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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 the dominant belief about the shape of the earth?

2. What is the difference between the two types of plague?

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

4. When would a wealthy child be sent to another castle to serve as a page?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Jacquerie rebellion.

2. How are taxes collected in Coucy?

3. Describe the reputation of the estate at Coucy.

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

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

6. What technology affects the living arrangements in the 14th century?

7. Describe education in 14th-century France.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the national discussion about taxes today similar to or different than the discussions Frenchmen and Englishmen were having about taxes in the fourteenth century? How were taxes different then, and how did the societies respond to taxation?

Essay Topic 2

Kings often times had difficulty raising money to pay for their armies. Analyze the strategies kings used--taxation, devaluation, conquest, pillage--to describe the finances of warfare in the fourteenth century.

Essay Topic 3

Religious figures like Catherine of Siena and Pierre de Luxembourg acquired great renown and some power in their religiousness. Mystics sought the same influence by spreading their teachings. Analyze these figures and describe the role of the exceptionally-religious person in society. What was their role? What was their power? How did they influence the people around them?

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