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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. How is time kept throughout the day in Troyes?
(a) The Count's Castle has an official timekeeper.
(b) The church rings bells every hour on the hour.
(c) The church rings bells at three-hour intervals.
(d) A large sundial in the middle of town is referred to.

2. What is a typical mattress made of in 1250?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Straw.
(c) Goose feathers.
(d) Flour stuffed in sacks.

3. What is Latin for "a place where people congregate inside walls?"
(a) Bourghas.
(b) Publico.
(c) Ars.
(d) Civitas.

4. What time period is covered by the book?
(a) From 800 AD to 900 AD.
(b) From Roman times to the middle of the 13th century.
(c) From the time of Socrates to the time of the American Revolution.
(d) From 250 BC to 800 AD.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are toilets located?

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

3. What color is a burgher's house covered in upon his death?

4. Who is a wet nurse?

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

(see the answer key)

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