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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is a child baptized ideally?
(a) At one year of age.
(b) On the first day of birth.
(c) On their fifth birthday.
(d) At two weeks' of age.

2. How is a baby dressed until it can walk?
(a) With very tight wrappings.
(b) With a loose-fitting dress.
(c) The baby is left naked until it can walk.
(d) All in white, in the hopes that a witch cannot hurt him/her.

3. What is NOT an activity commonly performed by jongleurs?
(a) Telling stories of histories and legends.
(b) Doing magic tricks.
(c) Playing instruments.
(d) Holding political debates.

4. What are relics?
(a) The sacred physical remains of saints.
(b) Extremely elderly members of the congregation.
(c) Extremely elderly members of the clergy.
(d) Candles that help to illuminate statuary inside the church.

5. How many leper's colonies existed in France around 1250?
(a) Two thousand.
(b) One.
(c) Zero.
(d) One hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a midwife do?

2. Why is it wise to restrict a baby's movements after birth, according to medieval wisdom?

3. How is wire made by a blacksmith?

4. Which of the following is NOT a member category in a guild?

5. What is the purpose of the flying buttress?

(see the answer key)

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