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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the church's position on most games and entertainments?
(a) These activities are necessary to overall emotional health.
(b) The church states no opinion on these activities.
(c) These activities are sinful and forbidden.
(d) These activities are sinful, but permitted on Tuesdays.

2. Which historical figure first encourages the merchant fairs of Troyes?
(a) Thibaut the Great.
(b) Chretien de Troyes.
(c) Constantine.
(d) The Bishop of Canterbury.

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

4. What might a dying man request as a form of penitence?
(a) To be set upon a raft made out of ebony wood.
(b) To drink the blood of an ox.
(c) To dip his coins and other property into a vat of boiling oil.
(d) To lie down on a hair cloth.

5. When is a Caesarian section typically performed in the case of a woman giving birth?
(a) The midwife makes the determination to have a Caesarian section.
(b) Only if the woman has died, or the child has died in the womb.
(c) Caesarian section is more typical than a natural childbirth.
(d) The Bishop determines whether a birth should be done via Caesarian section.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is consanguinity?

2. Why must the housewife be especially careful in selecting food from the market?

3. What is "churching?"

4. What is a lying-in chamber?

5. Who are the only types of people not allowed to be married?

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