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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is a baby dressed until it can walk?
(a) With a loose-fitting dress.
(b) With very tight wrappings.
(c) The baby is left naked until it can walk.
(d) All in white, in the hopes that a witch cannot hurt him/her.

2. In 1250, who lives in the Viscount's Tower?
(a) The Count of Champagne.
(b) The Viscount.
(c) Several merchant families.
(d) The Bishop of Troyes.

3. Why do housewives frequently refrain from wearing makeup or wigs?
(a) Burghers prefer their wives to be natural beauties.
(b) There is a common fear that such "disguises" bring bad luck.
(c) The wearing of make up or wigs is frowned upon by the church.
(d) Makeup and wigs contain unhealthy and allergic materials.

4. What did a doctor do for common wound and injuries?
(a) Placed a ruby on the wrist for relief of pain.
(b) Appealed to God in a prayer to cure the wound.
(c) Applied a binding to the wound, and kept it clean and sterile.
(d) Melted candle wax and applied it to the wound.

5. How many leper's colonies existed in France around 1250?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Zero.
(c) One.
(d) Two thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most profitable type of fabric in 1250 Troyes?

2. How wide are Troyes' city walls?

3. Where do the burghers get their name?

4. Who lives in the attic of a home?

5. Wealthy burghers can expect to have a home of how many stories?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the tenth and eleventh centuries, what helped cement the growth of bourgs?

2. How is money-lending viewed in this period?

3. What are the purpose of merchant guilds?

4. Describe a typical dinner in Troyes in 1250.

5. Who is a midwife, and what techniques might she use in her profession?

6. What do Jews tend to lend money at higher interest rates than their Christian counterparts.

7. What enterprises might a wealthy burgher pursue in order to gain more wealth?

8. What happens when a burgher dies?

9. How did the Romans influence the area that is now France?

10. What are some common sicknesses in the 13th century?

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