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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) Greeting of customers.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Bookkeeping.

2. Where do the burghers get their name?
(a) From the food they sell within towns.
(b) From the commodities they deal in.
(c) From their reputation as hated money lenders.
(d) From the cities they dwell in.

3. Which historical figure first encourages the merchant fairs of Troyes?
(a) Chretien de Troyes.
(b) The Bishop of Canterbury.
(c) Thibaut the Great.
(d) Constantine.

4. What two general sections is Troyes divided into?
(a) The old city and the new city.
(b) The Latin quarter and the French quarter.
(c) The east and the west.
(d) The north and the south.

5. In 1250, who lives in the Viscount's Tower?
(a) The Count of Champagne.
(b) The Viscount.
(c) The Bishop of Troyes.
(d) Several merchant families.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the donjon of the Count's Castle used for?

2. What city is the central subject of the book?

3. Who lives in the attic of a home?

4. What is a "commune" as defined by this book?

5. How many people share a wine cup during dining?

(see the answer key)

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