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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What resulted from the depopulation of Europe during the plague?
(a) Rents decreased.
(b) Knights returned to their estates.
(c) Labor was cheaper.
(d) Factories sprang up.

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

3. What is the difference between the two types of plague?
(a) One could be survived.
(b) The length of time before death.
(c) One would affect the eyes.
(d) One would leave a person pockmarked.

4. What happened to the church during the plague years in the 14th century?
(a) It gained authority as people died, and the church took their lands.
(b) It gained adherents as people sought explanations.
(c) It lost its authority because it could not stop the plague.
(d) It became more inclusive in order to maintain congregations.

5. How did Dauphin Charles try to raise money?
(a) By increasing taxation.
(b) By devaluing the coinage.
(c) By borrowing from the Swiss.
(d) By selling indulgences.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was uncultivated land used when there weren't farmers to farm it?

2. How did Philip the Fair prove his claims of heresy against the Templars?

3. How did the black plague affect the animals of Europe?

4. What was the effect of mercenaries on the French countryside?

5. Why were music and medicine lumped together in the 14th century?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between the classes like in 14th-century France?

2. How are the Jews treated in 14th-century France?

3. List the first Lords of Coucy.

4. Describe education in 14th-century France.

5. How is love practiced in 14th-century France?

6. What is the relationship between the rich and poor in 14th-century France?

7. What was the relationship between the church and the Knights Templar?

8. Describe Jean II's captivity in England.

9. How do people explain the presence of the Black Plague?

10. Describe the reputation of the estate at Coucy.

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