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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distinguishes the Germanic legacy of justice?
(a) Duels, and the process of ordeals.
(b) The church system handles punishment.
(c) A system of lawyers, evidence, and testimony.
(d) Crimes are considered personal, rather than civil.

2. Which of the following is NOT a step taken in siege mining?
(a) Using dynamite on wall support beams.
(b) Catching the fire above the siege mine on fire.
(c) Setting fire to wooden supports of the mine.
(d) Digging under a wall.

3. What is the cathedral in Troyes called?
(a) The Cathedral of the Divine Blessing.
(b) The Cathedral of St. Pierre and St. Paul.
(c) The Cathedral of St. Ignatius.
(d) The Cathedral of the Virgin Mary.

4. What is NOT a common punishment for crime in Troyes?
(a) Lengthy prison terms.
(b) Death by hanging.
(c) "Eye for an eye".
(d) Flogging.

5. How can a town council member be elected?
(a) By the heads of the merchant guilds.
(b) By popular vote of the peasants.
(c) By the feudal lord and the royal court.
(d) By popular vote of the craftsmen.

6. What is a city's defense against the siege mine?
(a) The windlass.
(b) The catapult.
(c) Diplomacy.
(d) The countermine.

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

8. What is the avoir de poids?
(a) The part of a fair for commodities that must be weighed.
(b) The part of a fair reserved for buying and selling of cloth.
(c) The footpath around Troyes.
(d) The canal that separates the old city from the new city in Troyes.

9. What disaster befalls Troyes in 1184?
(a) A crop failure and famine.
(b) A bad flood.
(c) An outbreak of plague.
(d) A large fire.

10. Why is curriculum referred to as the liberal arts?
(a) Because what's taught is not expected to make money.
(b) Because cathedral school is free to join.
(c) Because teaching methods are more art than science.
(d) Because education is meant to be applied liberally, to all peoples.

11. Who handles crimes involving members of the clergy?
(a) The town council, via special session.
(b) A special commission of the peasantry.
(c) The church system itself.
(d) The feudal lord.

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

13. What language were the earliest playlets conducted in?
(a) English.
(b) Northern.
(c) Provencal.
(d) Latin.

14. What is the most common execution technique in Troyes?
(a) Beheading.
(b) Electrocution.
(c) Stoning.
(d) Hanging.

15. Which of the following is NOT a right granted to citizens by a charter.
(a) The freedom from a variety of feudal taxes.
(b) The freedom to handle justice for certain crimes.
(c) The ability to negotiate military service with the feudal lord.
(d) The right to religious freedom of expression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are merchants reluctant to lend or provide money to the Crusades?

2. When does the "Hot Fair" of Troyes occur?

3. What dictates the severity of a fire in Troyes?

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

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

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