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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 immediately follows the sermon in a typical church service?

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

3. Which author is depended upon for the central texts to teach grammar in the cathedral school?

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

5. Which author is depended upon for the central texts to teach rhetoric in the cathedral school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the process of ordeal?

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

5. How does a typical famine begin and progress?

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

7. Describe playlets. What are proper subjects for playlets?

8. What is the story of "L'Mystere d' Adam?"

9. How happened to Troyes after 1250?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Central to Troyes' economic well-being are its merchant fairs.

1) Describe the schedule of the fairs? How many are there per year? What are they called? When do they occur, and for how long?

2) How many events are included in a typical fair? Describe each "stage" of a fair, and describe what goods are traded in each stage.

3) An early form of credit develops as a result of the Troyes fairs. Describe how this credit system works. Include in your answer the concept of "letters of promises to pay."

Essay Topic 2

A drastic development in the rise of cities like Troyes is the charter.

1) What is the charter? Who agrees to the charter? What benefits do the citizens derive from having such a charter?

2) How are the mayor and town council members selected? Include in your answer a discussion of "co-optation."

3) How is justice handled in Troyes in 1250? Describe the three theories of justice that Troyes justice is based from.

Essay Topic 3

The Prologue charts Troyes' development, and traces its origin to a number of historical influences.

1) List the historical/cultural influences that impacted Troyes to the year 1250.

2) How did the advent of the city wall impact Troyes?

3) Why did the fairs develop in Troyes?

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