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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the buildings of Troyes susceptible to fire damage?
(a) They are subject to fierce cross winds.
(b) Troyes has an unusually large number of arsonists.
(c) They are crowded together and made of timber.
(d) Generous fire insurance causes many cases of arson-related fraud.

2. What is the highest title a merchant can hope to obtain?
(a) Count.
(b) Sire.
(c) Duke.
(d) Esquire.

3. In 1250, who lives in the Viscount's Tower?
(a) The Viscount.
(b) Several merchant families.
(c) The Count of Champagne.
(d) The Bishop of Troyes.

4. What is a proper subject for a Rutebauf poem?
(a) Intrigue at the court of Champagne.
(b) A queen wandering her royal garden.
(c) A peasant's horse breaking a leg.
(d) A Bishop delivering a sermon.

5. Which one of the following is NOT one of the subjects of the trivium?
(a) Grammar.
(b) Logic.
(c) Music.
(d) Rhetoric.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is a burgher's house covered in upon his death?

2. There is a revival of theater in the 13th century. Where does it start?

3. Which of the following is true about the cathedral school?

4. Educated wanderers who developed an irreverent brand of Latin verse were known as what?

5. What immediately follows the sermon in a typical church service?

(see the answer key)

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