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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which was not a part of the trivium?
(a) Grammar.
(b) Rhetoric.
(c) Dialectics.
(d) Music.

2. This tribe was ignorant of which vital part of survival?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Building.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Agriculture.

3. In which year was the papacy relocated?
(a) 1181.
(b) 1403.
(c) 1305.
(d) 1247.

4. How many heirs were murdered?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. During this time ____ ran rampant in Europe.
(a) Barbarianism.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Literary expression.
(d) Artistic movements.

6. In which year were the heirs to the English throne murdered?
(a) 1421.
(b) 1516.
(c) 1483.
(d) 1386.

7. What was the name of the pope's son-in-law?
(a) Alfonso.
(b) William.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Roberto.

8. In which city was the patent introduced?
(a) Rome.
(b) Beijing.
(c) London.
(d) Mainz.

9. How did the Inquisitors kill the mentally ill?
(a) Burned them.
(b) Shot them.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Hanged them.

10. The horse's harness, collar and stirrup did not exist until about ____ A.D.
(a) 700.
(b) 600.
(c) 900.
(d) 1000.

11. The densest of medieval periods lasted ____ years.
(a) 400.
(b) 500.
(c) 200.
(d) 600.

12. During which century did the explorer live?
(a) 16th.
(b) 15th.
(c) 17th.
(d) 18th.

13. Among the lost arts was ____.
(a) Weaving.
(b) Candlemaking.
(c) Quilting.
(d) Bricklaying.

14. How old was King James III when he died?
(a) 41.
(b) 37.
(c) 34.
(d) 29.

15. The Portuguese had been in the islands ___ years previous.
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which fabric began to replace wool in high society wardrobes?

2. The sovereign's main competitor came from which country?

3. Records show that only ____ out of 100 murderers was ever brought to justice.

4. What is the estimated illiteracy rate among women at this time?

5. She was accomplished in which art?

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