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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which might be a restriction against two people being married?
(a) Differences in education level.
(b) Either one is a former criminal.
(c) They are too closely related by blood.
(d) They are too old.

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

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

4. How does "The Mystere d' Adam" end?
(a) In hell, with dancing demons.
(b) With the detective solving the crime.
(c) With the hero rescuing the princess.
(d) With Renard the Fox fooling yet another clueless hunter.

5. What is consanguinity?
(a) A popular alcoholic beverage.
(b) An ingredient used to tan an animal's hide.
(c) Forbidden and demonic blood magic.
(d) The amount of blood-relatedness between two people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in the attic of a home?

2. Which of the following is NOT an option for a graduated university student of the Middle Ages?

3. What is the Chartres mile?

4. What structure is common to all floors of a burghers' home?

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

(see the answer key)

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