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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the most common execution technique in Troyes?
(a) Stoning.
(b) Electrocution.
(c) Beheading.
(d) Hanging.
2. 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.
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons one might make a pilgrimage?
(a) To have a prayer answered.
(b) To locate a lost relative.
(c) To have a sickness cured.
(d) To do penance for a sin.
4. What disaster befalls Troyes in 1180?
(a) A large fire.
(b) A crop failure and famine.
(c) A bad flood.
(d) An outbreak of plague.
5. What disaster befalls Troyes in 1188?
(a) An outbreak of plague.
(b) A crop failure and famine.
(c) A large fire.
(d) A bad flood.
6. What are fabliaux?
(a) Fictionalized, humorous autobiographies.
(b) Long romance tales written in Latin.
(c) Transcribed copies of the Bible.
(d) Short and often humorous folk tales written in verse.
7. 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 St. Ignatius.
(d) The Cathedral of the Divine Blessing.
8. Why is pepper a highly-valued spice?
(a) For its flavor, and its ability to preserve meat.
(b) Because of its reported ability to cure leprosy.
(c) Because the Persians will pay outlandish sums for the spice.
(d) It is associated with Saint John the Baptist, and is considered a relic.
9. What does the bell founder do to show his pride in making bells?
(a) He marks his bells with a custom signature or rhyme.
(b) He and a small team ring the new bell for three days' straight.
(c) He insists that a member of the town council ring the bell for the first time.
(d) He inserts a lock of his hair into the mold.
10. There is a revival of theater in the 13th century. Where does it start?
(a) The Church.
(b) The town square.
(c) The private homes of burghers.
(d) At the market.
11. How can a town council member be elected?
(a) By the heads of the merchant guilds.
(b) By popular vote of the peasants.
(c) By the feudal lord and the royal court.
(d) By popular vote of the craftsmen.
12. Which one of the following is NOT one of the subjects of the trivium?
(a) Music.
(b) Logic.
(c) Rhetoric.
(d) Grammar.
13. Why might the church, the town, and the feudal lord dispute jurisdiction in regards to punishing a criminal act?
(a) Each doesn't want the hassle of having a trial, and so they try to deny they have jurisdiction.
(b) Punishment might involve a significant fine, and each wants the money.
(c) Each has vastly different theories of justice.
(d) The church is generally much too lenient with punishing crimes.
14. Which author is depended upon for the central texts to teach rhetoric in the cathedral school?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Herodotus.
(c) Donatus.
(d) Nero.
15. How does "The Mystere d' Adam" end?
(a) In hell, with dancing demons.
(b) With Renard the Fox fooling yet another clueless hunter.
(c) With the hero rescuing the princess.
(d) With the detective solving the crime.
Short Answer Questions
1. A student at a university studies for how many years, typically?
2. What language were the earliest playlets conducted in?
3. What are the ingredients of glass?
4. What language are church sermons given in?
5. Which two parties negotiated town charters?
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