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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Troyes' lasting legacy, even today?
(a) The Troy Weight.
(b) The Maxim of Troy.
(c) The Troy Theory.
(d) The Trojan Horse.

2. Which of the following is true about Troyes by the 15th century?
(a) It was a bustling metropolis, still larger than even Paris.
(b) It rose to become a key center of military operations.
(c) It had ceased to be a center of commerce.
(d) It was practically a ghost town.

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

4. Approximately how long does the Bible take to transcribe?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Fifteen months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Six months.

5. Why are the buildings of Troyes susceptible to fire damage?
(a) They are crowded together and made of timber.
(b) They are subject to fierce cross winds.
(c) Troyes has an unusually large number of arsonists.
(d) Generous fire insurance causes many cases of arson-related fraud.

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

7. What do the Keepers of the Fair do?
(a) They hire security and handle logistics of the Troyes fair.
(b) They imprison any merchants who try to dilute their wares.
(c) They maintain the "key to the city" and are largely ceremonial.
(d) They choose which merchants get to trade at the fair.

8. What is the purpose of the flying buttress?
(a) It is a bawdy tale used by jongleurs to entertain guests.
(b) It is a coin used to inaugurate a new well or man-made pond.
(c) They are structures that make statues of the Virgin Mary appear to be flying.
(d) They are structures that support high cathedral ceilings.

9. Which of the following is NOT one of the beliefs of the Albigensians?
(a) Marriage is a wicked sin.
(b) The Redemption and Incarnation did not occur.
(c) Baptism is a worthless practice.
(d) The cross is not in itself powerful.

10. What color is untreated glass from the 13th century?
(a) Greenish.
(b) Reddish.
(c) Blackish.
(d) Clear.

11. Why is curriculum referred to as the liberal arts?
(a) Because education is meant to be applied liberally, to all peoples.
(b) Because cathedral school is free to join.
(c) Because teaching methods are more art than science.
(d) Because what's taught is not expected to make money.

12. How does "The Mystere d' Adam" end?
(a) With the detective solving the crime.
(b) With the hero rescuing the princess.
(c) With Renard the Fox fooling yet another clueless hunter.
(d) In hell, with dancing demons.

13. When did towns like Troyes first start being granted charters?
(a) The 12th century.
(b) The 4th century.
(c) The 8th century.
(d) The 13th century.

14. What is a thema, in the religious sense?
(a) A theme that unifies the Gospels, such as sacrifice.
(b) A short passage from one of the Gospels.
(c) A small recess in which relics and statuary are placed.
(d) The Sunday service itself.

15. What is the Chartres mile?
(a) A way to measure yarn.
(b) A route around the city of Chartres on which prisoners were paraded and heckled.
(c) A pattern of stones on the floor of the cathedral at Chartres.
(d) The mile-long road outside the city of Chartres.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is NOT one of the subjects of the trivium?

2. Who oversee the construction of cathedrals?

3. Which of the following did NOT lead to the decline of Troyes after 1250?

4. "The Prophets" is an example of what?

5. How are books regarded in the 13th century?

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