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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Chapter 16, After 1250.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are soldiers hired by merchants on the way to the fair at Troyes?
(a) As a status symbol.
(b) To scout out the correct routes.
(c) For protection from bandits.
(d) For the exertion of political power.

2. When a siege occurs, who generally has the advantage?
(a) Neither have an advantage.
(b) The attacking army.
(c) The city inhabitants.
(d) The Church.

3. What is the purpose of the flying buttress?
(a) It is a coin used to inaugurate a new well or man-made pond.
(b) They are structures that make statues of the Virgin Mary appear to be flying.
(c) It is a bawdy tale used by jongleurs to entertain guests.
(d) They are structures that support high cathedral ceilings.

4. What are fabliaux?
(a) Long romance tales written in Latin.
(b) Fictionalized, humorous autobiographies.
(c) Short and often humorous folk tales written in verse.
(d) Transcribed copies of the Bible.

5. Chretien de Troyes' works are the basis for what legend?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) The ugly duckling.
(c) Gilgamesh.
(d) The sack of Troy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is time kept throughout the day in Troyes?

2. What is Troyes' lasting legacy, even today?

3. How many deniers make up one shilling?

4. How does a typical woman's education compare with a typical man's education?

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

(see the answer key)

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