View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is true about the cathedral school?
(a) Instruction is conducted in the vernacular.
(b) Students are graded.
(c) Grammar is taught with a crude version of phonetics.
(d) All ages are taught together.

2. What dictates the severity of a fire in Troyes?
(a) Weather and season.
(b) Number of criminals.
(c) Current population.
(d) Goods currently on sale in the marketplace.

3. Why would a guild donate money for the construction of a cathedral?
(a) They pay in the hopes the Church will protect them from bandits.
(b) So the guild can bribe a Bishop into giving them a share of profits derived from the new cathedral.
(c) They are required to by royal edict.
(d) Because the cathedral is a common meeting place they will undoubtedly use.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rules Champagne in the year 1250?

2. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of being a mason?

3. What language were the earliest playlets conducted in?

4. Why is pepper a highly-valued spice?

5. What is the purpose of the flying buttress?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a typical famine begin and progress?

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

3. Discuss Middle Ages teaching methods.

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

5. How were cathedrals paid for?

6. Who are the Goliards?

7. What remains today of Troyes?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 855 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample