1. What was a monastery in the Middle Ages?

2. Why were monasteries important to our knowledge of the Middle Ages?

3. What was the title of the person in charge of the monastery?

4. What was the job of the Cantor?

5. True or false: The monks in the typical monastery had no contact with outside world.

6. What did the monks spend most of the day doing?

7. Besides being a place for weary travelers to rest overnight, what other service did the monastery provide to the local community?

8. What was the title of the monk who was second in charge at the monastery?

9. What job did monks have while living at the monastery?

10. Which of the statements below was NOT part of the vows typically took by monks?