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The Western Experience, 8/e

Mortimer Chambers, University of California - Los Angeles
Barbara Hanawalt, Ohio State University
Theodore Rabb, Princeton University
Isser Woloch, Columbia University
Raymond Grew, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

The Flowering of Medieval Civilization

Multiple Choice


1	The founding of universities was important for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
		A)	they supplied Church and state with literate officials.
		B)	they nurtured the rise of rationalism in the Scholastic movement.
		C)	they created an institutional setting for teaching and research that has spread throughout the world.
		D)	they gave students a chance to party hearty before entering the real world.


2	Abelard's Sic et Non achieved its effect by all of the following EXCEPT
		A)	showing that statements from the Bible, Church councils, and Church fathers contradicted each other.
		B)	leaving the contradictory statements of Church authorities unresolved in embarrassing juxtaposition.
		C)	implying that dialectic analysis was necessary to reconcile the statements of Church authorities.
		D)	demonstrating that his love of Heloise that had led him to understand the true nature of Christianity.


3	The recovery of Aristotle's full body of works was important to Medieval intellectual life because it
		A)	gave Christians renewed respect for the Muslims who translated and commented on it.
		B)	challenged Christians to reconcile his rational and naturalistic philosophy with Christian revelation.
		C)	demonstrated that reason could be used to deduce the articles of faith of the Christian religion.
		D)	proved that reason could be used to deduce the characteristics of the natural world.


4	Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologica attempted to provide all of the following EXCEPT
		A)	a comprehensive introduction to Christian theology.
		B)	a systematic view of the universe.
		C)	a model of the way that direct observation leads to truth.
		D)	a reconciliation of natural, revealed, pagan and Christian truth.


5	Women played their most prominent role in Medieval religion as
		A)	surrogates for Mary.
		B)	anchorites and mystics.
		C)	students and professors.
		D)	priestesses.


6	Romanesque cathedrals were distinguished by all of the following EXCEPT
		A)	rounded arches.
		B)	fantastic sculptures.
		C)	stone roofs.
		D)	large stained glass windows.


7	Gothic cathedrals were distinguished by all of the following EXCEPT
		A)	pointed arches.
		B)	fantastic sculptures.
		C)	flying buttresses.
		D)	large stained glass windows.


8	The court culture that developed in the twelfth century involved all of the following EXCEPT
		A)	a refined code of conduct for knights.
		B)	a preoccupation with romantic love.
		C)	a respect for people from all classes.
		D)	a literature celebrating love and heroism.


9	English "common law" is based on
		A)	the laws common to all nations.
		B)	Roman law.
		C)	the will of the commoners.
		D)	the precedent set by earlier cases.


10	The Magna Carta was most important because it
		A)	stated the principals upon which modern liberty is based.
		B)	established legal limits on the power of the king.
		C)	resolved the technical problems of feudal law.
		D)	addressed the concerns of the entire English population.


11	During this period, the French monarchy accomplished all of the following EXCEPT
		A)	making itself unquestioned master of the Ile-de-France.
		B)	greatly enlarging the royal demesne.
		C)	extending royal justice into the feudal principalities.
		D)	securing the right to levy taxes throughout the country.


12	Which of the following was NOT a major Christian kingdom in Iberia?
		A)	Aragon.
		B)	Castile.
		C)	Grenada.
		D)	Portugal.


13	The Emperor who conferred sovereignty to local German governments in order to pursue his goals in Italy was
		A)	Frederick I Barbarossa.
		B)	Henry VI.
		C)	Frederick II Hohenstaufen.
		D)	Manfred.


14	All of the following contributed to the growth of heresy EXCEPT
		A)	the corruption of the Church.
		B)	the Pope's refusal to call a new Church council.
		C)	the desire of lay people to participate in religion.
		D)	the discontents of the poor and of women.


15	The Waldensians and the Albigensians shared all of the following EXCEPT
		A)	rejection of material things.
		B)	denial of the validity of the sacraments.
		C)	denunciation of the corruption of the clergy.
		D)	belief that two cosmic principals compete for supremacy.


16	The Church responded to heresy by all of the following EXCEPT
		A)	founding the Dominican and the Franciscan orders to preach among the people.
		B)	setting up the Inquisition and launching a crusade.
		C)	clarifying and reaffirming the basic tenets of the Catholic faith.
		D)	recasting the role of the clergy in response to the heretic's complaints.


17	The Franciscans differed from the Waldensians in that
		A)	its members embraced poverty.
		B)	its members preached to the laity.
		C)	it accepted the validity of the sacraments.
		D)	it was started by a charismatic preacher.


18	All of the following were true of the Inquisition EXCEPT
		A)	it accepted secret denunciations and kept accusers' names secret.
		B)	suspects had no right to counsel and could be tortured.
		C)	it included incompetent and even demented judges.
		D)	it executed hundreds of convicted heretics.


19	Innocent III pursued all of the following goals EXCEPT
		A)	the eradication of heresy.
		B)	the hegemony of the papacy.
		C)	the repression of Scholasticism.
		D)	the clarification of doctrine.

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