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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of being a mason?
(a) Geographical freedom to move from town to town.
(b) The ability to name the buildings they construct.
(c) Upward social mobility.
(d) Freedom of taxes for life.

2. What is a superstition about childbirth mentioned in the text?
(a) A jongleur is made to attend the birth to ensure the child has a happy rather than sad disposition.
(b) Very particular lute music is played prior to and during birth, so the child will not be born deaf.
(c) The woman's face is covered with a cloth during childbirth, as it is considered ill fortune for a woman to witness the birth of her own child.
(d) The time of birth must be recorded exactly, which can be used to predict the child's future.

3. Which one of the following is NOT one of the subjects of the quadrivium?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Arithmetic.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Geometry.

4. What is usury?
(a) A material used to stuff mattresses.
(b) Lending money at exorbitant rates of interest.
(c) The process by which raw wool becomes sellable wool.
(d) The ability to use a church structure for ceremonies.

5. Who are the only types of people not allowed to be married?
(a) The extremely poor.
(b) Jongleurs.
(c) Jews.
(d) Heathens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a tanner use to soften an animal's hide?

2. Which author is depended upon for the central texts to teach rhetoric in the cathedral school?

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

4. What language are church sermons given in?

5. How many leper's colonies existed in France around 1250?

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