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1

A combination of the limits of medieval agricultural technology and bad weather led to the arrival of the plague in the mid-fourteenth century. _____
A)True
B)False
2

The flagellants believed that they could relieve the suffering of others by inflicting pain upon themselves. _____
A)True
B)False
3

Jews were often blamed for the spread of the plague because they appeared more resistant to the disease. _____
A)True
B)False
4

The peasants and townspeople who revolted in England in 1381 blamed their troubles on the king. _____
A)True
B)False
5

Peasants revolting in the fourteenth century managed to free themselves from the obligations of serfdom and construct a new social order. _____
A)True
B)False
6

Catherine of Siena persuaded Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome. _____
A)True
B)False
7

During the Great Schism, Popes Urban VI and Clement VII considered each other the Anti-Christ. _____
A)True
B)False
8

The conciliarists hoped to expand the power of the papacy into an absolutist monarchy. _____
A)True
B)False
9

The Lollards believed in a scriptural basis for papal authority on earth. _____
A)True
B)False
10

Jan Hus preached many of Wycliffe’s ideas as well as the idea of Bohemian independence from German control. _____
A)True
B)False
11

Mounted knights became obsolete with the introduction of longbows, pikes, and gunpowder. _____
A)True
B)False
12

The Duke of Burgundy allied with the English, which led to the defeat of the French cavalry and the loss of northern France. _____
A)True
B)False
13

Joan of Arc was captured by agents of the papacy and burned at the stake for witchcraft and heresy. _____
A)True
B)False
14

As the feudal system broke down, rulers relied more and more on hired soldiers. _____
A)True
B)False
15

The Wars of the Roses were an extended series of conflicts over the successor to the French throne. _____
A)True
B)False
16

"Ockham’s razor" promoted complicated explanations based upon extensive knowledge of classical learning. _____
A)True
B)False
17

Boccaccio’s Decameron showed how the plague led people to retreat into more traditional, conservative ways. _____
A)True
B)False
18

The Flemish artist van Eyck was one of the first to use oil paint as a medium. _____
A)True
B)False
19

Genghis Khan extended his rule through violent means but then ruled his empire with tolerance. _____
A)True
B)False
20

The Mongol Empire forced conquered peoples to convert to Islam. _____
A)True
B)False
21

The Turks surrounded the Byzantine Empire and took Constantinople in 1453. _____
A)True
B)False
22

Ivan I became wealthy collecting tribute for the Mongols. _____
A)True
B)False





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