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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 mental illness treated by medieval doctors?
(a) With bedrest and counseling.
(b) With magical intonations.
(c) As a religious problem, and therefore not treatable.
(d) With lobotomies.

2. How do diners wipe their mouths during dinner?
(a) With a napkin.
(b) With their hand.
(c) With the tablecloth.
(d) With their sleeve.

3. How many deniers make up one shilling?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 100.
(d) 2.

4. Why are soldiers hired by merchants on the way to the fair at Troyes?
(a) For the exertion of political power.
(b) As a status symbol.
(c) To scout out the correct routes.
(d) For protection from bandits.

5. What does a tanner use to soften an animal's hide?
(a) Oil of peppermint.
(b) Sugar water.
(c) Fermented bran juice.
(d) Ethyl alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. How wide are Troyes' city walls?

2. What is an ecuelle?

3. What is a garderobe?

4. Which of the following is a typical play activity for young children?

5. What time period is covered by the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do doctors of the 13th century differ from doctors of the Dark Ages a few centuries earlier?

2. Describe what a tanner does.

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

4. Describe a typical dinner in Troyes in 1250.

5. How did communes contribute to the rise of the burghers?

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

7. What are the purpose of merchant guilds?

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

9. How is a woman restricted in medieval society?

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

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