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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. What is a garderobe?
(a) A toilet located next to the sleeping room.
(b) A garden pest that ruins vegetable patches.
(c) A fashionable high-collared dress.
(d) A high official in the Church.

2. What is NOT an activity commonly performed by jongleurs?
(a) Doing magic tricks.
(b) Playing instruments.
(c) Telling stories of histories and legends.
(d) Holding political debates.

3. Why is it wise to restrict a baby's movements after birth, according to medieval wisdom?
(a) A moving baby might twist and deform its own limbs.
(b) A moving baby will make for an impetuous, nervous adult.
(c) The various humors (fluids) in a baby must have time to settle.
(d) Demons will be able to more easily track a moving baby.

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

5. How many people share a wine cup during dining?
(a) The entire table drinks from the same cup.
(b) Just one.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a step taken in the preparation of a typical dinner?

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

3. Who lives in the "old city?"

4. Why must the housewife be especially careful in selecting food from the market?

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

(see the answer key)

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