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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. How is time kept throughout the day in Troyes?
(a) The Count's Castle has an official timekeeper.
(b) The church rings bells at three-hour intervals.
(c) A large sundial in the middle of town is referred to.
(d) The church rings bells every hour on the hour.

2. Wealthy burghers can expect to have a home of how many stories?
(a) Four.
(b) They share a one-story home with another burgher.
(c) Two and a half.
(d) One.

3. Which author is depended upon for the central texts to teach rhetoric in the cathedral school?
(a) Herodotus.
(b) Donatus.
(c) Nero.
(d) Aristotle.

4. Who is Robert le Bougre?
(a) An infamous inquisitor who burned many heretics at the stake.
(b) The mayor of Troyes in 1250.
(c) A famous and wealthy wool merchant and moneylender.
(d) The Prince of Champagne.

5. What two general sections is Troyes divided into?
(a) The east and the west.
(b) The old city and the new city.
(c) The north and the south.
(d) The Latin quarter and the French quarter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the beliefs of the Albigensians?

2. Which of the following is an ideal quality of a wet nurse?

3. How does a typical woman's education compare with a typical man's education?

4. What is the Chartres mile?

5. Who lives in the attic of a home?

(see the answer key)

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