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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ms. Borgia became the duchess of which region?
(a) Tuscany.
(b) Ferrara.
(c) Capellini.
(d) Burgundy.

2. To whom was the girl married?
(a) Orsini.
(b) Kotter.
(c) Carlito.
(d) Borgia.

3. How did the Inquisitors kill the mentally ill?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Burned them.
(c) Hanged them.
(d) Shot them.

4. Who stated that he was "above grammar?"
(a) Marc Antony.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Sigismund.
(d) Charlemagne.

5. Which was not a part of the trivium?
(a) Dialectics.
(b) Music.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Rhetoric.

6. Which group introduced the process?
(a) Spaniards.
(b) Muslims.
(c) French.
(d) Italians.

7. The group came from which region?
(a) China.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Mongolia.

8. Which of the following was a common way to earn a living?
(a) Counterfeiting.
(b) Kidnapping for ransom.
(c) Embezzlement.
(d) Theft.

9. ____ Borgia is one of the most notorious vixens of the period.
(a) Lucille.
(b) Lorelei.
(c) Lucrezia.
(d) Lillith.

10. Who said "God has given us the papacy?"
(a) Pietro.
(b) Leo.
(c) Charles.
(d) Paul.

11. Which invention came to the forefront of the culture at this time?
(a) Printing press.
(b) Longbow.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Telescope.

12. One of the pope's feasts was known as the Ballet of the ____.
(a) Peaches.
(b) Chestnuts.
(c) Walnuts.
(d) Apricots.

13. This brother reached which position in the church?
(a) Cardinal.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Pope.
(d) Archbishop.

14. The densest of medieval periods lasted ____ years.
(a) 400.
(b) 600.
(c) 500.
(d) 200.

15. What was the name of the young Borgia's replacement?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Angelina.
(c) Sophia.
(d) Guiliana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Lucrezia's brother?

2. The sovereign's main competitor came from which country?

3. What is the estimated illiteracy rate among women at this time?

4. In which century was the manufacture of paper introduced?

5. The "____ Man" theory discusses the change in culture by elites.

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