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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many shillings make up one pound?

2. Why are Jews in a precarious position in Troyes?

3. How many deniers make up one shilling?

4. What does a fuller do?

5. When is a child baptized ideally?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some typical leisure activities.

2. Describe the journey a merchant might take to a fair in Troyes.

3. What enterprises might a wealthy burgher pursue in order to gain more wealth?

4. What are some typical dining manners observed in 1250 in Troyes?

5. What do Jews tend to lend money at higher interest rates than their Christian counterparts.

6. Explain how currency functions in 1250 Troyes.

7. How might a woman prepare herself when she wakes up?

8. What series of events led to the "Dark Ages?"

9. How do doctors of the 13th century differ from doctors of the Dark Ages a few centuries earlier?

10. Who was and was not allowed to get married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ordinary craftspeople aspire to become wealthy and well-respected merchants.

1) Wool is a lucrative commodity. How is wool processed? Describe the multistep process.

2) What is the right of coinage, and who possesses the right? What is a denier? How does the right of coinage affect the denier?

3) What is society's view of moneylending? What is the Church's view of money-lending?

Essay Topic 2

Women enjoyed certain freedoms but also suffered certain restrictions in the High Middle Ages.

1) As described in the book, develop a list of liberties enjoyed by women.

2) Next, develop a list of restrictions imposed upon women.

3) What sort of political power do women have?

Essay Topic 3

Chapter 6 describes the host of necessary occupations one might find in Troyes in 1250.

1) List four different types of typical craftspeople. Describe the goods they produce, and the manner in which they produce that good.

2) What is a guild? What are the advantages of joining a guild?

3) What is the nature of the master-apprentice relationship? How does an apprentice become a master? What is a journeyman?

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