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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. Who lives in the "old city?"
(a) It is exclusively reserved for Jews.
(b) Only members of the Church are allowed in the old city.
(c) It is exclusively reserved for the the poor.
(d) Wealthy families, clergy members, Jews, and the poor.

2. What might a dying man request as a form of penitence?
(a) To be set upon a raft made out of ebony wood.
(b) To drink the blood of an ox.
(c) To lie down on a hair cloth.
(d) To dip his coins and other property into a vat of boiling oil.

3. What is the right of coinage?
(a) The right to tell stories.
(b) The right to engage in money lending.
(c) The right to buy property.
(d) The right to print and mint currency.

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

5. What is a thema, in the religious sense?
(a) A theme that unifies the Gospels, such as sacrifice.
(b) The Sunday service itself.
(c) A short passage from one of the Gospels.
(d) A small recess in which relics and statuary are placed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a step taken in siege mining?

2. How are books regarded in the 13th century?

3. What is the computus?

4. What is "churching?"

5. When is a child baptized ideally?

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