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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 are common maladies in the 13th century?
(a) Skin diseases.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Bird flu.
(d) AIDS.

2. What is Latin for "a place where people congregate inside walls?"
(a) Civitas.
(b) Publico.
(c) Ars.
(d) Bourghas.

3. What material is used for ice skates?
(a) Ivory tusks.
(b) Iron.
(c) Horse shin bones.
(d) Granite.

4. Which of the following is NOT a step taken in the preparation of a typical dinner?
(a) Food must be taken to the cathedral to be blessed.
(b) The wife must visit the butcher's to select a meat.
(c) Meats must be roasted in a communal oven.
(d) Servants chop and blanch vegetables.

5. What is an ecuelle?
(a) A hunk of bread.
(b) A bowl filled with stew or soup.
(c) The salt shaker.
(d) A large fork.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to medieval medicine, how many "humors" are there in the body?

2. Why is it wise to restrict a baby's movements after birth, according to medieval wisdom?

3. Which of the following is an ideal quality of a wet nurse?

4. How is wire made by a blacksmith?

5. According to the manners of the time, how should bread be consumed?

(see the answer key)

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