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

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

3. What color is a burgher's house covered in upon his death?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

4. What is the donjon of the Count's Castle used for?
(a) Baptisms.
(b) To imprison political prisoners and debtors.
(c) It is home to many merchant families.
(d) Ceremonies and jousting tournaments.

5. Which of the following is NOT a step taken in the preparation of a typical dinner?
(a) Meats must be roasted in a communal oven.
(b) The wife must visit the butcher's to select a meat.
(c) Servants chop and blanch vegetables.
(d) Food must be taken to the cathedral to be blessed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time period is covered by the book?

2. Who lives in the Count's Castle?

3. Why are soldiers hired by merchants on the way to the fair at Troyes?

4. Who are the only types of people not allowed to be married?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the tools of a midwife?

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