Question 1

Talk about:
-Gerard Groote

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Gerard Groote was a Dutch preacher and f

Question 2

Talk about:
-Dante's Divine Comedy

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Dante's Divine Comedy is a classic work

Question 3

Christine de Pizan agreed that killing Joan of Arc had been a good idea, as this execution protected the proper ideal of women everywhere.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Italian condottieri were

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A)  political leaders supporting the pope. 
B)  bankers with branch banks throughout much of Western Europe. 
C)  merchants working in northern Europe. 
D)  reformers within the Catholic Church. 
E)  leaders of mercenary bands, occasionally ruling as military dictators. 
A)  political leaders supporting the pope. 
B)  bankers with branch banks throughout much of Western Europe. 
C)  merchants working in northern Europe. 
D)  reformers within the Catholic Church. 
E)  leaders of mercenary bands, occasionally ruling as military dictators.

Question 5

Talk about:
-clocks, eyeglasses, and paper

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Clocks, eyeglasses, and paper are all es

Question 6

In Defender of The Peace , Marsiglio of Padua took the position that

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A)  popes have authority over the commoners but not over nobles. 
B)  the church must consign itself solely to spiritual functions. 
C)  popes have ultimate authority over all men, even kings. 
D)  the church was entirely illegitimate. 
E)  each king ought to establish his own church in his country. 
A)  popes have authority over the commoners but not over nobles. 
B)  the church must consign itself solely to spiritual functions. 
C)  popes have ultimate authority over all men, even kings. 
D)  the church was entirely illegitimate. 
E)  each king ought to establish his own church in his country.

Question 7

Talk about:
-Golden Bull of Charles IV

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The Golden Bull of Charles IV was a decr

Question 8

The bubonic plague caused great mortality in Italy but had relatively limited impact on the rest of Europe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Talk about:
-scutage

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Scutage was a medieval tax that allowed

Question 10

Talk about:
-Yersinia pestis

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Yersinia pestis is a bacterium that caus

Question 11

The bubonic plague originated in

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A)  Africa. 
B)  Syria. 
C)  Italy. 
D)  the Azores. 
E)  Asia. 
A)  Africa. 
B)  Syria. 
C)  Italy. 
D)  the Azores. 
E)  Asia.

Question 12

One major issue behind the Hundred Years' War was a claim to the French throne by the English king

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A)  John II. 
B)  Edward II. 
C)  Edward III. 
D)  William the Conqueror 
E)  Henry I. 
A)  John II. 
B)  Edward II. 
C)  Edward III. 
D)  William the Conqueror 
E)  Henry I.

Question 13

Merchants and manufacturers responded to the economic tribulations of the fourteenth century by

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A)  increasing their prices. 
B)  restricting competition and resisting the demands of the lower classes. 
C)  blaming the Jews and persecuting them. 
D)  pressuring the government to raise the prices of their products. 
E)  adopting laissez-faire policies. 
A)  increasing their prices. 
B)  restricting competition and resisting the demands of the lower classes. 
C)  blaming the Jews and persecuting them. 
D)  pressuring the government to raise the prices of their products. 
E)  adopting laissez-faire policies.

Question 14

The Golden Bull of 1356 in Germany

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A)  made heredity rather than election the process by which German kings were selected. 
B)  ensured the independence of the ecclesiastical states. 
C)  gave seven electors the power to choose the "king of the Romans." 
D)  ensured strong central authority for Germany in the next century. 
E)  gave limited religious toleration to urban Jews. 
A)  made heredity rather than election the process by which German kings were selected. 
B)  ensured the independence of the ecclesiastical states. 
C)  gave seven electors the power to choose the "king of the Romans." 
D)  ensured strong central authority for Germany in the next century. 
E)  gave limited religious toleration to urban Jews.

Question 15

Joan of Arc saved France by inspiring the French soldiers to break the English siege of

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A)  Bordeaux. 
B)  Amiens. 
C)  Orléans. 
D)  Paris. 
E)  Geneva. 
A)  Bordeaux. 
B)  Amiens. 
C)  Orléans. 
D)  Paris. 
E)  Geneva.

Question 16

One of France's advantages toward the end of the Hundred Years' War was its adoption of cannon.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Talk about:
-the Jacquerie

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The Jacquerie was a popular uprising tha

Question 18

Talk about:
-pneumonic plague

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Pneumonic plague is one of the three mai

Question 19

Concerning parent-child relationships in the Middle Ages

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A)  parents were mostly indifferent toward their children, who often died while very young. 
B)  parents lavished considerable attention and affection on their offspring. 
C)  children were increasingly given over to be raised by strict church tutors. 
D)  children often married very young due to parental pressures to establish their own families quickly. 
E)  because of the number of deaths in the Black Death, children were seen as special and unique and were thus raised in a permissive environment. 
A)  parents were mostly indifferent toward their children, who often died while very young. 
B)  parents lavished considerable attention and affection on their offspring. 
C)  children were increasingly given over to be raised by strict church tutors. 
D)  children often married very young due to parental pressures to establish their own families quickly. 
E)  because of the number of deaths in the Black Death, children were seen as special and unique and were thus raised in a permissive environment.

Question 20

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.

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

Talk about: -Gerard Groote

Talk about: -Dante's Divine Comedy

Christine de Pizan agreed that killing Joan of Arc had been a good idea, as this execution protected the proper ideal of women everywhere.

The Italian condottieri were

Talk about: -clocks, eyeglasses, and paper

In Defender of The Peace , Marsiglio of Padua took the position that

Talk about: -Golden Bull of Charles IV

The bubonic plague caused great mortality in Italy but had relatively limited impact on the rest of Europe.

Talk about: -scutage

Talk about: -Yersinia pestis

The bubonic plague originated in

One major issue behind the Hundred Years' War was a claim to the French throne by the English king

Merchants and manufacturers responded to the economic tribulations of the fourteenth century by

The Golden Bull of 1356 in Germany

Joan of Arc saved France by inspiring the French soldiers to break the English siege of

One of France's advantages toward the end of the Hundred Years' War was its adoption of cannon.

Talk about: -the Jacquerie

Talk about: -pneumonic plague

Concerning parent-child relationships in the Middle Ages

All of the following were reactions to the great plague except

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