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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 was the effect of mercenaries on the French countryside?
(a) They protected the towns from invaders.
(b) They collected taxes with violence.
(c) They brought peace and allowed prosperity to take hold.
(d) They wrought havoc on the population.

2. Where are young women taught?
(a) In the universities.
(b) In women's schools.
(c) In cities.
(d) At home.

3. What was a knight's work in the 14th century?
(a) Nation-building.
(b) Politics.
(c) Policing the cities.
(d) Fighting.

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

5. What idea began to catch on as the plague swept Europe?
(a) Quarantine.
(b) Euthanasia.
(c) Vaccination.
(d) Inocculation.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Jean II face an English invasion?

2. Who built Coucy up in spite of being excommunicated?

3. How did the 14th century begin?

4. How did the church resist dissolution for its excesses?

5. What was Enguerrange III known for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the status of knights, and what is the state of military combat in 14th-century France?

2. Describe education in 14th-century France.

3. How do people try to protect themselves from the plague?

4. Describe the role and status of the church in 14th-century France.

5. Describe the 14th-century French entertainment that involved cats.

6. What is the relationship between the military and money?

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

8. What are colleges like in 14th-century France?

9. How does the plague affect Europe's economy and society?

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

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