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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 author is depended upon for the central texts to teach rhetoric in the cathedral school?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Nero.
(c) Donatus.
(d) Herodotus.

2. Why is the catapult of the Middles Ages superior to its Roman ancestor?
(a) Stronger timber.
(b) The use of counterweights.
(c) A much longer catapult arm.
(d) Stronger iron joints.

3. What disaster befalls Troyes in 1184?
(a) A large fire.
(b) An outbreak of plague.
(c) A bad flood.
(d) A crop failure and famine.

4. When a siege occurs, who generally has the advantage?
(a) Neither have an advantage.
(b) The attacking army.
(c) The city inhabitants.
(d) The Church.

5. What is the purpose of the flying buttress?
(a) They are structures that make statues of the Virgin Mary appear to be flying.
(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 support high cathedral ceilings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is curriculum referred to as the liberal arts?

2. What might be a proper subject of a playlet?

3. Who oversee the construction of cathedrals?

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

5. Which one of the following is NOT one of the subjects of the trivium?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is criminal justice handled in Troyes?

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

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

4. How does a glazier create a stained glass window?

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

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

7. What are the stages of a Troyes fair?

8. What are relics, and where are they kept? Give some examples of typical relics.

9. How happened to Troyes after 1250?

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

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