1. Which of the following is the best definition of a guild? An association of merchants or artisans formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards A religious fraternity The group of serfs and free landholders who swore fealty to a noble A unit comprising a master, a journeyman, and an apprentice

2. Although guilds functioned in all of these ways, what was a guild's PRIMARY goal? To cause their towns to prosper To keep secrets of the trade from non-guild members To train new artisans To maintain a monopoly

3. Apprenticeship began after being accepted by a guild in order to train for a specific craft. Which of these statements about apprentices is UNTRUE? Girls were usually not formally apprenticed Apprentices were generally forbidden to marry An apprenticeship was a casual, short-term learning experience Apprentices were provided with room and board

4. After sucessfully completing an apprenticeship, a future master guildsman would become a journeyman. The origin of the word "journeyman" is from the French for what word? Voyage Artisan Payment Day

5. In order to become a master guildsman, a journeyman generally needed to do which of the following? Move to another town Get married Be knighted by the King Produce a masterpiece

6. The Hanseatic League most closely resembled which of these? A craft guild A medieval anti-guild movement A feudal army A merchant guild

7. Which of these services would a guild typically NOT provide for its members? Funeral money and a stipend for widows Religious feast day celebrations Dowries for unmarried daughters Advertising expenses

8. Which of the following tradesmen would NOT have been a member of a textiles guild? Draper Litster Cooper Brogger

9. Which of the following is a true statement about Chaucer's five guildsmen of the "Canterbury Tales"? They dressed alike and were prosperous Their group included an armourer and a fletcher They each told two tales Nothing is mentioned about their wives

10. Which of these factors did NOT contribute to the decline of the guild system? An increase in the power of Europe's monarchies Development of the longbow in England The system's reluctance to encourage change and innovation The gradual replacement of feudalism by capitalism