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  • 1. 
    What was the favorite sporting pastime of the nobility?

  • Hunting
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Wrestling

  • 2. 
    What was a troubadour?

  • A type of musical instrument
  • A traveling entertainer who played music and told stories
  • A type of gambling game
  • A champion wrestler

  • 3. 
    What game that came from Persia was popular with the nobility during the Middle Ages?

  • Yahtzee
  • Monopoly
  • Backgammon
  • Chess

  • 4. 
    What was a hurdy-gurdy?

  • A complicated board game enjoyed by the nobility
  • A fun game enjoyed by children
  • A person who dressed up at festivals
  • A type of musical instrument

  • 5. 
    What was plainsong?

  • All of the above
  • A way that monks sung by chanting in a single key
  • A simple song sung by troubadours
  • A song about the flat plains of Europe

  • 6. 
    True or False: The average peasant during the Middle Ages never celebrated, played games, or had fun.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE

  • 7. 
    What was the entertainer called who added in acrobatics and juggling to the show of a troubadour?

  • Jongleur
  • Mummer
  • Bowler
  • Hunter

  • 8. 
    What days did people in the Middle Ages celebrate with games and parties?

  • Festival days
  • Weekends
  • Vacation days
  • All of the above

  • 9. 
    What type of stories did troubadours usually tell?

  • Scary stories about ghosts
  • Romantic stories about heroic knights
  • Boring stories about farming
  • Dark stories about war and death

  • 10. 
    What were people who dressed up in disguises for festivals called?

  • Mummers
  • Acrobats
  • Jongleurs
  • Troubadours
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