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Unit Quiz

Which sources reveal the most about medieval peasants?

This quiz will help you to assess your learning of key concepts and knowledge in this unit.

Due to the overlap in knowledge and themes, the following 'Medieval Social History' Unit Quiz assesses knowledge from the following enquiries: 1) Which sources reveal the most about medieval peasants? 2) What can we learn about the Medieval World from the Book of Margery Kempe 3) How far did the Black Death change the Medieval World? The Unit Quizzes for all of these enquiries are the same quiz on the Medieval Social History.

Q1.Domesday demonstrates that England's peasants lived in an agricultural system. This means...

They spent most of their working time farmingThey spent most of their working time writing record booksThey spent most of their working time fighting wars abroad

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Q2.Which of these best described the study of material culture?

Searching through records for written descriptions of daily livesVisiting an historical site and comparing it to a modern mapExamining the objects and buildings of past communitiesBuilding your own reconstruction of past buildings using authentic materials

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Q3.Why were doom paintings often found in churches?

They were used to teach peasants, who often could not read, about heaven and hell.They were used to scare away peasants from the building.Peasants, who read the Bible often, believed it was their duty to paint these pictures.Medieval peasants believed painting fire on the wall would keep the building warm.

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Q4.Why is it very difficult to say that one source reveals more than another?

Because the perfect source has still not been discovered, and is still lying underground.Because most medieval sources are pretty useless at telling us anything.Because we can only trust written sources, but the peasants did not write about their lives.Because it depends on what you are wanting to investigate.

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Q5.What of these statements about medieval peasants is false?

They often gained excellent knowledge of how land ownership workedThey were easily able to ignore the teachings of the ChurchThey were not always happy with their position in society, and would fight back against their lordThe vast majority of medieval peasants worked in farming settlements

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Q6.Most people in the medieval world were...

KingsPeasantsNoblesKnights

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Q7.Why didn't many people eat meat in the medieval world?

People were concerned about animal welfare.People had developed an allergy to meat.Animals were used for other things and were therefore too valuable to kill.People didn't like the taste of meat.

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Q8.What is social history?

The study of how people lived in the pastThe study of how kings governed countries in the pastThe study of how wars were fought in the pastThe study of ruins

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Q9.What is a forgery?

A fake version of somethingA original version of somethingA place where tools are madeA type of history book

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Q10.What made England wealthy in the medieval period?

The wool tradeThe bread tradeThe beer tradeGold mines

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Q11.What was the Hanseatic League?

An alliance of kings who protected each otherAn alliance of towns who traded with each otherAn alliance of bishops who prayed togetherAn alliance of knights who fought with each other.

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Q12.What was the name of a day when people didn't work so they could celebrate a religious festival or saint ?

The sabbathA holy dayChristmasSunday

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Q13.What is the name of a journey to a holy place?

A holidayA pilgrimageA road tripA mission

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Q14.What is the name of someone who disagrees with the official position of the Church?

A priestA hereticA pilgrimA peasant

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Q15.Who lived in a monastery?

Monks or nunsThe king and the queenVillagersSoldiers

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Q16.What was the name of the tax paid by everyone to the Church?

The titheThe sacrificeThe geldThe poll tax

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Q17.We know more about kings and queens than we do about ordinary men and women in the medieval world because...

Lots was written down about kings and queens, unlike ordinary men and women.All the things written down about ordinary men and women are in a language we no longer understand.Ordinary men and women weren't interested in being remembered.Kings and queens didn't want ordinary people to be remembered.

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Q18.People went on pilgrimages because....

They wanted to go on a relaxing holiday.They wanted to see holy relics and shrines.They would get in trouble with their priest if they didn't.They had time to kill.

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Q19.How did the Silk Road transport the Black Death?

Transported the disease from China to India.Transported the disease from America to Australia.Transported the disease from China and India to Europe.

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Q20.How did people in Walsham-le-Willows believe God was connected to the Black Death?

They thought God created the Black Death to reduce the amount of people on Earth.That God had sent the Black Death as punishment for their sins.They believed the Black Death was spread through poisonous air.

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Q21.What is the definition miasma?

That the Black Death spreads by people touching one another.Miasma is the work given when people confess their sins.The belief that the Black Death spreads through poisonous air.

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Q22.If a peasant inherited land what could they stop doing? (Choose one)

Select one (1) boxes

Farming the land.Paying rent.Going to church.Giving the profit from their hard work straight to the nobility.

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Q23.What problems did the Black Death cause the nobility? (Choose three)

Select three (3) boxes

There were less peasants for the nobility to look after.The amount of people to farm the land decreased.As the amount of people decreased, the nobles could not collect as many taxes.With fewer peasants in the village, levels of crime decreased.The nobility had to increase wages so they could keep peasants working for them.

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Q24.What is a flagellant?

Someone that uses magic and omens to gain God's forgiveness.Someone that refuses to attend Church.Someone that whips themselves to gain God's forgiveness.

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Which sources reveal the most about medieval peasants?