The late Middle Ages The century of war plague and disorder

Test 4

1. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F ). For peasants life became more comfortable in the 14^th century.

2. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F ). The Church was popular in the 14^th century.

3. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F ). Esquires used to be knights’ servants.

4. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F ). The story of Dick Whittington proves that a poor could never become rich.

5. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F ). In the Parliament of the 14 the century the poor had no voice of their own.

6. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F). The alliance between esquires and merchants in the 14th century made Parliament more powerful.

7. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F ). “Justices of the peace” still exist nowadays to deal with smaller offenses.

8. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F ). Joan of Arc is a heroin of the Wars of the Roses.

9. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F ). Britain lost all its French areas in the Hundred years war.

10. Choose the right option(s ). What English king was the most popular with people (‘ideal feudal king’)?

A William I

B Henry I

C Richard I

E Edward I

11. Choose the right option. Who was the founder of the Order of the Garter?

A King Arthur

B Richard I

C Richard II

D Richard III

E John

F Edward III

12. Choose the right option. The Black Prince is a symbol of….

A. plague

B. “code of Chivalry”

13. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F). The members of The Order of the Garter meet once a year on St. Andrew’s Day at Windsor Castle.

14. Agree (write T) or disagree (write F). Chivalry was a useful way of persuading men to fight by creating the idea that war is a noble and glorious thing.

15. Choose the right option(s). Who was the first Prince of Wales?

A Edward I

B Edward II

C Henry I

D Henry II

16. Choose the right option(s). When did the Hundred War start?

A 1330

B 1337

C 1340

D 1343

17 Agree (write T) or disagree (write F). At the beginning of the Hundred War the English Army was more successful than the French one.

18. Choose the right option(s). Who was the Scots’ ally in the 14^th century?

A England

B France

C Germany

D Denmark

19. Find mistake(s) in the reasons for the Hundred years war:

A The French king’s authority in France went down.

B To make his position stronger the French king began to interfere with British trade.

C The French king seized Part of Gascony. It was a threat to England’s wealth.

20. Choose the right option. Whose motto is “Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense”?

A English Royal family’s

B French kings’

C Round Table knights’

D Edward III’s

21. Choose the right option. What English kings were greatly admired by the British people?

A King Arthur

B Richard I

C Richard II

D Richard III

E Edward III

22 Choose the right option. Why did many Flemings settle in England in the 14^th century?

A were invited by the English king

B the Flemish cloth industry collapsed 1320 to 1360.

C wanted to invade Britain.

D liked traveling

23. Choose the right option. What is John Wycliffe famous for?

A Lollardy

B Orthodoxy

C Translation of the Bible into English

24 Agree (write T) or disagree (write F). The wife of noble was expected to have knowledge of herbs and plants to make suitable medicines for the sick.

25. Write the answer. Who are these words “ he wanted to hammer them into ground, but hammered them into nation” about?

26. Complete the sentence. Stone of Destiny is a symbol of…

27. Choose the right option. Who won the Hundred years war?

A Spain

B Britain

C France

D Scotland

28. Choose the right option. Who was the last Norman king?

A Richard II

B Richard III

C Edward II

D Edward III

29. Write the answer. What new force in the national economy appeared replacing the guilds?

30. Write the answer. Who is considered to be the father of English literature?

31. Write the answer. What is the major invention of the 15^th century?

32. The people sang: “When Adam delved, and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?” Who was the leader of the revolt? Write his name.

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