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Quiz about Living In The Medieval World
Quiz about Living In The Medieval World

Living In The Medieval World Trivia Quiz


Would you like to explore medieval life outside of the castle? This quiz is on living in the medieval world.

A multiple-choice quiz by LindaC007. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
LindaC007
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
68,046
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
2462
Last 3 plays: Guest 144 (6/10), Guest 204 (3/10), Guest 66 (4/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. If you lived in a medieval village, which one of these would you eat to improve your eyesight? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. For a medieval village woman to become pregnant out of wedlock, was grounds for her to be stoned by the other village women.


Question 3 of 10
3. What was the commonly drunk beverage in medieval Europe? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. When was beer (brewed with hopped barley) first introduced in England? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Hock Monday (the Monday following Easter Sunday) was observed in what fashion? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What delayed the convening of Parliament in London in 1339? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What exactly do you think a 'pillager' was? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Most villagers had ready access to fresh meat from the forests surrounding their cottages.


Question 9 of 10
9. The peace Conference of Calais held in 1439 to discuss peace terms between England and France to end The Hundred Years' War, saw several commissioners unable to attend one of the meetings because they were injured playing football.


Question 10 of 10
10. The milk of which animal was prized the most for drinking, and cheesemaking? Hint



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1. If you lived in a medieval village, which one of these would you eat to improve your eyesight?

Answer: Onions

You would eat lots of onions to 'quicken the eyes'. Onions, when eaten in abundance, were supposed to perk up the appetite for meats, cause restful sleep, and cure constipation, too. Mustard was widely grown, as well as (in the words of the children's song my daughter used to love) 'oats, peas, beans, and barley grow'. Wheat was also widely grown by medieval farmers.
2. For a medieval village woman to become pregnant out of wedlock, was grounds for her to be stoned by the other village women.

Answer: False

Actually, pregnancy usually preceded most village marriages, so to stone one woman would be like 'the pot calling the kettle black' so to speak.
3. What was the commonly drunk beverage in medieval Europe?

Answer: Ale

The average person in medieval times drank 5 to 6 pints of ale (made from unhopped barley) a day. Finer ale was served to the wealthy. Fine quality ale was sent with Thomas Becket as a gift to France in 1158. The average villager never tasted wine. It was also a drink for manor or castle dwellers. Cider and perry (fermented pear juice) was also drunk, but the number one beverage was ale. Even the smallest households brewed ale for drinking.
4. When was beer (brewed with hopped barley) first introduced in England?

Answer: Late 14th Century

Beer was first introduced from Flanders in the late 14th Century. In the early 15th Century, Flemish brewers sold beer in London. Beer drinking did not catch on outside the city until much later.
5. Hock Monday (the Monday following Easter Sunday) was observed in what fashion?

Answer: Village women seized the men for ransom.

Then on Hock Tuesday, the village women seized and held for ransom the men. In London in 1409, a ban on such activity was issued stating, 'No person in the city of London...shall take hold of or constrain any person of whatsoever estate or condition. The blessing of the First Fruits happened at Lammas. (Please see my Medieval Castle Life Two quiz if you are interested in the Medieval Calendar).
6. What delayed the convening of Parliament in London in 1339?

Answer: Roads were too muddy to get there.

The roads were so muddy and bad that several members of Parliament could not get there on time.
7. What exactly do you think a 'pillager' was?

Answer: Medieval term for a bandit who waylaid travellers

A pillager was a bandit who waylaid travellers. Most pillagers were wary of those (called pilgrims) who were on pilgrimages to holy shrines such as Rome and Canterbury, fearing the wrath of the Church.
8. Most villagers had ready access to fresh meat from the forests surrounding their cottages.

Answer: False

Most large forests, or chases, belonged to the King. Even the highest nobles had to receive permission from the King to hunt, how game could be hunted, the manner it was hunted, etc. The same went for cutting timber. Even when the chases were totally controlled by a lord, game was a large part of the castle's meat supply. Woodwardens patrolled the forests.

A lord could grant wood or rights to snare rabbits, etc. to villagers, but poaching was a serious crime. Even the clergy was not exempt from punishment. Most villagers raised a hog to slaughter.

Sheep were too valuable for their milk and wool to eat. So were cows, and chickens were prized for the occasional egg.
9. The peace Conference of Calais held in 1439 to discuss peace terms between England and France to end The Hundred Years' War, saw several commissioners unable to attend one of the meetings because they were injured playing football.

Answer: True

Football was supposedly quite brutal then. I really did not want to call this game 'soccer', but since it is called that in the United States, and so as not to cause confusion, this is the football I am talking about--not the kind played by the Green Bay Packers, etc.
10. The milk of which animal was prized the most for drinking, and cheesemaking?

Answer: Sheep

Ewe's milk was the most highly prized for drinkng and cheesemaking. I hope you enjoyed this peek at living in the medieval world.
Source: Author LindaC007

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