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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. What is usury?
(a) A material used to stuff mattresses.
(b) Lending money at exorbitant rates of interest.
(c) The process by which raw wool becomes sellable wool.
(d) The ability to use a church structure for ceremonies.

2. According to ideal notions of beauty, how should skin appear to be considered beautiful?
(a) Dark and tanned.
(b) As white and flawless as possible.
(c) Ruddy and flushed.
(d) Shiny, with a high-gloss sheen.

3. What color is untreated glass from the 13th century?
(a) Blackish.
(b) Greenish.
(c) Reddish.
(d) Clear.

4. Which might be a restriction against two people being married?
(a) They are too old.
(b) They are too closely related by blood.
(c) Differences in education level.
(d) Either one is a former criminal.

5. What accounts for varying degrees of quality in iron, as fashioned by a blacksmith?
(a) Charcoal smelting that leaves copper in the metal.
(b) Ashes from the fire that leave carbon in the metal.
(c) The quality of a blacksmith's hammer and anvil.
(d) Charcoal smelting that leaves carbon in the metal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many shillings make up one pound?

2. How is a baby dressed until it can walk?

3. What part of the city of Troyes are Jews located in?

4. Why is it wise to restrict a baby's movements after birth, according to medieval wisdom?

5. Who is Robert le Bougre?

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