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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 gold over iron?
(a) Gold is more rare and thus more expensive than iron.
(b) Gold is a much tougher, harder metal than iron.
(c) Gold is more easily worked with than iron.
(d) Goldsmiths earn higher wages than blacksmiths.

2. How does an apprentice become a master?
(a) In a church ritual.
(b) By creating a masterpiece.
(c) By earning their master's degree.
(d) By the retirement or death of their master.

3. How many deniers make up one shilling?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 100.

4. Why is curriculum referred to as the liberal arts?
(a) Because what's taught is not expected to make money.
(b) Because teaching methods are more art than science.
(c) Because cathedral school is free to join.
(d) Because education is meant to be applied liberally, to all peoples.

5. How many shillings make up one pound?
(a) 85.
(b) 20.
(c) 200.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a thema, in the religious sense?

2. Which one of the following is NOT one of the subjects of the quadrivium?

3. How much time does an apprentice generally spend learning his craft?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons one might make a pilgrimage?

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

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