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

2. What is a thema, in the religious sense?
(a) The Sunday service itself.
(b) A small recess in which relics and statuary are placed.
(c) A short passage from one of the Gospels.
(d) A theme that unifies the Gospels, such as sacrifice.

3. Which of the following is NOT a right granted to citizens by a charter.
(a) The ability to negotiate military service with the feudal lord.
(b) The freedom from a variety of feudal taxes.
(c) The freedom to handle justice for certain crimes.
(d) The right to religious freedom of expression.

4. What might be a proper subject of a playlet?
(a) A bawdy tale of a cuckolded husband.
(b) The reality of a peasant being in debt.
(c) The adventures of a human-like fox creating mischief.
(d) The reincarnation of Jesus.

5. What are communes?
(a) Long, slender tubes for glass blowing.
(b) Cities which have negotiated charters.
(c) Special blacksmith anvils for working with gold.
(d) Sewer canals that lead from Troyes to the nearby river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Troyes' lasting legacy, even today?

2. What were the two French languages of the 13th century?

3. What is NOT a common punishment for crime in Troyes?

4. How are books regarded in the 13th century?

5. Why are the buildings of Troyes susceptible to fire damage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what poetry is Thibaut IV most known for?

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

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

5. How were cathedrals paid for?

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

7. How is criminal justice handled in Troyes?

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

9. How does a typical famine begin and progress?

10. Describe a typical church service.

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