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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people share a wine cup during dining?
(a) Just one.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) The entire table drinks from the same cup.

2. Where are toilets located?
(a) In the solar.
(b) In the stable yard.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the basement.

3. Why is it wise to restrict a baby's movements after birth, according to medieval wisdom?
(a) Demons will be able to more easily track a moving baby.
(b) A moving baby will make for an impetuous, nervous adult.
(c) A moving baby might twist and deform its own limbs.
(d) The various humors (fluids) in a baby must have time to settle.

4. Who lives in the Count's Castle?
(a) The Viscount.
(b) No one.
(c) The Bishop of Troyes.
(d) The Count of Champagne.

5. Who lives in the "old city?"
(a) Only members of the Church are allowed in the old city.
(b) It is exclusively reserved for the the poor.
(c) It is exclusively reserved for Jews.
(d) Wealthy families, clergy members, Jews, and the poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the highest title a merchant can hope to obtain?

2. What is an ecuelle?

3. What did a doctor do for common wound and injuries?

4. What accounts for varying degrees of quality in iron, as fashioned by a blacksmith?

5. What is the donjon of the Count's Castle used for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some common sicknesses in the 13th century?

2. In the tenth and eleventh centuries, what helped cement the growth of bourgs?

3. How did the Romans influence the area that is now France?

4. How is a woman restricted in medieval society?

5. Describe what a blacksmith does.

6. Why is it important for a burgher to have a detailed will?

7. What are the purpose of merchant guilds?

8. What are some typical dining manners observed in 1250 in Troyes?

9. Describe the journey a merchant might take to a fair in Troyes.

10. How is wool processed?

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