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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Enguerrand punish looters?
(a) He did not punish them.
(b) Fines.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Hard labor.

3. How long does a serf have to work on his master's land to be freed?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

4. How many times was King Edward's first daughter promised in marriage?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. What caused the bourgeoisie to come to a peaceful settlement in regard to the King's tax policy?
(a) A disastrous battle of Ghent.
(b) The death of Enguerrand.
(c) The death of the female heir to the throne.
(d) The defeat of the Flemish at Lys.

6. What was Enguerrand's relation to the English King?
(a) Son.
(b) Brother.
(c) Son in law.
(d) Cousin.

7. What did King Charles focus on as his health began to decline?
(a) Extending his territory.
(b) Winning his wars.
(c) Paying back his debts.
(d) Making peace.

8. How was Hawkwood's loyalty purchased by the Milanese?
(a) An estate in the country above Milan.
(b) Marriage to an illegitimate daughter of Visconti's.
(c) Promises of money.
(d) A share in the Milanese's businesses.

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

10. How were the English forces paid during their campaign in France?
(a) In pillage.
(b) In women and slaves.
(c) In land on returning home.
(d) In Spanish gold.

11. What did the Cardinal do when Anjou took the throne?
(a) Campaigned to have him removed.
(b) Raised money for the government.
(c) Organized a militia.
(d) Fled the country.

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

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

14. How did the French try to take the Saracens' city?
(a) By siege.
(b) By force.
(c) By deceit.
(d) By trade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gregory say Rome is?

2. How did Pierre de Luxembourg attain canonization?

3. Charles of Navarre is arrested under suspicion of what?

4. How do the Saracens propose to settle the conflict with France?

5. Why did mobs rush the Jewish quarter of the city?

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