Question 1

Among the adverse economic and population changes in fourteenth-century Europe were

Accepted Answer

A) shrinking peasant land holdings below the size needed to support a family. 
B) an exodus of residents from overpopulated rural areas. 
C) rapidly rising numbers of poor people in cities. 
D) all productive land was being farmed, including many marginal lands susceptible to changing weather patterns. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) shrinking peasant land holdings below the size needed to support a family. 
B) an exodus of residents from overpopulated rural areas. 
C) rapidly rising numbers of poor people in cities. 
D) all productive land was being farmed, including many marginal lands susceptible to changing weather patterns. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 2

The basic unit of the late medieval urban environment was the

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A) neighborhood. 
B) nuclear family. 
C) corporation. 
D) guild. 
E) extended family. 
A) neighborhood. 
B) nuclear family. 
C) corporation. 
D) guild. 
E) extended family.

Question 3

What was true of marriages between urban couples prior to the Black Death?

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A) Most couples married in their early teens. 
B) Divorce was a simple and common process. 
C) Only elites had their marriages sanctified by the church. 
D) Most marriages were carried out in secret. 
E) Late marriages were common. 
A) Most couples married in their early teens. 
B) Divorce was a simple and common process. 
C) Only elites had their marriages sanctified by the church. 
D) Most marriages were carried out in secret. 
E) Late marriages were common.

Question 4

All of the following were reactions to the great plague EXCEPT

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A) an increase in violence and murder due to a sense of life's cheapness. 
B) the formation of groups like the flagellants, who flogged themselves to save the world. 
C) a reduction in the persecution of religious minorities because of the displeasure it caused God. 
D) morbidity and preoccupation with death in everyday life. 
E) economic depression. 
A) an increase in violence and murder due to a sense of life's cheapness. 
B) the formation of groups like the flagellants, who flogged themselves to save the world. 
C) a reduction in the persecution of religious minorities because of the displeasure it caused God. 
D) morbidity and preoccupation with death in everyday life. 
E) economic depression.

Question 5

What was the most revolutionary invention in the thirteenth and fourteenth-century?

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A) The printing press 
B) Paper 
C) Eyeglasses 
D) Clocks 
E) Telescope 
A) The printing press 
B) Paper 
C) Eyeglasses 
D) Clocks 
E) Telescope

Question 6

What happened to the Great Council of barons during the reign of Edward III of England?

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A) It became the chief advisory body of the king. 
B) It relinquished most of its main powers. 
C) It became the House of Lords forming a hereditary body of peers in Parliament. 
D) It became subservient to the House of Commons. 
E) It was abolished in favor of a unitary parliament. 
A) It became the chief advisory body of the king. 
B) It relinquished most of its main powers. 
C) It became the House of Lords forming a hereditary body of peers in Parliament. 
D) It became subservient to the House of Commons. 
E) It was abolished in favor of a unitary parliament.

Question 7

Edward III's early campaigns in France were

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A) among the greatest in English history. 
B) timid and half-hearted. 
C) complete failures. 
D) uniformly successful. 
E) indecisive and achieved little. 
A) among the greatest in English history. 
B) timid and half-hearted. 
C) complete failures. 
D) uniformly successful. 
E) indecisive and achieved little.

Question 8

During the reign of England's Edward III,

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A) the English monarchy all but collapsed. 
B) England broke with the Catholic church. 
C) Parliament developed its basic structure and functions. 
D) England became the wealthiest kingdom in Europe. 
E) the office of the sheriff was invented. 
A) the English monarchy all but collapsed. 
B) England broke with the Catholic church. 
C) Parliament developed its basic structure and functions. 
D) England became the wealthiest kingdom in Europe. 
E) the office of the sheriff was invented.

Question 9

Henry V achieved a memorable victory at the Battle of Agincourt.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What happened to Joan of Arc after helping drive the English from France?

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A) She became rich writing romance novels. 
B) She was burned at the stake as a heretic. 
C) She married the King of France and produced many children. 
D) She married a peasant and lived in poverty and obscurity. 
E) She became the first female Roman Catholic priest. 
A) She became rich writing romance novels. 
B) She was burned at the stake as a heretic. 
C) She married the King of France and produced many children. 
D) She married a peasant and lived in poverty and obscurity. 
E) She became the first female Roman Catholic priest.

Question 11

The Council of ____ in 1409 deposed the two rival popes.

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A) Milan 
B) Florence 
C) Pisa 
D) Constance 
E) Rome 
A) Milan 
B) Florence 
C) Pisa 
D) Constance 
E) Rome

Question 12

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Black Death

Accepted Answer

The Black Death refers to a devastating

Question 13

For what is Dante's Divine Comedy best known?

Accepted Answer

A) It is considered a synthesis of medieval Christian thought. 
B) It was one of the last fourteenth-century works to be written in Latin. 
C) It lashed out at the "barbarity" of the classical tradition. 
D) It attacked the science of Aristotle, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the Catholic church. 
E) It was the greatest prose work of the early Renaissance. 
A) It is considered a synthesis of medieval Christian thought. 
B) It was one of the last fourteenth-century works to be written in Latin. 
C) It lashed out at the "barbarity" of the classical tradition. 
D) It attacked the science of Aristotle, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the Catholic church. 
E) It was the greatest prose work of the early Renaissance.

Question 14

It is estimated that famine in the early fourteenth century killed 35 percent of the European population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The crucial battle of the Hundred Years' War that was won by Henry V in 1415 and that led to the treaty and apparent victory in the war for Henry and England was the Battle of

Accepted Answer

A) Brétigny. 
B) Tours. 
C) Poitiers. 
D) Calais. 
E) Agincourt. 
A) Brétigny. 
B) Tours. 
C) Poitiers. 
D) Calais. 
E) Agincourt.

Question 16

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
purgatory

Accepted Answer

Purgatory is a concept in Christian theo

Question 17

In what town did the papacy reside in across the French border from 1305 to 1377?

Accepted Answer

A) Avignon 
B) Bordeaux 
C) Provence 
D) Dijon 
E) Paris 
A) Avignon 
B) Bordeaux 
C) Provence 
D) Dijon 
E) Paris

Question 18

The Black Death accelerated the decline of serfdom in western Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

How did the adversities of the fourteenth century affect urban life?

Accepted Answer

The adversities of the fourteenth centur

Question 20

What was the mainstay of the English army at the outset of the Hundred Years' War?

Accepted Answer

A) Heavy cavalry 
B) Artillery 
C) Musketeers 
D) Foot soldiers 
E) Knights 
A) Heavy cavalry 
B) Artillery 
C) Musketeers 
D) Foot soldiers 
E) Knights

Exam 11: The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Among the adverse economic and population changes in fourteenth-century Europe were

The basic unit of the late medieval urban environment was the

What was true of marriages between urban couples prior to the Black Death?

All of the following were reactions to the great plague EXCEPT

What was the most revolutionary invention in the thirteenth and fourteenth-century?

What happened to the Great Council of barons during the reign of Edward III of England?

Edward III's early campaigns in France were

During the reign of England's Edward III,

Henry V achieved a memorable victory at the Battle of Agincourt.

What happened to Joan of Arc after helping drive the English from France?

The Council of ____ in 1409 deposed the two rival popes.

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Black Death

For what is Dante's Divine Comedy best known?

It is estimated that famine in the early fourteenth century killed 35 percent of the European population.

The crucial battle of the Hundred Years' War that was won by Henry V in 1415 and that led to the treaty and apparent victory in the war for Henry and England was the Battle of

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. purgatory

In what town did the papacy reside in across the French border from 1305 to 1377?

The Black Death accelerated the decline of serfdom in western Europe.

How did the adversities of the fourteenth century affect urban life?

What was the mainstay of the English army at the outset of the Hundred Years' War?

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