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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a function of guilds?
(a) They increase earnings of guild members.
(b) They increase the Church's power because of endowments.
(c) They ensure qualities and standards.
(d) They restrict competition.

2. Why do craftsmen frequently work in full view of the public?
(a) Because that is the policy of the Count of Champagne.
(b) Because that is church policy.
(c) So that everyone can see their skill.
(d) In a show of honesty required by the merchants' guild.

3. What is a superstition about childbirth mentioned in the text?
(a) 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.
(b) A jongleur is made to attend the birth to ensure the child has a happy rather than sad disposition.
(c) Very particular lute music is played prior to and during birth, so the child will not be born deaf.
(d) The time of birth must be recorded exactly, which can be used to predict the child's future.

4. When is a child baptized ideally?
(a) At one year of age.
(b) On the first day of birth.
(c) On their fifth birthday.
(d) At two weeks' of age.

5. Who rules Champagne in the year 1250?
(a) Thibaut the Great.
(b) Queen Blanche.
(c) Thibaut IV.
(d) Geoffroi de Villehardouin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is usury?

2. What is consanguinity?

3. What is the church's position on most games and entertainments?

4. Why must the housewife be especially careful in selecting food from the market?

5. "The Prophets" is an example of what?

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