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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. To whom did Philip de Artevelde offer allegiance after he assumed the Regent?

2. Who condemned Enguerrand's sale of dynastic property?

3. What territory did the King of England send Enguerrand to conquer?

4. Who pleaded with the pope for Church reform?

5. When does Gregory return to Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conflicts take place in Italy after Robert's reign?

2. Describe the problem of brigands in the French countryside.

3. Describe Buckingham's expedition to France shortly before the French king's death.

4. Describe Enguerrand's campaign in Alsace.

5. What bad news do the English get during their one-year truce with France?

6. Describe the marriage of Isabella and Enguerrand.

7. What luxuries do the nobility indulge in?

8. How is the Black Death handled when it returns in 1373-74?

9. Describe the Genoese expedition to Tunis.

10. What happened when the Roman Empire fell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Peasant uprisings were a perennial problem in Europe. Why were peasants unhappy, and what did they gain by rioting? Did the peasant rebellions contribute to an improvement of the peasants' situation, or did the nature of feudalism change for other reasons?

Essay Topic 2

American government officials used the word "crusade" to describe the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Compare and contrast these wars with the "crusades" launched against the Berbers in Tunis and the Turks in Hungary. How were they similar? How were they different?

Essay Topic 3

What was the role of women in 14th-century France? Analyze the role of women in French and English culture.

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