Test Questions & Answers Ch4 Cloister And Culture - Medieval Europe 4e | Test Bank Backman by Clifford R. Backman. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 4
Test Bank
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 01
1) Which of the following are examples of ascetic behavior? (Select all that apply.)
Feedback: Cloister & Culture
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a. Overindulgence
b. Prayerful solitude
c. Self-discipline
d. Founding a monastery
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 02
2) What was an unintended consequence of St Anthony’s ascetic rigor?
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a. He drew followers to him who interrupted his solitude
b. He was targeted by Diocletian’s Great Persecution
c. He founded the monastery of Monte Cassino
d. He died shortly after pursuing a hermit’s life
Title: Chapter 04 Question 03
3) The Rule of ______________ centered exclusively around reading the Bible but no other types of literature.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 04
4) How did St Basil’s Rule differ from that of St Pachomius?
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a. It removed the emphasis on prayer and worship
b. It restricted monks from any kind of intellectual activity
c. It emphasized isolation and solitude
d. It emphasized community and service
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 04 Question 05
5) The Greek-originated term ____________ refers to a saint’s Life that usually recounted performed miracles.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 06
6) How does Irish monasticism differ from continental European versions?
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a. Irish monks and nuns established isolated communities
b. Irish bishops directly ran the monasteries
c. Most monasteries were founded in the center of Irish cities
d. Most monasteries were ‘double’ monasteries
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 07
7)
What characteristic(s) of Christ did early images emphasize?
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a. His lovingkindness towards his followers
b. His power to judge souls for punishment or redemption
c. His identity as the son of the Virgin Mary
d. His persona of militant victoriousness
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 08
8) How did early medieval monasteries primarily earn income?
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a. Through donations by those who entered monastic life
b. Through selling goods for cash at markets
c. Through imperial funding
d. They earned no income
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 09
9) What were Cassiodorus’ major contributions to sixth-century Christianity? (Select all that apply.)
Feedback: Cultural Life
Page reference: 106-107
a. He pursued a solitary ascetic life in the wilderness
b. He wrote the Institutes, which established a monastic curriculum
c. He built numerous monasteries throughout Italy
d. He translated, compiled, and commented on early Christian texts
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 04 Question 10
10) Together, the trivium and the quadrivium comprise the curriculum known as the _______________________.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 11
11) Which scholar was seminal for transmitting Greek philosophy to the Middle Ages?
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a. St Benedict
b. Boethius
c. Aristotle
d. Alfred the Great
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 12
12) What achievements did the monastic community at Monte Cassino yield? (Select all that apply)
Feedback: Rise of Monasticism in West
Page reference: 112-113
a. The production of illuminated manuscripts
b. The translation of the Bible into the vernacular
c. The collection of a vast library
d. The invention of a new script
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 13
13) How was life under the Benedictine Rule ordered?
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a. Cycles of prayer services divided up the day
b. Monks and nuns could do whatever they liked
c. The abbot or abbess changed the routine every day
d. No activities besides prayer were permitted
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 14
14) How was a Benedictine community structured?
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a. All monks and nuns had the same status
b. Monks and nuns were obedient to an abbot or abbess
c. The abbot and abbess were above human law
d. Each monastery operated completely differently
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 15
What area had the densest population of monasteries c. 800 CE?
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a. The Italian peninsula
b. England and Scotland
c. Northern France and the Rhine Valley
d. Asia Minor
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 16
16) What was the early medieval expectation of salvation?
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a. That only monks and nuns could be assured salvation
b. That all believing Christians could be assured salvation
c. That only members of royal families could be assured salvation
d. That no one could hope for salvation
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 17
17) For what religious purpose might medieval Christians learn mathematics?
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a. To become closer to God
b. To learn for learning’s sake
c. To achieve higher status within the monastery
d. To date Biblical events through calendrical calculations
Type: multiple response question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 18
18) Which of the following did Boethius include in his divisions of philosophy? (Select all that apply.)
Feedback: Cultural Life
Page reference: 109-110
a. Ethics
b. Theology
c. Natural philosophy
d. Forensics
Type: fill-in-blank
Title: Chapter 04 Question 19
19) Boethius’ text _______________________ was his most famous and influential work.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 04 Question 20
20) What prompted St Benedict to retire to a cave, beginning his religious life?
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a. The threats of an abbot
b. His father’s wishes
c. The corruption and materialism of Rome
d. An ulcer that developed on his leg