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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. Why might the church, the town, and the feudal lord dispute jurisdiction in regards to punishing a criminal act?
(a) Each has vastly different theories of justice.
(b) The church is generally much too lenient with punishing crimes.
(c) Each doesn't want the hassle of having a trial, and so they try to deny they have jurisdiction.
(d) Punishment might involve a significant fine, and each wants the money.

2. What distinguishes the Germanic legacy of justice?
(a) A system of lawyers, evidence, and testimony.
(b) The church system handles punishment.
(c) Crimes are considered personal, rather than civil.
(d) Duels, and the process of ordeals.

3. Why does construction of cathedrals often stop for extended periods of time?
(a) The construction schedule is set for religious reasons.
(b) Stone is in scarce supply.
(c) Princes often stop construction by royal decree.
(d) Cathedrals are costly, and money often runs out.

4. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of being a mason?
(a) Freedom of taxes for life.
(b) Geographical freedom to move from town to town.
(c) Upward social mobility.
(d) The ability to name the buildings they construct.

5. What were the two French languages of the 13th century?
(a) Southern and Northern.
(b) Latin and Greek.
(c) Provencal and Northern.
(d) La Bouche and Western.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the flying buttress?

2. Why are merchants reluctant to lend or provide money to the Crusades?

3. Which of the following is NOT an assurance guaranteed to merchants by Troyes during the fair?

4. What is the cathedral in Troyes called?

5. "The Prophets" is an example of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disasters occur in Troyes in the 1180s?

2. What is the story of "L'Mystere d' Adam?"

3. Discuss Middle Ages teaching methods.

4. Why does a theater revival occur within the Church?

5. How is criminal justice handled in Troyes?

6. How are Middle Ages masons inferior to Roman-era masons? How are they superior?

7. What are pilgrimages? What do people use them for?

8. Describe playlets. What are proper subjects for playlets?

9. How much of a danger is warfare to a city like Troyes?

10. Why do Crusades decrease in the 13th century and beyond?

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