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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. How is mental illness treated by medieval doctors?
(a) With bedrest and counseling.
(b) With magical intonations.
(c) With lobotomies.
(d) As a religious problem, and therefore not treatable.

2. What does a fuller do?
(a) He digs graves.
(b) He treats yarn to give it firmness and body.
(c) He removes wool of its impurities.
(d) He spins cotton into pieces of clothing.

3. What is consanguinity?
(a) The amount of blood-relatedness between two people.
(b) Forbidden and demonic blood magic.
(c) A popular alcoholic beverage.
(d) An ingredient used to tan an animal's hide.

4. What is a consignment?
(a) The right to purchase all the wool for a particular person or organization.
(b) The property given over from the bride's family to the groom.
(c) A process in which wine is distilled.
(d) The process in which the church appoints a bishop to a particular town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does "The Mystere d' Adam" end?

2. Who is a wet nurse?

3. What did a doctor do for common wound and injuries?

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

5. How are books regarded in the 13th century?

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