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,True/False Questions1. 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
Answer: b
2. The flagellants believed that they could relieve the suffering of others by inflicting
pain upon themselves.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
3. Jews were often blamed for the spread of the plague because they appeared more
resistant to the disease.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
4. The peasants and townspeople who revolted in England in 1381 blamed their troubles
on the king.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
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
Answer: b
6. Catherine of Siena persuaded Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
7. During the Great Schism, Popes Urban VI and Clement VII considered each other the
Anti-Christ.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
,8. The conciliarists hoped to expand the power of the papacy into an absolutist
monarchy.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
9. The Lollards believed in a scriptural basis for papal authority on earth.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
10. Jan Hus preached many of Wycliffe’s ideas as well as the idea of Bohemian
independence from German control.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
11. Mounted knights became obsolete with the introduction of longbows, pikes, and
gunpowder.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
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
Answer: a
13. Joan of Arc was captured by agents of the papacy and burned at the stake for
witchcraft and heresy.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
14. As the feudal system broke down, rulers relied more and more on hired soldiers.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
15. The Wars of the Roses were an extended series of conflicts over the successor to the
French throne.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
, 16. “Ockham’s razor” promoted complicated explanations based upon extensive
knowledge of classical learning.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
17. Boccaccio’s Decameron showed how the plague led people to retreat into more
traditional, conservative ways.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
18. The Flemish artist van Eyck was one of the first to use oil paint as a medium.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
19. Genghis Khan extended his rule through violent means but then ruled his empire with
tolerance.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
20. The Mongol Empire forced conquered peoples to convert to Islam.
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
21. The Turks surrounded the Byzantine Empire and took Constantinople in 1453.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
22. Ivan I became wealthy collecting tribute for the Mongols.
a. True
b. False
Answer: a
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