Question 1

Which of the following founded an influential mendicant order that stressed radical poverty, preaching, and service?

Accepted Answer

A)  Waldo 
B)  Saint Francis of Assisi 
C)  Saint Clare of Assisi 
D)  Saint Dominic 
E)  Claire of Assisi 
A)  Waldo 
B)  Saint Francis of Assisi 
C)  Saint Clare of Assisi 
D)  Saint Dominic 
E)  Claire of Assisi B

Question 2

Which of the following is not true in regard to the special responsibility of the clergy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Creation of the perfect knight 
B)  Regulation of disputes in society 
C)  Officiate at Ordeals 
D)  Create military orders 
E)  To shed one's blood, if necessary for one's brethren 
A)  Creation of the perfect knight 
B)  Regulation of disputes in society 
C)  Officiate at Ordeals 
D)  Create military orders 
E)  To shed one's blood, if necessary for one's brethren E

Question 3

Beguines were

Accepted Answer

A)  courtly dances. 
B)  communities of pious laywomen. 
C)  troubadours. 
D)  landless peasants in the Rhineland. 
E)  women who did not take vows. 
A)  courtly dances. 
B)  communities of pious laywomen. 
C)  troubadours. 
D)  landless peasants in the Rhineland. 
E)  women who did not take vows. B

Question 4

Use the map (or maps) referenced in each question for your answer. On Map 10.1, locate the new states of eastern and southern Europe discussed in Chapter 9. Locate the Latin Empire that resulted from the Fourth Crusade.

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

In the High Middle Ages, the West was able to address intellectual issues long the concern of its cousins, Islam and Byzantium. What accounts for this intellectual maturation? What were the central philosophic issues? What exactly was the West's reaction: Scholasticism?

Accepted Answer

Probably the most challenging of the ess

Question 6

Define the following terms: Avicenna

Accepted Answer

Avicenna, also known as Ibn Sina, was a

Question 7

The new literary form, the romance, combined a complex narrative with

Accepted Answer

A)  powerful and conflicting emotional and moral dilemmas. 
B)  a strong message of Christian love and asceticism. 
C)  the basic developments in Scholasticism. 
D)  the inevitable happy ending. 
E)  an emphasis on the negative dilemma of women in society. 
A)  powerful and conflicting emotional and moral dilemmas. 
B)  a strong message of Christian love and asceticism. 
C)  the basic developments in Scholasticism. 
D)  the inevitable happy ending. 
E)  an emphasis on the negative dilemma of women in society.

Question 8

Define the following terms: Dominic de Guzman

Accepted Answer

Dominic de Guzman, better known as Saint

Question 9

All of the following describe The Divine Comedy except it

Accepted Answer

A)  completely ignored the theology and philosophy of its time. 
B)  is a long and difficult poem. 
C)  was written in exquisite Italian. 
D)  combines a hoard of individual stories. 
E)  weaves an allegorical presentation of the whole human race. 
A)  completely ignored the theology and philosophy of its time. 
B)  is a long and difficult poem. 
C)  was written in exquisite Italian. 
D)  combines a hoard of individual stories. 
E)  weaves an allegorical presentation of the whole human race.

Question 10

Explain the spiritual unrest in the High Middle Ages and how it led both to powerful heresies and to new, invigorated religious orders within the church. Explain the heresies and orders themselves.

Accepted Answer

An appreciation of the religious discont

Question 11

Define the following terms: Song of Roland

Accepted Answer

The Song of Roland is an epic poem that

Question 12

Define the following terms: summa

Accepted Answer

The term "summa" is a Latin word that me

Question 13

Describe the lifestyle of a medieval nobleman. What was his occupation and means of support? How did he practice chivalry?

Accepted Answer

Essays should show an understa

Question 14

Define the following terms: Gothic

Accepted Answer

Gothic is a term that can refer to vario

Question 15

Define the following terms: Abelard

Accepted Answer

Abelard refers to Peter Abelard (1079–11

Question 16

Define the following terms: Cluny

Accepted Answer

Cluny refers to a medieval monastic move

Question 17

Define the following terms: Eleanor of Aquitaine

Accepted Answer

Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) was one

Question 18

Which of the following were not included in the threefold division of medieval society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clergy 
B)  Nobility 
C)  Townspeople 
D)  Peasants 
E)  Serfs 
A)  Clergy 
B)  Nobility 
C)  Townspeople 
D)  Peasants 
E)  Serfs

Question 19

Define the following terms: chivalry

Accepted Answer

Chivalry is a term that originated in th

Question 20

Which of the following does not describe the work of Francis of Assisi?

Accepted Answer

A)  He spent his life repairing churches. 
B)  He preached repentance to all who would listen. 
C)  He prepared a simple Rule based on the understanding of the Scriptural ideals. 
D)  He established the order of Franciscans. 
E)  He repealed the service of charity and service, while emphasizing a life of seclusion. 
A)  He spent his life repairing churches. 
B)  He preached repentance to all who would listen. 
C)  He prepared a simple Rule based on the understanding of the Scriptural ideals. 
D)  He established the order of Franciscans. 
E)  He repealed the service of charity and service, while emphasizing a life of seclusion.

Exam 10: Medieval Civilization at Its Height, 900-1300

Which of the following founded an influential mendicant order that stressed radical poverty, preaching, and service?

Which of the following is not true in regard to the special responsibility of the clergy?

Beguines were

Use the map (or maps) referenced in each question for your answer. On Map 10.1, locate the new states of eastern and southern Europe discussed in Chapter 9. Locate the Latin Empire that resulted from the Fourth Crusade.

In the High Middle Ages, the West was able to address intellectual issues long the concern of its cousins, Islam and Byzantium. What accounts for this intellectual maturation? What were the central philosophic issues? What exactly was the West's reaction: Scholasticism?

Define the following terms: Avicenna

The new literary form, the romance, combined a complex narrative with

Define the following terms: Dominic de Guzman

All of the following describe The Divine Comedy except it

Explain the spiritual unrest in the High Middle Ages and how it led both to powerful heresies and to new, invigorated religious orders within the church. Explain the heresies and orders themselves.

Define the following terms: Song of Roland

Define the following terms: summa

Describe the lifestyle of a medieval nobleman. What was his occupation and means of support? How did he practice chivalry?

Define the following terms: Gothic

Define the following terms: Abelard

Define the following terms: Cluny

Define the following terms: Eleanor of Aquitaine

Which of the following were not included in the threefold division of medieval society?

Define the following terms: chivalry

Which of the following does not describe the work of Francis of Assisi?

The Ancestors of the West

The Ship, the Sword, and the Book: Western Asia, C.A 1500-400 B.C

The Greeks in the Polis to CA 350 B.C

Alexander the Great and the Spread of Greek Civilization, Ca 350-30 Bc

Rome, From Republic to Empire

Imperial Rome, 31 Bc-Ad 284

The World of Late Antiquity, 284-CA 600

Early Medieval Civilizations, 600-900

The Expansion of Europe in the High Middle Ages, 900-1300

Crisis and Recovery in Late Medieval Europe, 1300-1500

The Renaissance

European Overseas Expansion to 1600

The Age of the Reformation

Europe in the Age of Religious Wars, 1560-1648

Europe in the Age of Louis Xiv, CA 1640-1715

A Revolution in Worldview

Europe on the Threshold of Modernity, CA 1715-1789

An Age of Revolution, 1789-1815

The Industrial Transformation of Europe, 1750-1850

Restoration, Reform, and Revolution, 1814-1848

Nationalism and Political Reform, 1850-1880

The Age of Optimism, 1850-1880

Imperialism and Escalating Tensions, 1880-1914

War and Revolution, 1914-1919

The Illusion of Stability, 1919-1930

The Tortured Decade, 1930-1939

The ERA of the Second World War, 1939-1949

An Anxious Stability: The Age of the Cold War, 1949-1989

A Continuing Experiment: The West and the World Since 1989

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