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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) As a status symbol.
(b) To scout out the correct routes.
(c) For the exertion of political power.
(d) For protection from bandits.

2. How do diners wipe their mouths during dinner?
(a) With their sleeve.
(b) With their hand.
(c) With the tablecloth.
(d) With a napkin.

3. What is the church's position on most games and entertainments?
(a) These activities are sinful and forbidden.
(b) These activities are necessary to overall emotional health.
(c) These activities are sinful, but permitted on Tuesdays.
(d) The church states no opinion on these activities.

4. How might a pregnant woman influence the sex of her infant child, according to the prevailing wisdom?
(a) Orientation of the woman in relation to the north pole influences sex of the child.
(b) Eating a diet dominated by lamb usually results in having a girl.
(c) Sleeping on one side or the other can influence sex.
(d) Temperature of the woman influences sex of the child, and as such it is closely monitored.

5. Which of the following is NOT a step taken in the preparation of a typical dinner?
(a) Food must be taken to the cathedral to be blessed.
(b) The wife must visit the butcher's to select a meat.
(c) Meats must be roasted in a communal oven.
(d) Servants chop and blanch vegetables.

Short Answer Questions

1. What material is used for ice skates?

2. When is a child baptized ideally?

3. Who is a wet nurse?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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