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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. Which of the following is true about the cathedral school?
(a) All ages are taught together.
(b) Students are graded.
(c) Grammar is taught with a crude version of phonetics.
(d) Instruction is conducted in the vernacular.

2. What does a midwife do?
(a) She is a mistress for the burgher.
(b) She is reported to ward away evil spirits with her relics.
(c) She attends to a pregnant woman and aids her in the birthing process.
(d) She buys food and other household items for the wife.

3. What is a garderobe?
(a) A fashionable high-collared dress.
(b) A toilet located next to the sleeping room.
(c) A high official in the Church.
(d) A garden pest that ruins vegetable patches.

4. What are the ingredients of glass?
(a) Wood bark and maple tree sap.
(b) Cooled tar.
(c) Tree ash and sand.
(d) Viscera from animal leftovers.

5. What is Latin for "a place where people congregate inside walls?"
(a) Publico.
(b) Ars.
(c) Civitas.
(d) Bourghas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color is a burgher's house covered in upon his death?

3. What is the solar?

4. What color is untreated glass from the 13th century?

5. What is "churching?"

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