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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following is NOT one of the subjects of the quadrivium?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Arithmetic.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Astronomy.

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of being a mason?
(a) Freedom of taxes for life.
(b) Geographical freedom to move from town to town.
(c) Upward social mobility.
(d) The ability to name the buildings they construct.

7. 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 was practically a ghost town.
(d) It had ceased to be a center of commerce.

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

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

10. Who rules Champagne in the year 1250?
(a) Geoffroi de Villehardouin.
(b) Queen Blanche.
(c) Thibaut IV.
(d) Thibaut the Great.

11. Educated wanderers who developed an irreverent brand of Latin verse were known as what?
(a) Jongleurs.
(b) Troyes.
(c) Grammarians.
(d) Goliards.

12. The tale "Flamenca" is an example of what type of book?
(a) Transcription.
(b) Fabliaux.
(c) Romance.
(d) Epic poem.

13. Which of the following forms of punishment had largely fallen out of favor by 1250 in Troyes?
(a) Death by hanging.
(b) A thief having his hand cut off.
(c) The process of ordeal.
(d) Flogging.

14. What accounts for the difference between low justice and high justice?
(a) Whether it's handled by the Church or by the town council.
(b) Geographical location.
(c) Whether the prisoner is kept in the tower or the dunjon.
(d) Degree of severity.

15. Many of Thibaut IV's love songs are about which woman?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Queen Blanche.
(c) The Duchess of Windsor.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disaster befalls Troyes in 1184?

2. What immediately follows the sermon in a typical church service?

3. Which of the following is NOT a right granted to citizens by a charter.

4. What is the Chartres mile?

5. What is the avoir de poids?

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