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The Bubonic plague was:
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+Europe's first major epidemic for seven hundred years.
-responsible for the loss of fifty million Western Europeans.
-spread by rats called by scientists Yersinia pestis.
-spread from Europe to Asia.

{
All of the following are examples of extreme reactions to the Black Death except?
|type="[]"}
-Wealthy people fleeing to their countryside estates to avoid exposure.
+A rejection of the authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
-A cultural preoccupation with death.
-Attacks on Jews who many accused of causing the plague.

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In response to the Black Death:
|type="[]"}
-the nobility were able to increase their incomes.
+the wages of peasant laborers increased.
-prices increased dramatically.
-there were major famines because few people were available to farm the fields.

{
The English Peasants' Revolt of 1381:
|type="[]"}
-was led by unpaid royal cavalry troops.
-resulted in the execution of thousands of rebels.
-saw peasants burn churches and governmental buildings.
+was provoked by the imposition of a new poll tax.

{
During the Hundred Years' War, England's significant innovation was the use of:
|type="[]"}
-cannons to knock down castle walls.
+foot soldiers with long bows.
-secret diplomacy involving the papacy.
-heavily armored knights.

{
Joan of Arc was:
|type="[]"}
+inspired to act by visions of her favorite saint.
-able to banish the English from France and end the Hundred Years' War.
-exonerated of charges by a church court in the twentieth century.
-hanged at the age of 29.

{
The English Parliament grew more powerful during the fourteenth century by:
|type="[]"}
-dividing into two houses, Lords and Commons.
+gaining control over taxation and royal spending.
-overthrowing two monarchs.
-fostering the support of the peasantry.

{
In the High Middle Ages, the German monarch's power:
|type="[]"}
+depended on his own personal land holdings.
-never approached that of the Holy Roman Emperor.
-was limited by a growing Parliamentary faction.
-rivaled the power of the French and English kings.

{
Which of the following statements best describes politics in 14th century Italy?
|type="[]"}
-Venice, like Milan, was forced to abandon plans for expansion because of the plague.
-Governments headed by tyrants were being replaced by republican governments.
-The peninsula was moving toward unification under a papal monarchy.
+Larger city-states were gaining political power at the expense of smaller city-states.

{
During the 14th century, the residency of the popes in Avignon:
|type="[]"}
+increased antipapal sentiment.
-increased respect for the papacy.
-occurred without the approval of the French monarchy.
-increased German influence among the cardinals.

{
The Great Schism of 1378-1415 showed evidence of a:
|type="[]"}
-coming Protestant separation from the Catholic Church.
-declining significance of Christianity in Europe.
+growing national consciousness even in religious affairs.
-rising tide of class struggle even in religious affairs.

{
Dante's Divine Comedy was written:
|type="[]"}
-in Latin, which remained the language of church, state and literature.
-to justify the pope's right to be a secular ruler.
-during his period of excommunication by the pope.
+during his political exile from his native city Florence.

{
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales did not:
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-criticize the lax morals of church officials.
-rely on a variety of stories and tales to entertain.
-establish the linguistic basis for modern English.
+call into question the sainthood of Thomas of Canterbury.

{
Which 14th century painter's work represents a break with medieval artistic practices?
|type="[]"}
+Giotto
-Boccaccio
-Michelangelo
-da Vinci

{
The mechanical clock of the fourteenth century:
|type="[]"}
+based its measurements of time on ecclesiastical offices.
-was not capable of striking on the hour every hour.
-was first publicly installed on Saint Peter's Church in Rome.
-was hardly known outside monasteries where it kept the holy hours.

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