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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are relics?
(a) The sacred physical remains of saints.
(b) Extremely elderly members of the congregation.
(c) Candles that help to illuminate statuary inside the church.
(d) Extremely elderly members of the clergy.

2. What disaster befalls Troyes in 1180?
(a) A crop failure and famine.
(b) A bad flood.
(c) An outbreak of plague.
(d) A large fire.

3. What is NOT a common punishment for crime in Troyes?
(a) Flogging.
(b) Lengthy prison terms.
(c) "Eye for an eye".
(d) Death by hanging.

4. What are the characteristics of the Gothic font?
(a) Huge letters with no ornamentation.
(b) Stiff, angular letters written with heavy lines.
(c) Lower-case and upper-case letters.
(d) Soft, flowing letters with fine lines.

5. Which of the following is NOT a function of the church according to the book?
(a) Town council meetings.
(b) A marketplace gathering area.
(c) The place to conduct religious services.
(d) The place where a pregnant woman goes to have a baby.

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

7. What does the bell founder do to show his pride in making bells?
(a) He insists that a member of the town council ring the bell for the first time.
(b) He inserts a lock of his hair into the mold.
(c) He and a small team ring the new bell for three days' straight.
(d) He marks his bells with a custom signature or rhyme.

8. 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.

9. Which of the following is true about the cathedral school?
(a) All ages are taught together.
(b) Instruction is conducted in the vernacular.
(c) Students are graded.
(d) Grammar is taught with a crude version of phonetics.

10. What is the cathedral in Troyes called?
(a) The Cathedral of the Virgin Mary.
(b) The Cathedral of St. Pierre and St. Paul.
(c) The Cathedral of the Divine Blessing.
(d) The Cathedral of St. Ignatius.

11. What language are church sermons given in?
(a) The vernacular.
(b) Aramaic.
(c) Latin.
(d) Greek.

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

13. What is an example of "eye for an eye" justice?
(a) A lengthy prison term.
(b) Death by hanging.
(c) A liar having his tongue cut out.
(d) Crucifixion.

14. How far did people come to attend one of the Troyes' fairs?
(a) From all over the known world.
(b) From all other the Mediterranean.
(c) The vast majority of merchants came from Italy.
(d) It was a local event with only the citizens of Troyes involved.

15. "The Prophets" is an example of what?
(a) Trope.
(b) Fabliaux.
(c) Playlet.
(d) Poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language were the earliest playlets conducted in?

2. Which one of the following is NOT one of the subjects of the quadrivium?

3. Which of the following is NOT a tool of the bell founder?

4. What is Troyes' lasting legacy, even today?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the five universities of northwest Europe as of 1250?

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