Life in a Medieval City Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Frances and Joseph Gies
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Life in a Medieval City Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are toilets located?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In the stable yard.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In the solar.

2. What is usury?
(a) The ability to use a church structure for ceremonies.
(b) The process by which raw wool becomes sellable wool.
(c) A material used to stuff mattresses.
(d) Lending money at exorbitant rates of interest.

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

4. What is the highest title a merchant can hope to obtain?
(a) Count.
(b) Sire.
(c) Duke.
(d) Esquire.

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

6. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of gold over iron?
(a) Gold is more easily worked with than iron.
(b) Gold is a much tougher, harder metal than iron.
(c) Gold is more rare and thus more expensive than iron.
(d) Goldsmiths earn higher wages than blacksmiths.

7. How is mental illness treated by medieval doctors?
(a) As a religious problem, and therefore not treatable.
(b) With bedrest and counseling.
(c) With lobotomies.
(d) With magical intonations.

8. What is a woman in 1250 NOT allowed to do?
(a) File lawsuits.
(b) Make wills.
(c) Own property.
(d) Vote on local political matters.

9. Why must the housewife be especially careful in selecting food from the market?
(a) Poisonous food is rampant in the area.
(b) Their burgher husbands have very particular tastes.
(c) Many merchants try to dilute their goods to increase their profit.
(d) Food prices vary greatly depending on market conditions.

10. Why is it wise to restrict a baby's movements after birth, according to medieval wisdom?
(a) A moving baby will make for an impetuous, nervous adult.
(b) A moving baby might twist and deform its own limbs.
(c) Demons will be able to more easily track a moving baby.
(d) The various humors (fluids) in a baby must have time to settle.

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

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

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

14. 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.

15. How wide are Troyes' city walls?
(a) 8 feet.
(b) 1 feet.
(c) 4 feet.
(d) 15 feet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a garderobe?

3. What is a superstition about childbirth mentioned in the text?

4. Where do the burghers get their name?

5. What is the most profitable type of fabric in 1250 Troyes?

(see the answer keys)

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