It Was More Difficult for Serfs to Improve Their Economic

question 5

Multiple Choice

It was more difficult for serfs to improve their economic and social status because:

• A)serfs were forced to work every daylight hour of every day to produce food for their lord.
• B)serfs were illiterate,and literacy was required for social and economic mobility.
• C)serfs were regularly fined large amounts by their lords for very small infractions.
• D)serfs were tied to their lord's manorial lands and so could not move.
• E)the aristocracy violently oppressed all serfs.

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