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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of gold over iron?
(a) Gold is more rare and thus more expensive than iron.
(b) Gold is more easily worked with than iron.
(c) Goldsmiths earn higher wages than blacksmiths.
(d) Gold is a much tougher, harder metal than iron.

2. What is the donjon of the Count's Castle used for?
(a) Baptisms.
(b) Ceremonies and jousting tournaments.
(c) It is home to many merchant families.
(d) To imprison political prisoners and debtors.

3. What does a tanner use to soften an animal's hide?
(a) Sugar water.
(b) Ethyl alcohol.
(c) Oil of peppermint.
(d) Fermented bran juice.

4. Which might be a restriction against two people being married?
(a) They are too old.
(b) Differences in education level.
(c) Either one is a former criminal.
(d) They are too closely related by blood.

5. Which of the following is NOT a step taken in the preparation of a typical dinner?
(a) Meats must be roasted in a communal oven.
(b) Servants chop and blanch vegetables.
(c) Food must be taken to the cathedral to be blessed.
(d) The wife must visit the butcher's to select a meat.

6. What are the majority of homes in Troyes made from?
(a) Timber.
(b) Iron.
(c) Adobe.
(d) Stone.

7. Which of the following is NOT a member category in a guild?
(a) Rookie.
(b) Journeyman.
(c) Master.
(d) Apprentice.

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

9. What is the most profitable type of fabric in 1250 Troyes?
(a) Wool.
(b) Linen.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Silk.

10. What is a lying-in chamber?
(a) The sleeping quarters for the burgher and his wife.
(b) The sleeping quarters for the servants.
(c) An interrogation room for criminals.
(d) A room reserved for a pregnant woman giving birth.

11. How is wire made by a blacksmith?
(a) Manual twisting with tongs.
(b) A mill wheel-type device that crushes metal.
(c) Sending metal through a complicated system of grates.
(d) By sending metal through smaller and smaller holes.

12. What city is the central subject of the book?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Troyes.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

13. How might a pregnant woman influence the sex of her infant child, according to the prevailing wisdom?
(a) Orientation of the woman in relation to the north pole influences sex of the child.
(b) Eating a diet dominated by lamb usually results in having a girl.
(c) Temperature of the woman influences sex of the child, and as such it is closely monitored.
(d) Sleeping on one side or the other can influence sex.

14. How is mental illness treated by medieval doctors?
(a) With lobotomies.
(b) As a religious problem, and therefore not treatable.
(c) With magical intonations.
(d) With bedrest and counseling.

15. How does an apprentice become a master?
(a) In a church ritual.
(b) By the retirement or death of their master.
(c) By creating a masterpiece.
(d) By earning their master's degree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a garderobe?

2. Why are soldiers hired by merchants on the way to the fair at Troyes?

3. Why do housewives frequently refrain from wearing makeup or wigs?

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

5. What does a fuller do?

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