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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is a baby dressed until it can walk?
(a) With a loose-fitting dress.
(b) The baby is left naked until it can walk.
(c) All in white, in the hopes that a witch cannot hurt him/her.
(d) With very tight wrappings.

2. What is a lying-in chamber?
(a) A room reserved for a pregnant woman giving birth.
(b) The sleeping quarters for the burgher and his wife.
(c) The sleeping quarters for the servants.
(d) An interrogation room for criminals.

3. What does a tanner use to soften an animal's hide?
(a) Oil of peppermint.
(b) Fermented bran juice.
(c) Ethyl alcohol.
(d) Sugar water.

4. Wealthy burghers can expect to have a home of how many stories?
(a) Two and a half.
(b) They share a one-story home with another burgher.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

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

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

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

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

9. According to the manners of the time, how should bread be consumed?
(a) It is polite to make loud noises when eating bread.
(b) Bread is reserved as the very last food item consumed.
(c) It should be broken rather than bitten off.
(d) The pinkie finger must not touch the bread.

10. How often does the typical city dweller in 1250 take a bath?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Once a year.
(d) Once a week.

11. Which of the following is an ideal quality of a wet nurse?
(a) Intense powers of concentration.
(b) A strictly regimented diet.
(c) The ability to play the lute.
(d) A thorough understanding of Latin and Greek.

12. In 1250, who lives in the Viscount's Tower?
(a) The Count of Champagne.
(b) The Viscount.
(c) Several merchant families.
(d) The Bishop of Troyes.

13. What are the majority of homes in Troyes made from?
(a) Timber.
(b) Adobe.
(c) Stone.
(d) Iron.

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

15. Why do craftsmen frequently work in full view of the public?
(a) So that everyone can see their skill.
(b) In a show of honesty required by the merchants' guild.
(c) Because that is the policy of the Count of Champagne.
(d) Because that is church policy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a function of guilds?

2. Which might be a restriction against two people being married?

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

4. How many people share a wine cup during dining?

5. What is NOT an activity commonly performed by jongleurs?

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