responsibility did Coucy assume when King Charles died?
(a) He became England's embassador to France.
(b) He commanded the forces at Picardy.
(c) He was charged with capturing Hawkwood.
(d) He assumed responsibility for Coucy.

8. What did Philip van Artevelde order in Ghent when there were revolts?
(a) Raising of taxes.
(b) Ordering the townspeople into exile.
(c) Distribution of food and fixing of prices.
(d) Massacre of men and boys.

9. How did the Genoese present their request for French military assistance?
(a) As an inquisition.
(b) As a crusade.
(c) As a holy obligation.
(d) As a conquest.

10. Who did Enguerrand ally himself with?
(a) The Green Count.
(b) The Black Knight.
(c) Pope Gregory XI.
(d) King Charles.

11. Whom did Enguerrand marry in 1365?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Joanna.
(c) Philippa.
(d) Isabella.

12. What did the commoners do when King Charles died?
(a) Protested.
(b) Celebrated.
(c) Mourned.
(d) Revolted.

13. When did Enguerrand marry Isabelle?
(a) 1383.
(b) 1347.
(c) 1365.
(d) 1386.

14. How was sex handled in King Edward's culture?
(a) It was an open secret, but it was not spoken about in polite society.
(b) It was treated openly in poems.
(c) All mention of sex was forbidden in society.
(d) Sex was discussed openly among initiates.

15. How long after his visit to France did Charles IV die?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two months.
(c) Eight months.
(d) Ten months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Genoese as for the French to fight with them?

2. Who assumes the Papacy after Gregory?

3. Who was King Edward's daughter promised to when she was nineteen?

4. Who was the first child of Kind Edward and Queen Philippa?

5. Where does Gregory say Rome is?

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