Deck 9: The Early Middle Ages

Question 1

The Court of the Lions is at the __________.

A) Damascus
B) Taj Mahal
C) Dome of the Rock
D) Alhambra

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The hadj refers to

A) the Islamic calendar
B) a pilgrimage
C) a leader
D) a mosque

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Jihad is a __________.

A) religious sentence
B) priest
C) holy book
D) holy war against sin, in oneself and in the world

Answer 3

D

Question 4

"Architect in the Abode of Felicity" refers to

A) Suleyman
B) Koca
C) Justinian
D) Muhammad

Question 5

Muslims must pray

A) in a mosque
B) facing west
C) facing Mecca
D) facing a qibla

Question 6

Which of the following cultures influenced Islamic art?

A) Byzantine
B) Archaic Greek
C) Early Christian
D) Byzantine and Early Christian

Question 7

Which is not an architectural feature of the mosque?

A) a sahn
B) a qibla
C) an immam
D) a mihrab
E) a minbar

Question 8

The Christian recovery of Moorish strongholds was called the

A) Reformation
B) Rebellion
C) Revolution
D) Reconquest
E) Renaissance

Question 9

The purse cover from Sutton Hoo is an example of

A) Islamic tracery
B) Viking iconography
C) Anglo-Saxon metalwork
D) a Neolithic artifact

Question 10

Islamic artists use

A) calligraphy
B) mosaics
C) weaving
D) all the choices are correct.

Question 11

The Dome of the Rock is in __________.

A) Jerusalem
B) Mecca
C) Córdoba
D) Damascus

Question 12

The "Middle Ages" in Western Europe includes which of the following time periods?
1)The "Middle Ages" in Western Europe includes which of the following time periods?

A)
The beginning of Early Christian through the 13^th or 14^th centuries
B)the end of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period
C)the beginning of Byzantine through the end of the Roman Empire
D)A.D.300 - A.D.1600

Question 13

A mihrab is __________.

A) a niche in a qibla wall
B) an entryway to a mosque
C) a ceiling mosaic
D) an official calligraphic document

Question 14

Which is not true of the Dome of the Rock?

A) it is centrally planned
B) it is the site of Muhammad's ascent to heaven
C) it is the site of the Sacrifice of Isaac
D) it is the site of Solomon's Temple
E) it is the site of Christ's ascension

Question 15

Which is not a tenet of Islam?

A) daily prayer
B) fasting during Ramadan
C) the only God is Allah
D) Muhammad is the son of God
E) almsgiving

Question 16

The new religion that entered Europe in the 8th century was

A) Buddhism
B) Hinduism
C) Islam
D) Judaism

Question 17

Which is true?

A) Muhammad was born in Mecca in 622.
B) Muhammad claimed to be the son of Allah.
C) The hijra marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
D) Muslims are required to pray six times a day.

Question 18

Which is not true of the Luftullah Mosque?

A) it is in Iran
B) it is covered with floral and calligraphic tiles
C) it was built in the 16^th century
D) there are no human figures on its exterior surface
E) its predominate color on the exterior is blue

Question 19

The first Muslim ruler of Spain was

A) Caliph Abd al-Malik
B) Sultan Suleyman
C) Sinan the Great
D) Caliph al-Mutawakkil
E) Abd ar-Rahman I

Question 20

The largest 9^th-century mosque was located in

A) Samarra
B) Córdoba
C) Granada
D) Jerusalem
E) Iran

Question 21

The Book of Kells is

A) a 7^th-century manuscript
B) the text of the Acts of Paul
C) from the late 8^th or early 9^th century
D) a text of the Edda

Question 22

Which is not a feature of Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts?

A) Latin text
B) interlace
C) stylization
D) naturalism
E) monstrous details

Question 23

Which is true?

A) Snorri Sturlson wrote the Edda in Scaldic.
B) Saemund wrote the Edda in the 13th century.
C) Harald Bluetooth wrote the Edda on a rune stone.
D) Harald Fairhair is the main subject of the Edda.

Question 24

Charlemagne's court scribe was

A) Odo of Metz
B) Godescalc
C) Hildegarde
D) Charles Martel

Question 25

Which of the following is not a feature of the Sutton Hoo purse cover?

A) cloisonné‚ enamel
B) red garnets
C) symmetry
D) Scythian influence
E) Islamic influence

Question 26

The opening scene of Beowulf describes

A) the defeat of the monster Grendel
B) the death of Beowulf
C) the arrival of Scyld Scefing in Denmark
D) the birth of Beowulf
E) the arrival of Beowulf in Scandinavia

Question 27

Charlemagne revived an interest in the classical world in

A) the 6^th century
B) the 9^th century
C) his seat at Aachen
D) the 9^th century and his seat at Aachen

Question 28

Which is not a member of the Norse pantheon?

A) Baldr
B) Heimdall
C) Ymir
D) Elves
E) Vanir

Question 29

The role of the Valkyries was

A) to slay the enemies of the gods
B) to select dead heroes for entry to Valhalla
C) to seduce the enemies of the gods
D) to destroy the enemies of the Vikings

Question 30

The tree where the Norse gods held daily council was called

A) Ymir
B) Yggdrasil
C) Utgard
D) Norn

Question 31

A rich 6^th-century ship burial was found at ___________.

A) Centula
B) Lindisfarne
C) Sutton Hoo
D) Iona

Question 32

Charlemagne was crowned Roman Emperor

A) in the year 800
B) at Aachen, in Germany
C) because he defeated the pope in Rome
D) at Aix-la-Chapelle on December 25

Question 33

The Vikings inhabited

A) Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
B) Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden
C) Lapland, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden
D) Lapland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark

Question 34

Celtic stone crosses have

A) the figure of the crucified Christ
B) Viking runes
C) cross bars of equal length
D) a circle intersecting the cross arms

Question 35

Hibernia means

A) Scandinavia in Italian
B) Ireland in Latin
C) Germany in Anglo-Saxon
D) Scotland in Latin

Question 36

Which is not a pair?

A) Thor -- Zeus
B) Asgard -- Olympos
C) Ragnarok -- the Apocalypse
D) Jotun -- Titans
E) Volur -- Vulcan

Question 37

Which is not true of the Vikings

A) they wrote sagas
B) they were pagans
C) they were ferocious warriors
D) they were ship-builders
E) they became Christians in the 8th century

Question 38

Illuminated manuscripts were

A) made in scriptoria by scribes
B) made of encaustic on vellum
C) made of pigments mixed with water and egg yolk
D) written in Gaelic in Irish monasteries

Question 39

The Irish monks are most famous for their ___________.

A) sculptures
B) splendid dwellings
C) manuscript decoration
D) elaborate reliquaries

Question 40

Which is not true of Harald Bluetooth's rune stone?

A) it is in Jelling
B) it was raised in the 10^th century
C) it has interlace designs
D) it celebrates Harald's conversion
E) it is Norwegian

Question 41

The Utrecht Psalter is most closely related to the _____________.

A) Book of Lindisfarne
B) Ebbo Gospels
C) The Book of Kells
D) Las Siete Partidas of Alphonse the Wise

Question 42

The monastery of Saint Gall

A) dates to the early 9^th century and was in Switzerland
B) was in southern France
C) followed the Rule of St. Benedict
D) dates to the early 9^th century and was in Switzerland and followed the Rule of St. Benedict
E) was in southern France and followed the Rule of St. Benedict

Question 43

The Book of Revelation

A) was written by John the Baptist on Patmos
B) is the last book of the Old Testament
C) was written by John the Divine on Patmos
D) is the last book of the New Testament
E) was written by John the Divine on Patmos and is the last book of the New Testament

Question 44

The Coronation Gospels are _____ than the Godescalc Gospels.Fill in the blank.

A) more naturalistic
B) more iconic
C) more Byzantine
D) more stylized
E) less naturalistic

Question 45

The images in the Utrecht Psalter differs from those in the Vienna Genesis because

A) they have more variety of color
B) they illustrate the Gospels
C) they illustrate the Pentateuch
D) they are metaphorical rather than narrative
E) they are straightforward narratives

Question 46

Charlemagne's Chapel at Aachen is based on the church of ___________.

A) Old St. Peter's
B) San Vitale
C) Hagia Sophia
D) Santa Costanza

Question 47

St.Michael's at Hildesheim was

A) Carolingian
B) Ottonian
C) a monastery
D) a palace chapel

Question 48

The basilica for the Monastery of St.Gall showed its early Christian pedigree by its

A) transept
B) choir before the altar
C) towers
D) all of the choices are correct.