Question 1

The Great Schism

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A) put an end to the church's previous financial abuses. 
B) badly damaged the faith of many Christian believers. 
C) rejuvenated Christianity as it had been on the decline throughout Europe. 
D) prohibited the abuse of pluralism. 
E) lasted for ten years. 
A) put an end to the church's previous financial abuses. 
B) badly damaged the faith of many Christian believers. 
C) rejuvenated Christianity as it had been on the decline throughout Europe. 
D) prohibited the abuse of pluralism. 
E) lasted for ten years.

Question 2

Prior to the Golden Bull of 1356, Germany was

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A) composed the four kingdoms of Bavaria, Prussia, Hanover, and Austria. 
B) under the sole authority of the pope. 
C) a land of hundreds of virtually independent states. 
D) a highly centralized monarchy under the power of the emperor. 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) composed the four kingdoms of Bavaria, Prussia, Hanover, and Austria. 
B) under the sole authority of the pope. 
C) a land of hundreds of virtually independent states. 
D) a highly centralized monarchy under the power of the emperor. 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 3

The artist Giotto

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A) acquired his painting skills in Paris. 
B) completed his most famous works while visiting Venice and Constantinople. 
C) is considered to represent the perfection of traditional medieval art. 
D) painted abstract sacred figures to emphasize the inability of humans to comprehend the divine. 
E) created works displaying a new kind of realism. 
A) acquired his painting skills in Paris. 
B) completed his most famous works while visiting Venice and Constantinople. 
C) is considered to represent the perfection of traditional medieval art. 
D) painted abstract sacred figures to emphasize the inability of humans to comprehend the divine. 
E) created works displaying a new kind of realism.

Question 4

Among the adverse economic and population changes in fourteenth-century Europe were

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A) shrinking peasant land holdings below the size needed to support a family. 
B) an exodus of residents from overpopulated rural areas. 
C) rapidly rising numbers of poor people in cities. 
D) all productive land was being farmed, including many marginal lands susceptible to changing weather patterns. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) shrinking peasant land holdings below the size needed to support a family. 
B) an exodus of residents from overpopulated rural areas. 
C) rapidly rising numbers of poor people in cities. 
D) all productive land was being farmed, including many marginal lands susceptible to changing weather patterns. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 5

What were the major themes of the vernacular literature of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Chaucer? How did the work of Christine de Pizan indicate both similar and different concerns?

Accepted Answer

The major themes of the vernacular liter

Question 6

The most revolutionary of thirteenth and fourteenth-century inventions was/were

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A) the printing press. 
B) paper. 
C) eyeglasses. 
D) clocks. 
E) telescope. 
A) the printing press. 
B) paper. 
C) eyeglasses. 
D) clocks. 
E) telescope.

Question 7

From 1305 to 1377, the Papacy resided across the French border in the town of

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A) Avignon. 
B) Bordeaux. 
C) Provence. 
D) Dijon. 
E) Paris. 
A) Avignon. 
B) Bordeaux. 
C) Provence. 
D) Dijon. 
E) Paris.

Question 8

All medical books, even after the impact of the Black Death, continued to be written in Latin, and all were highly theoretical rather than being practical.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

​Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are best known for their works written in Latin.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

All of the following are correct about Petrarch EXCEPT he

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A) was a Florentine. 
B) wrote in the vernacular. 
C) wrote sonnets in Latin. 
D) perfected the sonnet form. 
E) wrote love poems to Laura. 
A) was a Florentine. 
B) wrote in the vernacular. 
C) wrote sonnets in Latin. 
D) perfected the sonnet form. 
E) wrote love poems to Laura.

Question 11

The flagellants

Accepted Answer

A) were praised by the Catholic church for their miraculous deeds. 
B) attracted attention and created mass hysteria wherever they went. 
C) worked with both Jews and clergy to cope with the disorder and dislocation caused by the plague. 
D) remained a popular religious movement throughout the fourteenth century. 
E) were only found in isolated rural areas. 
A) were praised by the Catholic church for their miraculous deeds. 
B) attracted attention and created mass hysteria wherever they went. 
C) worked with both Jews and clergy to cope with the disorder and dislocation caused by the plague. 
D) remained a popular religious movement throughout the fourteenth century. 
E) were only found in isolated rural areas.

Exam 11: The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

The Great Schism

Prior to the Golden Bull of 1356, Germany was

The artist Giotto

Among the adverse economic and population changes in fourteenth-century Europe were

What were the major themes of the vernacular literature of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Chaucer? How did the work of Christine de Pizan indicate both similar and different concerns?

The most revolutionary of thirteenth and fourteenth-century inventions was/were

From 1305 to 1377, the Papacy resided across the French border in the town of

All medical books, even after the impact of the Black Death, continued to be written in Latin, and all were highly theoretical rather than being practical.

​Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are best known for their works written in Latin.

All of the following are correct about Petrarch EXCEPT he

The flagellants

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II

Cold War and a New Western World 1945-1965

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World 1965-1985

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are best known for their works written in Latin.