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

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

3. What structure is common to all floors of a burghers' home?
(a) A statue of the Virgin Mary.
(b) A large fireplace.
(c) A rectangular eating table.
(d) A mattress.

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

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

6. What is the difference between Jewish money lenders and Christian money lenders?
(a) Jews tend to lend at lower interest rates.
(b) Jews tend to lend at higher interest rates.
(c) Jews deal only in fenced (stolen) property.
(d) Jews only lend foreign currency.

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

8. Which of the following is NOT a step taken in the preparation of a typical dinner?
(a) Servants chop and blanch vegetables.
(b) The wife must visit the butcher's to select a meat.
(c) Meats must be roasted in a communal oven.
(d) Food must be taken to the cathedral to be blessed.

9. Who are the only types of people not allowed to be married?
(a) Jews.
(b) The extremely poor.
(c) Heathens.
(d) Jongleurs.

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

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

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

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

14. What is a consignment?
(a) A process in which wine is distilled.
(b) The right to purchase all the wool for a particular person or organization.
(c) The process in which the church appoints a bishop to a particular town.
(d) The property given over from the bride's family to the groom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a midwife do?

2. Who lives in the attic of a home?

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

4. How does an apprentice become a master?

5. Where are toilets located?

(see the answer keys)

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