Question 1

The conflict between Pope Boniface VIII and Philip IV of France began when Philip

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A) tried to end corruption in the French Church. 
B) tried to buy the papacy for his nephew, Henry. 
C) taxed churchmen without the Church's permission. 
D) denied the existence of witches. 
E) authorized a French translation of the Bible.

Question 2

The most revolutionary of thirteenth and fourteenth-century inventions was/were

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A) the printing press. 
B) paper. 
C) eyeglasses. 
D) clocks. 
E) telescope.

Question 3

Talk about:
-bubonic plague

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Question 4

What were the main causes of the Great Schism? What were the major results of this political and religious conflict?

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Question 5

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.

Question 6

Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

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A) celebrated English victories in the Hundred Years' War. 
B) portrayed characters from a variety of status levels, both high- and low-born. 
C) justified the English Peasants' Revolt. 
D) praised the church and its clergy. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 7

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Mysticism in the fourteenth century

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A) was especially advocated by the nominalist school of William of Occam. 
B) particularly took hold in France and Spain. 
C) emphasized an intensely personal feeling of oneness with God. 
D) was fully endorsed and carefully controlled by the church. 
E) abandoned orthodox Christianity for heterodox pantheism.

Question 9

Talk about:
-the "four humors"

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Question 10

Talk about:
-condottieri

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-condottieri...

Question 11

To what extent were climate and disease key factors in producing economic and social changes in the Later Middle Ages?

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Question 12

What major problems did European states face in the fourteenth century? How are these problems evident in the history of England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire?

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Question 13

Politically, Italy and Germany were similar in the fourteenth century because

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A) the plague had equally devastated both regions. 
B) both regions failed to develop a centralized monarchical state. 
C) local nobles and town governments lost much influence over reigning kings. 
D) mercenary captains usurped royal authority and ruled violently. 
E) both had begun to develop industrial economies.

Question 14

Talk about:
-Gerard Groote

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Question 15

Women benefited from the Black Death because

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A) they were able to find refuge in nunneries. 
B) they were immune because of herbs taken in conjunction with pregnancy. 
C) of social custom they were isolated, being restricted to their houses. 
D) there were new employment opportunities. 
E) women always lived longer than men.

Question 16

Talk about:
-clocks, eyeglasses, and paper

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Question 17

What factors led to the urban and rural revolts in the fourteenth century? Which causes were most important and why?

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Question 18

Florence was ruled throughout most of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by the

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A) grandi . 
B) popolo grasso . 
C) popolo minuto . 
D) ciompi . 
E) duce.

Question 19

What were the major themes of the vernacular literature of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Chaucer? How did the work of Christine de Pizan indicate both similar and different concerns?

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Question 20

Postplague socioeconomic relations between rich and poor in Europe

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A) improved noticeably as Christians sought to make peace with one another to please an angry God. 
B) did not alter from their preplague character. 
C) deteriorated because a surplus of workers resulted in a dramatic downturn in wages. 
D) improved radically as the economy entered into a period of sustained prosperity. 
E) got much worse as the positions of landlords deteriorated, and they sought to limit the gains of the peasants.

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