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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the church's position on most games and entertainments?
(a) These activities are necessary to overall emotional health.
(b) The church states no opinion on these activities.
(c) These activities are sinful, but permitted on Tuesdays.
(d) These activities are sinful and forbidden.

3. What is a typical mattress made of in 1250?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Flour stuffed in sacks.
(c) Straw.
(d) Goose feathers.

4. How does a typical woman's education compare with a typical man's education?
(a) Women and men have the same level of education.
(b) Women are generally more educated than men.
(c) Women are generally less educated than men.
(d) A man's and woman's education are so different, they are impossible to compare.

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

6. What is the widely-accepted currency in Troyes?
(a) Pounds.
(b) Doubloons.
(c) Deniers.
(d) Marks.

7. What did a doctor do for common wound and injuries?
(a) Applied a binding to the wound, and kept it clean and sterile.
(b) Melted candle wax and applied it to the wound.
(c) Appealed to God in a prayer to cure the wound.
(d) Placed a ruby on the wrist for relief of pain.

8. What is an ecuelle?
(a) The salt shaker.
(b) A large fork.
(c) A bowl filled with stew or soup.
(d) A hunk of bread.

9. What color is a burgher's house covered in upon his death?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Green.

10. What is NOT an activity commonly performed by jongleurs?
(a) Telling stories of histories and legends.
(b) Playing instruments.
(c) Doing magic tricks.
(d) Holding political debates.

11. Approximately how many doctors are there in the Troyes of 1250?
(a) 100.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 0.

12. Which historical figure first encourages the merchant fairs of Troyes?
(a) The Bishop of Canterbury.
(b) Chretien de Troyes.
(c) Constantine.
(d) Thibaut the Great.

13. What does a midwife do?
(a) She is reported to ward away evil spirits with her relics.
(b) She attends to a pregnant woman and aids her in the birthing process.
(c) She buys food and other household items for the wife.
(d) She is a mistress for the burgher.

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

15. What accounts for varying degrees of quality in iron, as fashioned by a blacksmith?
(a) Ashes from the fire that leave carbon in the metal.
(b) Charcoal smelting that leaves carbon in the metal.
(c) Charcoal smelting that leaves copper in the metal.
(d) The quality of a blacksmith's hammer and anvil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is wire made by a blacksmith?

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

3. What is a consignment?

4. When is a child baptized ideally?

5. What is a woman in 1250 NOT allowed to do?

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