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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was increasing as the fourteenth century progressed?

2. How did the people who built the castle of Coucy allow for the people inside the castle to provide for themselves during a siege?

3. Why did nobles neglect to condemn the luxuries of the clergy?

4. Where is the castle of Coucy located?

5. What was Enguerrange III known for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Chaucer's visit to France.

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

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

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

7. What does Dauphin Charles ordain during Jean II's captivity?

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

9. What is the relationship between the king and the church in 14th-century France?

10. Describe the castle at Coucy.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Italy was hardly ever at war with England or France, but the Italian region was often in turmoil and affected French politics. What was the role of Italy in French and English politics, and how was Italy act its role? What marriage, battles, uprising and policies in Italy affected France and England? Analyze and describe the role of Italian and Vatican politics in France and England.

Essay Topic 2

The French fought many battles against the English, but they also fought the Hapsburgs in Alsace, rebels in Flanders, and the Berbers in Tunis. Describe the difference between warfare against a distant city like Tunis and warfare against people closer by, like the Alsatians or the Flemish. How did the French undertake these campaigns differently? What was at stake in each kind of war?

Essay Topic 3

How mobile were people in the fourteenth century? Enguerrand fought wars from England to Tunis, but how many people enjoyed this degree of mobility? Is the idea of a small town local life in the fourteenth century a myth, or was it the reality for a large portion of the people?

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