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Abu al-Abbas became well known in the court of Charlemagne as a |
| | A) | distinguished diplomat from the Islamic world. |
| | B) | beloved pet from an Indian king. |
| | C) | gift from the Abbasid court. |
| | D) | Muslim enemy of the king. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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Historians use the term middle ages to refer to |
| | A) | the fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500. |
| | B) | the era from about 500 to 1500 C.E., the medieval era of European history. |
| | C) | the crisis of western Europe. |
| | D) | the time between the fall of Rome and the emergence of Christianity. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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One reason for the Franks' rapid rise in western Europe had to do with Clovis's |
| | A) | conversion to Roman Christianity. |
| | B) | conversion to Arian Christianity. |
| | C) | alliance with the Islamic world. |
| | D) | defeat of the Muslims at the Battle of Tours. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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Which of the following was one thing done by Charlemagne? |
| | A) | He built an impressive, if relatively short-lived, empire in western Europe. |
| | B) | He rejected coronation by the pope. |
| | C) | He established a large bureaucracy to rule his empire. |
| | D) | He wrote an important book on the art of statecraft. |
| | E) | All of the above. |
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The Carolingian empire dissolved because |
| | A) | Charlemagne's descendants were politically weak and disunited. |
| | B) | Vikings began raiding northern France. |
| | C) | Charlemagne's grandsons divided the empire into three parts. |
| | D) | Magyars raided France from the east. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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According to Gregory of Tours, which of the following was true of Clovis's conversion? |
| | A) | He was forced to convert by the bishops. |
| | B) | He began to consider conversion when his army was defeated by the Christian Alamanni. |
| | C) | He forced his army to be baptized after he was. |
| | D) | His conversion had much to do with the influence of his wife, the queen Clotilda. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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In England, ninth-century Scandinavian invasions |
| | A) | promoted various small kingdoms to merge into a larger realm. |
| | B) | led to disintegration of a large realm into smaller kingdoms. |
| | C) | gave way to colonization by the Vikings. |
| | D) | brought down the Anglo-Saxon alliance. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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The term feudalism |
| | A) | means feuds between aristocratic families that had become a social norm. |
| | B) | means a political and social order that was highly centralized. |
| | C) | means the king's power being completely overthrown by the local lords. |
| | D) | is a term that has fallen out of favor among historians. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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The relationship between lord and retainer was |
| | A) | stable. |
| | B) | exploitative. |
| | C) | reciprocal. |
| | D) | antagonistic. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Serfs were |
| | A) | semifree individuals who owed obligations to the lord whose lands they cultivated. |
| | B) | servants of the lord, who provided the lord with domestic and military services. |
| | C) | agricultural slaves who had no rights on the lord's manor. |
| | D) | free peasants who could sell their land and move at will. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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The rights of serfs included |
| | A) | the right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs. |
| | B) | the right to move from one manor to another. |
| | C) | the right to marry whomever they wanted to marry. |
| | D) | the right to make a profit off of their land. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Which of the following does not describe a manor? |
| | A) | It was a large plantation operated by free peasants with heavy plows. |
| | B) | It was a large estate supervised by a lord and operated with serf labor. |
| | C) | It was a self-sufficient rural community controlled by the lord and his deputies. |
| | D) | It consisted of fields, meadows, forests, serfs, and their lodgings. |
| | E) | It was the means by which most lords and retainers supported themselves. |
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In the early middle ages, the economic activity of western Europe was |
| | A) | efficient and fast. |
| | B) | predominantly agricultural. |
| | C) | commercial and urban. |
| | D) | based on long-distance trade. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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The Franks helped to promote Christianity by |
| | A) | destroying the Lombards who threatened Rome. |
| | B) | accepting recognition and backing from the popes. |
| | C) | inviting Christian scholars to the court. |
| | D) | military force. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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An important pope of the late sixth and early seventh centuries was |
| | A) | Leo III. |
| | B) | Gregory I. |
| | C) | Otto I. |
| | D) | St. Benedict of Nursia. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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The conversion of England was accomplished through |
| | A) | the military threat of Charlemagne. |
| | B) | marriage of Charlemagne's daughter to the English king. |
| | C) | missionary campaigns of Gregory I. |
| | D) | the encouragement of Clotilda. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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According to St. Benedict's Rule, monks in monasteries should |
| | A) | live communal, celibate lives. |
| | B) | work hard for personal wealth. |
| | C) | live like hermits, isolated from the outside world. |
| | D) | deprive themselves of all pleasures. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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St. Scholastica |
| | A) | established a convent and began to accept nuns for the first time in the history of Christianity. |
| | B) | devised an entirely new set of regulations as guidance for the religious life of women in convents. |
| | C) | strongly believed that women should be allowed to become priests and monks. |
| | D) | adapted her brother's Rule as guidance for nuns. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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Which of the following social services was not provided by monasteries? |
| | A) | inns, refuges, orphanages. |
| | B) | banks, shops, factories. |
| | C) | schools. |
| | D) | medical care. |
| | E) | libraries and scriptoria. |
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One of the major differences between India and western Europe during the postclassical era is that |
| | A) | India generated an imperial form of government whereas western Europe did not. |
| | B) | India actively participated in a larger economic and commercial life whereas western Europe was largely a rural and self-sufficient society. |
| | C) | India did not suffer from foreign invasions whereas western Europe had to fight against foreign invaders. |
| | D) | India had a strong religious tradition uniting it and Europe had none. |
| | E) | All of the above are differences. |
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