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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 one of the following is NOT one of the subjects of the trivium?
(a) Grammar.
(b) Music.
(c) Rhetoric.
(d) Logic.

2. What are relics?
(a) The sacred physical remains of saints.
(b) Extremely elderly members of the congregation.
(c) Candles that help to illuminate statuary inside the church.
(d) Extremely elderly members of the clergy.

3. What is the purpose of the flying buttress?
(a) They are structures that support high cathedral ceilings.
(b) It is a bawdy tale used by jongleurs to entertain guests.
(c) It is a coin used to inaugurate a new well or man-made pond.
(d) They are structures that make statues of the Virgin Mary appear to be flying.

4. How far did people come to attend one of the Troyes' fairs?
(a) The vast majority of merchants came from Italy.
(b) From all over the known world.
(c) It was a local event with only the citizens of Troyes involved.
(d) From all other the Mediterranean.

5. The tale "Flamenca" is an example of what type of book?
(a) Transcription.
(b) Romance.
(c) Fabliaux.
(d) Epic poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does "The Mystere d' Adam" end?

2. What distinguishes the Roman legacy of justice?

3. Approximately how long does the Bible take to transcribe?

4. Which of the following is true about Troyes by the 15th century?

5. What is troping?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the notion of sainthood changing in the middle of the 13th century?

3. Where did the phrase "free mason" originate?

4. How are mayors and town council members selected in Troyes?

5. What are theories of justice based upon in the 13th century?

6. How is criminal justice handled in Troyes?

7. What subject did Rutebauf write about in his poetry?

8. Who are the Goliards?

9. What is the process of ordeal?

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

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