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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 is curriculum referred to as the liberal arts?
(a) Because teaching methods are more art than science.
(b) Because what's taught is not expected to make money.
(c) Because education is meant to be applied liberally, to all peoples.
(d) Because cathedral school is free to join.

2. What is the Chartres mile?
(a) A way to measure yarn.
(b) A route around the city of Chartres on which prisoners were paraded and heckled.
(c) The mile-long road outside the city of Chartres.
(d) A pattern of stones on the floor of the cathedral at Chartres.

3. Why might a lord call upon his subjects to take up arms?
(a) So he can look more impressive to visiting dignitaries.
(b) In case of a crisis like an invasion.
(c) As part of a gauntlet competition put on for royal amusement.
(d) For explorations into the New World.

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the five universities of northwest Europe as of 1250?
(a) Orleans.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Oxford.

5. Which of the following did NOT lead to the decline of Troyes after 1250?
(a) Harsh taxation.
(b) Worker dissatisfaction.
(c) A large flood in 1352.
(d) Less of a need for a central fair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Keepers of the Fair do?

2. Which of the following is NOT an option for a graduated university student of the Middle Ages?

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

4. Which of the following is true about the cathedral school?

5. Educated wanderers who developed an irreverent brand of Latin verse were known as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were cathedrals paid for?

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

3. How does a typical famine begin and progress?

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

5. Describe a typical church service.

6. Describe how an army might try to siege a city like Troyes?

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

8. How do communes influence the matter of military service?

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

10. What is the process of ordeal?

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