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

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

3. Who is a wet nurse?
(a) A woman who nurses another woman's baby.
(b) A doctor specializing in the fluids of the body.
(c) A woman who attends to drowning victims.
(d) A magician who lives in the swamp.

4. What does a midwife do?
(a) She is a mistress for the burgher.
(b) She is reported to ward away evil spirits with her relics.
(c) She buys food and other household items for the wife.
(d) She attends to a pregnant woman and aids her in the birthing process.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Latin for "a place where people congregate inside walls?"

2. How is time kept throughout the day in Troyes?

3. According to the manners of the time, how should bread be consumed?

4. What is consanguinity?

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

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