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1
Middle Ages in western Europe includes the period
A)the beginning of Early Christian through the 13th or 14th 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)D. 300 - A.D. 1600
2
The new religion that entered Europe in the 8th century was
A)Buddhism
B)Hinduism
C)Islam
D)Judaism
3
The hadj refers to
A)the Islamic calendar
B)a pilgrimage
C)a leader
D)a mosque
4
Muslims must pray
A)in a mosque
B)facing west
C)facing Mecca
D)facing a qibla
5
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
6
Which is not an architectural feature of the mosque?
A)a sahn
B)a qibla
C)an immam
D)a mihrab
E)a minbar
7
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
8
The Purse Cover from Sutton Hoo is an example of
A)Islamic tracery
B)Viking iconography
C)Anglo-Saxon metalwork
D)a Neolithic artifact
9
Which of the following is not a feature of the Sutton Hoo Purse Cover?
A)cloisonn‚ enamel
B)red garnets
C)symmetry
D)Scythian influence
E)Islamic influence
10
In 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
11
Hibernia means
A)Scandinavia in Italian
B)Ireland in Latin
C)Germany in Anglo-Saxon
D)Scotland in Latin
12
Iluminated 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
13
The Book of Kells is
A)a 7th century manuscript
B)the text of the Acts of Paul
C)late 8th or early 9th century
D)a text of the Apocrypha
14
Which is not a feature of Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts?
A)Latin text
B)interlace
C)stylization
D)naturalism
E)monstrous details
F)letters merging with pictures
15
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





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