Multiple Choice Quiz

After you have finished studying the chapter, test yourself by answering the sample quiz questions. The correct answers will be revealed after you have finished the quiz. If you have answered any question incorrectly, return to the chapter to review the pertinent material.

1		The Black Death did NOT
			A)	arrive in Italy by means of commercial vessels.
			B)	bring about the end of the Hundred Years' War.
			C)	destroy one-third to one-half of Europe's population.
			D)	seriously affect the economy.
2		The Great Schism resulted in
			A)	the removal of the Papacy from Rome to Avignon.
			B)	efforts at greater unity between church and state.
			C)	widespread church criticism and weakened papal prestige.
			D)	the end of the Hundred Years' War.
3		Ars nova is the name for the
			A)	revival of Latin and Greek letters in Italy.
			B)	new use of light and shade among fourteenth-century artists.
			C)	practice of including musical instruments in the liturgy.
			D)	expressive new musical style of the fourteenth century.
4		In Boccaccio's "Tale of Filippa" the defendant of the trial argues that the law on adultery
			A)	lacks the provision that the act must be witnessed.
			B)	is unfair to the party outside the marriage contract.
			C)	was passed without the consent of women.
			D)	provides a penalty that is cruel and unusual.
5		The technique that revolutionized Giotto's painting style featured
			A)	a new emphasis on line.
			B)	the use of light and shade to model form.
			C)	the introduction of symbolic gestures.
			D)	detailed realism in landscape settings.