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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Chapter 1, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT done in the counting room?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Greeting of customers.
(c) Bookkeeping.
(d) Accounting.

2. How often does the typical city dweller in 1250 take a bath?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Once a year.
(d) Once a month.

3. What are the majority of homes in Troyes made from?
(a) Stone.
(b) Iron.
(c) Timber.
(d) Adobe.

4. 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.

5. What time period is covered by the book?
(a) From 800 AD to 900 AD.
(b) From 250 BC to 800 AD.
(c) From Roman times to the middle of the 13th century.
(d) From the time of Socrates to the time of the American Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in the Count's Castle?

2. Where are toilets located?

3. Which historical figure first encourages the merchant fairs of Troyes?

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

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

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