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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 clergy.
(c) Candles that help to illuminate statuary inside the church.
(d) Extremely elderly members of the congregation.

2. Why is the catapult of the Middles Ages superior to its Roman ancestor?
(a) Stronger iron joints.
(b) A much longer catapult arm.
(c) Stronger timber.
(d) The use of counterweights.

3. What dictates the severity of a fire in Troyes?
(a) Number of criminals.
(b) Weather and season.
(c) Goods currently on sale in the marketplace.
(d) Current population.

4. Which of the following is NOT an option for a graduated university student of the Middle Ages?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Diplomat.
(d) Doctor.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons one might make a pilgrimage?
(a) To locate a lost relative.
(b) To have a prayer answered.
(c) To do penance for a sin.
(d) To have a sickness cured.

6. Which of the following is NOT a tool of the bell founder?
(a) A dedicated sculptor to create the clapper.
(b) A labor-intensive tuning process.
(c) A recipe for an exact proportion of copper and tin.
(d) A carefully constructed bell mold.

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

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

9. What is co-optation?
(a) The requirement for spice merchants to weigh their spice at a single, regulated location.
(b) The right for a feudal lord to seize property at any time.
(c) Multiple families living in a single home.
(d) People in political offices choosing their own successors.

10. Why does construction of cathedrals often stop for extended periods of time?
(a) Stone is in scarce supply.
(b) Princes often stop construction by royal decree.
(c) Cathedrals are costly, and money often runs out.
(d) The construction schedule is set for religious reasons.

11. Who handles crimes involving members of the clergy?
(a) The church system itself.
(b) A special commission of the peasantry.
(c) The feudal lord.
(d) The town council, via special session.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the characteristics of the Gothic font?

2. What is the subject of the playlet, "L'Mystere d' Adam?"

3. Which author is depended upon for the central texts to teach rhetoric in the cathedral school?

4. Which author is depended upon for the central texts to teach grammar in the cathedral school?

5. Who is Robert le Bougre?

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