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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. Why does construction of cathedrals often stop for extended periods of time?
(a) Cathedrals are costly, and money often runs out.
(b) The construction schedule is set for religious reasons.
(c) Stone is in scarce supply.
(d) Princes often stop construction by royal decree.

2. Why is pepper a highly-valued spice?
(a) Because the Persians will pay outlandish sums for the spice.
(b) Because of its reported ability to cure leprosy.
(c) It is associated with Saint John the Baptist, and is considered a relic.
(d) For its flavor, and its ability to preserve meat.

3. What is the most expensive and sought-after commodity of the High Middle Ages?
(a) Animal hides.
(b) Iron.
(c) Spices.
(d) Oil.

4. Which two parties negotiated town charters?
(a) A town's mayor and the conquering army's general.
(b) A town's bishop and the reigning feudal lord.
(c) A town's citizens and the town's bishop.
(d) A town's citizens and the reigning feudal lord.

5. What language are church sermons given in?
(a) Greek.
(b) Aramaic.
(c) Latin.
(d) The vernacular.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might be a proper subject of a playlet?

2. What is co-optation?

3. Why would a guild donate money for the construction of a cathedral?

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

5. Why is curriculum referred to as the liberal arts?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a glazier create a stained glass window?

2. What remains today of Troyes?

3. How much of a danger is warfare to a city like Troyes?

4. How does a typical famine begin and progress?

5. What disasters occur in Troyes in the 1180s?

6. How are Middle Ages masons inferior to Roman-era masons? How are they superior?

7. How is criminal justice handled in Troyes?

8. How happened to Troyes after 1250?

9. How do communes influence the matter of military service?

10. For what poetry is Thibaut IV most known for?

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