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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. What disaster befalls Troyes in 1188?
(a) A bad flood.
(b) A crop failure and famine.
(c) An outbreak of plague.
(d) A large fire.

2. Where are toilets located?
(a) In the solar.
(b) In the basement.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the stable yard.

3. Why are the buildings of Troyes susceptible to fire damage?
(a) Troyes has an unusually large number of arsonists.
(b) They are crowded together and made of timber.
(c) They are subject to fierce cross winds.
(d) Generous fire insurance causes many cases of arson-related fraud.

4. "The Prophets" is an example of what?
(a) Poem.
(b) Trope.
(c) Fabliaux.
(d) Playlet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in the attic of a home?

2. What might a dying man request as a form of penitence?

3. Which one of the following is NOT one of the subjects of the quadrivium?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the beliefs of the Albigensians?

5. How many deniers make up one shilling?

(see the answer key)

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