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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What material is used for ice skates?
(a) Horse shin bones.
(b) Granite.
(c) Iron.
(d) Ivory tusks.

7. What is the donjon of the Count's Castle used for?
(a) Ceremonies and jousting tournaments.
(b) Baptisms.
(c) It is home to many merchant families.
(d) To imprison political prisoners and debtors.

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

9. What two general sections is Troyes divided into?
(a) The east and the west.
(b) The old city and the new city.
(c) The Latin quarter and the French quarter.
(d) The north and the south.

10. What is Latin for "a place where people congregate inside walls?"
(a) Bourghas.
(b) Civitas.
(c) Publico.
(d) Ars.

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

12. Who is a wet nurse?
(a) A doctor specializing in the fluids of the body.
(b) A woman who attends to drowning victims.
(c) A woman who nurses another woman's baby.
(d) A magician who lives in the swamp.

13. What is the most profitable type of fabric in 1250 Troyes?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Silk.
(c) Wool.
(d) Linen.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't the merchants use carts on the way to Troyes?

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

3. According to ideal notions of beauty, how should skin appear to be considered beautiful?

4. Who lives in the "old city?"

5. Why must the housewife be especially careful in selecting food from the market?

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