Test Bank Chapter 11 The Renaissances Of The Twelfth Century - Medieval Europe 4e | Test Bank Backman by Clifford R. Backman. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 11
Test Bank
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 01
1) What term best describes Aristotle’s philosophical method?
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a. Ascetic
b. Emotive
c. Hedonist
d. Empiricist
Title: Chapter 11 Question 02
2) The philosophical group known as the __________ argued that universals are merely categorizing tools.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 03
3) What does Anselm’s Ontological Proof argue?
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a. Against the use of reason in matters of faith
b. For the existence of God
c. Against reading pagan philosophers
d. For training in universities
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 04
4) What position did Abelard take regarding Church teaching?
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a. It was clarified and improved by rigorous scholarly analysis
b. It was sacrosanct and outside the reach of logic
c. It was only the pope’s job to proclaim on Church teachings
d. It was too exclusive regarding the role of religious women
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 11 Question 05
5) Disagreeing on theological premises, ______________ was Abelard’s chief nemesis.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 06
6) What book was the standard textbook for medieval students of theology?
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a. Anselm’s Proslogion
b. Abelard’s Sic et Non
c. Lombard’s Sentences
d. Aristotle’s Metaphysics
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 07
7) What major reason prevented Islam from absorbing Aristotelian logic?
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a. The disagreement between Arab and Persian cultures
b. The status of the Qur’an as perfect and complete
c. The wide geographic spread of the Islamic empire
d. Muslim skepticism surrounding all Greek knowledge
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 08
8) What prompted major changes in Western medieval law? (Select all that apply.)
Feedback: Law & Canon Law
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a. The rediscovery of Justinian’s Corpus iuris civilis
b. Feudalism’s emphasis on territorial rulership
c. The fragmentation of the Carolingian empire
d. Irnerius’ concept that the law is a constantly evolving system
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 11 Question 09
9) The Decretum, a compilation by _________, aimed to harmonize disparate legal traditions.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 10
10) Which dynasty first successfully incorporated Hellenic culture into their own?
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a. Ottonian
b. Carolingian
c. Umayyad
d. Abbasid
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 11
11) What is a madrasa?
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a. A body of legal texts
b. A school of religious law
c. A group of military leaders
d. An interpretation of the Qur’an
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 12
What group was most renowned for their medical skill in the Middle Ages?
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a. Persian doctors
b. Female doctors
c. Jewish doctors
d. Frankish doctors
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 11 Question 13
13) The first female medical practitioner whose work survives in the medieval west is known as _____________.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 14
14) What contributed to the rise in knowledge of astronomy?
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a. The invention of the astrolabe
b. The papal ban on astrology
c. The new discovery of planets
d. The realization that the earth is round
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 15
15) Who was at the forefront of the development of universities?
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a. The bourgeoisie
b. Rabbis
c. Bishops
d. Emperors
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 16
16) Which of the following were hallmarks of medieval universities? (Select all that apply.)
Feedback: Rise of Universities
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a. The granting of formal degrees
b. A standardized curriculum
c. The inclusion of women scholars
d. Teaching by an approved set of trained masters
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 17
17) The universitas system was modeled on which preexisting system?
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a. Guild
b. Feudal
c. Ascetic
d. Patriarchal
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 18
18) What was one major stumbling block to many students’ education?
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a. The provincialism of universities
b. Their clerical status
c. The cost of books
d. Their own boredom
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 19
19)
Which area boasted the densest foundations of universities before 1300?
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a. Italy
b. Spain
c. France
d. Germany
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 11 Question 20
20) Which of the following are qualities associated with courtly love? (Select all that apply.)
Feedback: Courtly Life
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a. Social inversion that elevates the lady
b. Writings in the Latin language
c. Love’s capacity to be ennobling
d. Fabliau-style poetry