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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does a typical woman's education compare with a typical man's education?
(a) A man's and woman's education are so different, they are impossible to compare.
(b) Women are generally more educated than men.
(c) Women and men have the same level of education.
(d) Women are generally less educated than men.

4. Why must the housewife be especially careful in selecting food from the market?
(a) Food prices vary greatly depending on market conditions.
(b) Poisonous food is rampant in the area.
(c) Their burgher husbands have very particular tastes.
(d) Many merchants try to dilute their goods to increase their profit.

5. Wealthy burghers can expect to have a home of how many stories?
(a) One.
(b) Two and a half.
(c) They share a one-story home with another burgher.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why don't the merchants use carts on the way to Troyes?

4. What is a lying-in chamber?

5. How do diners wipe their mouths during dinner?

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