Medieval History Quiz!
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Here are the final questions to the Medieval Novel Website's Medieval History Quiz, questions 21-40.
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Q21 What was the 'Heriot' tax?
a The fee paid when you ate a heron (her-on I ate)
b The fee paid when the peasants rioted (he-riot)
c A tax paid when the baron's son became a knight
d A tax upon a peasant's death paid to the barons
Q22 The peasant's land on which he farmed was called a croft. What was his cottage and garden area known as?
a A thatch-and-wattle
b A toft
c A rustic
d A dung hill
Q23 A boy born into "nobility" became a page at age 8 and a squire at age 16. What did he become at age 20?
a A vassal to the king
b A guardrobe
c A knight
d A baron
Q24 What were girls born into "nobility" taught?
a How to throw a party for 10 or more guests
b How to act cute and/or silly so they can get more money from the baron
c How to pout and slam doors until they got what they wanted
d Reading, writing, arithmetic, astronomy and medicine
e All of the above?
Q25 What was chain mail?
a The medieval postal system
b A coat of iron worn by disgraced knights
c The covering worn by a knight's war horse
d The protection worn by knights before the suit of armor was invented
Q26 What was a tournament?
a A bandage worn by injured knights
b The knighting ceremony
c A mock battle which lasted several days
d A three-year service in the Crusades
Q27 Who were jongleurs?
a French acrobats
b Entertainers who sang and played the lute and harps
c Rich merchants who carried noisy coins in their pockets
d Medieval jugglers
Q28 Who were minstrels?
a Pie-makers
b Singers
c Court jesters
d Roving preachers
Q29 A heretic was someone who had a point-of-view in opposition of church doctorine. When found out, he would be put in prison. What was the attire of a released heretic?
a A dunce cap
b A scarlet robe
c A cross would be placed on either side of his chest
d A shirt with a big 'X' on it
Q30 What were the two types of medieval friars?
a Francian and Dominican
b Franciscan and Domenican
c Friendlys and Dominos
d Franciscan and Dominican
Q31 The will-o-the-wisp was said to inhabit:
a The marshes
b The fireplace
c The land between sleeping and awakening
d The backside of a horse
Q32 What was considered the cure for a toothache?
a The touching of a dead man's tooth
b A string and a doorknob
c Throwing salt over the shoulder
d Mashed cabbage placed on the aching tooth
Q33 What was the sickness that spread across Asia and Europe due to rats and fleas?
a Encephalitis
c Rheumatism
c The Dance Macabre
d The Bubonic Plague
Q34 Scurvy and gangrene was the result of:
a The eating of salted meats
b Infected woulds
c Not brushing the teeth
d Stepping on rusted nails
Q35 What were the two types of cathedral architecture?
a Victorian and Romanesque
b Carpathian and Baroque
c Romanesque and Gothic
d Constantine and Rococo
Q36 What was a "flying buttress"?
a A gargoyle with wings
b The arched pillars inside the cathedral
c The female goat that was thrown from the church steeple at festival time
d The masonry connected to the outside wall of the cathedral by an arch
Q37 Who was the genius of the Renaissance?
a Leonardo da Caprio
d Marco Polo
c Leonardo da Vito
d Leonardo da Vinci
Q38 Who led the Protestant Reformation?
a Luke Skywalker
b Martin Luther
c Johannes Gutenberg
d Johannes Kepler
Q39 In 1493, Columbus spotted this "New World" land:
a The Bahamas
b Cuba
c Dominican Republic
d Columbus, Ohio
Q40 Who was the first documented explorer to reach North America?
a Christopher Columbus
b John Cabot
c Amerigo Vespucci
d Ambu LaTory
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