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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the widely-accepted currency in Troyes?
(a) Pounds.
(b) Doubloons.
(c) Deniers.
(d) Marks.

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

3. What does a midwife do?
(a) She is reported to ward away evil spirits with her relics.
(b) She attends to a pregnant woman and aids her in the birthing process.
(c) She buys food and other household items for the wife.
(d) She is a mistress for the burgher.

4. Why are Jews in a precarious position in Troyes?
(a) The Jews depend on the spice trade, which is sometimes interrupted.
(b) The Church actively hunts Jews in order to convert them.
(c) Royals may decree to ban Jews at any time.
(d) Their temples are constantly vandalized.

5. What might a dying man request as a form of penitence?
(a) To dip his coins and other property into a vat of boiling oil.
(b) To be set upon a raft made out of ebony wood.
(c) To lie down on a hair cloth.
(d) To drink the blood of an ox.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the only types of people not allowed to be married?

2. Who lives in the attic of a home?

3. How wide are Troyes' city walls?

4. What is a superstition about childbirth mentioned in the text?

5. What is a lying-in chamber?

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