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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Chapter 16, After 1250.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How wide are Troyes' city walls?
(a) 1 feet.
(b) 8 feet.
(c) 15 feet.
(d) 4 feet.

2. What is troping?
(a) Words and melodies added to a traditional church service.
(b) A silly or impetuous idea.
(c) A process to soften animal hides.
(d) Traveling as part of a long pilgrimage.

3. Wealthy burghers can expect to have a home of how many stories?
(a) They share a one-story home with another burgher.
(b) One.
(c) Two and a half.
(d) Four.

4. What is the highest title a merchant can hope to obtain?
(a) Duke.
(b) Count.
(c) Esquire.
(d) Sire.

5. What is a superstition about childbirth mentioned in the text?
(a) A jongleur is made to attend the birth to ensure the child has a happy rather than sad disposition.
(b) Very particular lute music is played prior to and during birth, so the child will not be born deaf.
(c) The woman's face is covered with a cloth during childbirth, as it is considered ill fortune for a woman to witness the birth of her own child.
(d) The time of birth must be recorded exactly, which can be used to predict the child's future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the computus?

2. What distinguishes the Roman legacy of justice?

3. What language are church sermons given in?

4. Where are toilets located?

5. Approximately how many doctors are there in the Troyes of 1250?

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