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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. Which of the following is a typical play activity for young children?
(a) Recitation of epic poetry.
(b) Cock fighting.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Bear baiting.

2. Why must the housewife be especially careful in selecting food from the market?
(a) Their burgher husbands have very particular tastes.
(b) Food prices vary greatly depending on market conditions.
(c) Many merchants try to dilute their goods to increase their profit.
(d) Poisonous food is rampant in the area.

3. Who lives in the "old city?"
(a) Wealthy families, clergy members, Jews, and the poor.
(b) It is exclusively reserved for Jews.
(c) It is exclusively reserved for the the poor.
(d) Only members of the Church are allowed in the old city.

4. What is NOT an activity commonly performed by jongleurs?
(a) Doing magic tricks.
(b) Playing instruments.
(c) Holding political debates.
(d) Telling stories of histories and legends.

5. Why are Jews in a precarious position in Troyes?
(a) Royals may decree to ban Jews at any time.
(b) The Church actively hunts Jews in order to convert them.
(c) The Jews depend on the spice trade, which is sometimes interrupted.
(d) Their temples are constantly vandalized.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who enjoys the right of coinage?

3. What are common maladies in the 13th century?

4. Why are soldiers hired by merchants on the way to the fair at Troyes?

5. Who lives in the attic of a home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what a blacksmith does.

2. How is wool processed?

3. Describe a typical marriage ceremony.

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

5. What happens when a burgher dies?

6. Describe a typical dinner in Troyes in 1250.

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

8. Who was and was not allowed to get married?

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

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

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