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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately how many doctors are there in the Troyes of 1250?
(a) 100.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

2. What is a lying-in chamber?
(a) The sleeping quarters for the servants.
(b) A room reserved for a pregnant woman giving birth.
(c) The sleeping quarters for the burgher and his wife.
(d) An interrogation room for criminals.

3. What did a doctor do for common wound and injuries?
(a) Melted candle wax and applied it to the wound.
(b) Applied a binding to the wound, and kept it clean and sterile.
(c) Placed a ruby on the wrist for relief of pain.
(d) Appealed to God in a prayer to cure the wound.

4. In 1250, who lives in the Viscount's Tower?
(a) The Viscount.
(b) The Count of Champagne.
(c) Several merchant families.
(d) The Bishop of Troyes.

5. How many leper's colonies existed in France around 1250?
(a) Two thousand.
(b) One hundred.
(c) One.
(d) Zero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wealthy burghers can expect to have a home of how many stories?

2. What time period is covered by the book?

3. What city is the central subject of the book?

4. What is an ecuelle?

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

(see the answer key)

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