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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. What is a consignment?
(a) The right to purchase all the wool for a particular person or organization.
(b) The property given over from the bride's family to the groom.
(c) The process in which the church appoints a bishop to a particular town.
(d) A process in which wine is distilled.

2. Who lives in the Count's Castle?
(a) No one.
(b) The Count of Champagne.
(c) The Bishop of Troyes.
(d) The Viscount.

3. What is the most profitable type of fabric in 1250 Troyes?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Wool.
(c) Silk.
(d) Linen.

4. What is a garderobe?
(a) A garden pest that ruins vegetable patches.
(b) A high official in the Church.
(c) A toilet located next to the sleeping room.
(d) A fashionable high-collared dress.

5. How many shillings make up one pound?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 85.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What structure is common to all floors of a burghers' home?

3. What is the solar?

4. How is wire made by a blacksmith?

5. What is the highest title a merchant can hope to obtain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some typical leisure activities.

2. Why is it important for a burgher to have a detailed will?

3. Describe what a blacksmith does.

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

5. How is a woman restricted in medieval society?

6. What series of events led to the "Dark Ages?"

7. Describe the journey a merchant might take to a fair in Troyes.

8. Describe the physical geography and layout of Troyes.

9. How might a woman prepare herself when she wakes up?

10. What are the purposes of fireplaces in Troyes?

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