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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the donjon of the Count's Castle used for?

2. Where do the burghers get their name?

3. What structure is common to all floors of a burghers' home?

4. What is consanguinity?

5. What time period is covered by the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when a burgher dies?

2. What are the purposes of fireplaces in Troyes?

3. How did communes contribute to the rise of the burghers?

4. Who is a midwife, and what techniques might she use in her profession?

5. Describe what a blacksmith does.

6. How is money-lending viewed in this period?

7. How might a woman prepare herself when she wakes up?

8. How did the Romans influence the area that is now France?

9. Describe the journey a merchant might take to a fair in Troyes.

10. What do Jews tend to lend money at higher interest rates than their Christian counterparts.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Churches were important gathering places, for religious as well as secular purposes.

1) Describe the steps in a typical church service.

2) What is a Gregorian chant, and how did it represent an advance in music?

3) Relics are very important to the Church at this time. What are relics? Where are they stored? Describe the fraud inherent in the proliferation of relics.

Essay Topic 2

Weddings are explored in detail in Chapter 5.

1) How is marriage viewed in the High Middle Ages? How does this conception differ from our modern view of marriage?

2) Who may get married in the High Middle Ages? What restrictions are in place?

3) Describe the wedding day, from preparation to wedding feast.

Essay Topic 3

Books and authors are the subject of Chapter 12.

1) Who are the Goliards? What kind of writing are they known for?

2) Describe the rise of the vernacular language. Why does this language begin to displace Latin? Which authors are associated with the vernacular?

3) Define the following types of literature, and give one example of an author and text for each type: Poetry, Prose, fabliaux, romance.

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