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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. Why are soldiers hired by merchants on the way to the fair at Troyes?
(a) For protection from bandits.
(b) For the exertion of political power.
(c) To scout out the correct routes.
(d) As a status symbol.

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

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

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 city is the central subject of the book?
(a) Rome.
(b) Troyes.
(c) Paris.
(d) Champagne.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall are Troyes' city walls?

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

3. Which of the following is NOT done in the counting room?

4. In 1250, who lives in the Viscount's Tower?

5. Who lives in the "old city?"

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