Christendom Full Test Bank Ch.6

Chapter 06

Christendom

1. What is a way that the Church enforced relgious conformity in the medieval period?

A. Neumes

B. Interdict

C. Guilds

D. Pageants

Learning Objective: Understand the impact of the Church on everyday life

Topic: medieval church

Topic: Philosophy and Religion

2. The Church allowed Christians to receive the grace of God through ______.

A. reliquaries

B. sacraments

C. memento mori

D. gesso

Learning Objective: Understand the impact of the Church on everyday life

Topic: medieval church

Topic: Philosophy and Religion

3. According to medieval Catholic teachings, what was the intermediate realm where Christians were punished for repented sins that had not been expiated before their deaths?

A. Paradise

B. Inferno

C. Purgatory

D. Shiva

Learning Objective: Understand the impact of the Church on everyday life

Topic: medieval church

Topic: Philosophy and Religion

4. To what does "Christendom" refer?

A. Sacramental system

B. Christian community of the Middle Ages

C. Role of mystics in the twelfth century

D. Humanism of Saint Francis

Learning Objective: Understand the impact of the Church on everyday life

Topic: History

Topic: medieval church

5. What is the most important of the seven sacraments and central ritual of the Mass?

A. Eucharist

B. Penance

C. Ordination

D. Extreme unction

Learning Objective: Understand the impact of the Church on everyday life

Topic: medieval church

Topic: Philosophy and Religion

6. According to Hildegard, the visions she recorded in Scivias came to her from where?

A. The pope

B. A voice from a luminous being

C. Her rational analysis of Holy Scripture

D. Conversations with the nuns in her convent

Learning Objective: Understand Hildegard of Bingen's importance to the Christian mystic tradition

Topic: mysticism

Topic: Philosophy and Religion

7. How did Saint Francis differ from the monastics that preceded him?

A. He rejected apostolic poverty.

B. He was a mystic.

C. He rejected a cloistered life.

D. He embraced other faiths, such as Buddhism, in his mysticism.

Learning Objective: Understand the impact of the Church on everyday life

Topic: medieval church

Topic: Philosophy and Religion

8. Which of the following statements about medieval towns is FALSE?

A. Some towns grew into self-governing city-states.

B. The rise of towns coincided with and contributed to the rise of the middle class.

C. Medieval towns usually developed out of marketplaces.

D. By twelfth century, the majority of Europeans lived in towns.

Learning Objective: Recall issues regarding church and state during the medieval era

Topic: History

9. Who wrote the treatise Know the Ways of the Lord, also known as the Scivias?

A. Rumi

B. Saint Francis

C. Hildegard of Bingen

D. Aquinas

Learning Objective: Understand Hildegard of Bingen's importance to the Christian mystic tradition

Topic: mysticism

Topic: Philosophy and Religion

10. The popular medieval drama Everyman is an example of what genre?

A. Morality play

B. Mystery play

C. Miracle play

D. Tragic play

Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics of medieval religious drama

Topic: Literature

11. What is a major difference between Christian cathedrals and Hindu temples?

A. High-relief sculpture

B. Dramatic height

C. Depiction of nudity

D. Exterior ornamentation

Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics of medieval religious drama

Topic: Literature

12. The university at Bologna, one of the first of the medieval universities, was dedicated primarily to the study of ______.

A. theology

B. literature

C. engineering

D. law

Learning Objective: Describe the growth of the medieval university

Topic: History

13. Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of Dante's Commedia?

A. Latin prose

B. Numerology

C. Historical figures

D. Allegory

Learning Objective: Recall Dante's contributions

Topic: Literature

14. Dante's Commedia is divided into three books, each containing thirty-three ______.

A. characters.

B. chapters.

C. cantos.

D. lines.

Learning Objective: Recall Dante's contributions

Topic: Literature

15. In the Commedia, who guided Dante through Hell?

A. Satan

B. Virgil

C. Beatrice

D. Aristotle

Learning Objective: Recall Dante's contributions

Topic: Literature

16. Four major pilgrimage routes linked cities in France with what favorite shrine of Christian pilgrims?

A. Cathedral of Notre Dame

B. Church of San Francesco

C. Abbey at Westminster

D. Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

Learning Objective: Understand the impact of the Church on everyday life

Topic: History

Topic: Pilgrimage church

17. The writings of which classical philosopher had the greatest influence on the rise of medieval scholasticism?

A. Aristotle

B. Plato

C. Socrates

D. Cicero

Learning Objective: Recognize the importance of Thomas Aquinas to medieval history

Topic: Philosophy and Religion

18. In the Summa Theologica, what does Aquinas conclude about women?

A. They represent the physical incarnation of human perfection.

B. They are imperfect in form but created to fulfill a purpose in God's plan.

C. They should never have been created in the first place.

D. They are intellectually superior to men.

Learning Objective: Recognize the importance of Thomas Aquinas to medieval history

Topic: Philosophy and Religion

19. What did the entrance portal of the Romanesque cathedral symbolize?

A. Humanity's fall from grace

B. The inevitability of death

C. Reason's superiority over faith

D. The pathway to salvation

Learning Objective: Define Romanesque style

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Pilgrimage church

20. Which of the following features did NOT differentiate Gothic cathedrals from Romanesque?

A. The flying buttress

B. Rib vaults

C. Latin-cross floor plans

D. Pointed arches

Learning Objective: Define Romanesque style

Learning Objective: Recount the origin of the Gothic style

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Gothic cathedral

Topic: Pilgrimage church

21. Most Gothic churches were dedicated to which figure?

A. The pope

B. Saint Denis

C. The Virgin Mary

D. Saint Francis

Learning Objective: Recount the origin of the Gothic style

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Gothic cathedral

22. What hymn came to serve the Roman Catholic requiem (Mass for the Dead) during the Medieval era?

A. "Dies irae"

B. Scivias

C. Memento mori

D. Estampie

Learning Objective: Recall features of medieval music

Topic: Music and Dance

23. Medieval Europeans were the first to develop all EXCEPT which of the following musical innovations?

A. Musical notation

B. Tympanum

C. Polyphony

D. The motet

Learning Objective: Recall features of medieval music

Topic: Music and Dance

24. Examine the medieval community of Christendom, pointing out the landmarks that typified this unique time and place.

Learning Objective: Understand the impact of the Church on everyday life

Topic: History

Topic: medieval church

25. It is often said that the Church was the great patron of the arts of Western Christendom. Defend this statement by describing some of the landmarks (literary, visual, and aural) indebted to church patronage.

Learning Objective: Define Romanesque style

Learning Objective: Describe the themes and content of medieval literature

Learning Objective: Recall features of medieval music

Learning Objective: Recount the origin of the Gothic style

Learning Objective: Remember the purpose of medieval paintings

Topic: Art and Architecture

Topic: Literature

Topic: Music and Dance

26. Compare some of the religious landmarks of medieval Christendom with those of medieval Hinduism and/or Buddhism.

Learning Objective: Recall issues regarding church and state during the medieval era

Learning Objective: Understand the impact of the Church on everyday life

Topic: Philosophy and Religion

Category # of Questions

Learning Objective: Define Romanesque style 3

Learning Objective: Describe the growth of the medieval university 1

Learning Objective: Describe the themes and content of medieval literature 1

Learning Objective: Recall Dante's contributions 3

Learning Objective: Recall features of medieval music 3

Learning Objective: Recall issues regarding church and state during the medieval era 2

Learning Objective: Recognize the importance of Thomas Aquinas to medieval history 2

Learning Objective: Recount the origin of the Gothic style 3

Learning Objective: Remember the purpose of medieval paintings 1

Learning Objective: Understand Hildegard of Bingen's importance to the Christian mystic tradition 2

Learning Objective: Understand the characteristics of medieval religious drama 2

Learning Objective: Understand the impact of the Church on everyday life 9

Topic: Art and Architecture 4

Topic: Gothic cathedral 2

Topic: History 5

Topic: Literature 6

Topic: medieval church 7

Topic: Music and Dance 3

Topic: mysticism 2

Topic: Philosophy and Religion 10

Topic: Pilgrimage church 3