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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1250, church organs had which of the following characteristics?
(a) The need for three people to properly operate it.
(b) The ability to imitate forest animals like birds and bears.
(c) Cumbersome and difficult to play.
(d) Very simplistic, and easy to play.

2. What were the financial consequences of Crusades?
(a) They were usually extraordinarily profitable.
(b) They ended with lucrative new spice trade routes.
(c) They introduced new kinds of currency into northwest Europe.
(d) They were usually spectacular failures.

3. What language were the earliest playlets conducted in?
(a) Latin.
(b) English.
(c) Northern.
(d) Provencal.

4. What disaster befalls Troyes in 1184?
(a) An outbreak of plague.
(b) A bad flood.
(c) A crop failure and famine.
(d) A large fire.

5. What is the most common execution technique in Troyes?
(a) Electrocution.
(b) Stoning.
(c) Beheading.
(d) Hanging.

6. What is a proper subject for a Rutebauf poem?
(a) Intrigue at the court of Champagne.
(b) A queen wandering her royal garden.
(c) A Bishop delivering a sermon.
(d) A peasant's horse breaking a leg.

7. What is a windlass?
(a) A crane used to move heavy stones.
(b) A siege weapon used to destroy castle walls.
(c) A musical instrument.
(d) Slang for a nagging woman.

8. When a siege occurs, who generally has the advantage?
(a) Neither have an advantage.
(b) The Church.
(c) The attacking army.
(d) The city inhabitants.

9. Chretien de Troyes' works are the basis for what legend?
(a) Gilgamesh.
(b) The ugly duckling.
(c) The sack of Troy.
(d) King Arthur.

10. What is troping?
(a) Words and melodies added to a traditional church service.
(b) A process to soften animal hides.
(c) Traveling as part of a long pilgrimage.
(d) A silly or impetuous idea.

11. Which of the following is NOT one of the five universities of northwest Europe as of 1250?
(a) London.
(b) Orleans.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Paris.

12. What were the two French languages of the 13th century?
(a) Provencal and Northern.
(b) Latin and Greek.
(c) La Bouche and Western.
(d) Southern and Northern.

13. Which author is depended upon for the central texts to teach grammar in the cathedral school?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Cato the Elder.
(c) Plato.
(d) Donatus.

14. Which one of the following is NOT one of the subjects of the trivium?
(a) Logic.
(b) Music.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Rhetoric.

15. Why might a lord call upon his subjects to take up arms?
(a) In case of a crisis like an invasion.
(b) For explorations into the New World.
(c) As part of a gauntlet competition put on for royal amusement.
(d) So he can look more impressive to visiting dignitaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are merchants reluctant to lend or provide money to the Crusades?

2. When does the "Hot Fair" of Troyes occur?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the beliefs of the Albigensians?

4. Why is pepper a highly-valued spice?

5. What is a thema, in the religious sense?

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