Question 1

The Byzantine Empire was never stable because of the intrigue and violence that constantly occurred at the imperial court.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Pope Gregory was not only a reformer of the Church and theologian,but also the first pope to break free of Byzantine control and establish an autonomous,Western-oriented Latin church.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Charlemagne regularly chose the bishops in his empire.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Qu'ran contains:

Accepted Answer

A)  the revelations sent by God to Muhammad. 
B)  Christian teaching about Christ's divinity. 
C)  excerpts from the Hebrew Torah. 
D)  a detailed plan for the expansion of Islam after Muhammad's death. 
E)  the sole guide for behavior for converts to Islam. 
A)  the revelations sent by God to Muhammad. 
B)  Christian teaching about Christ's divinity. 
C)  excerpts from the Hebrew Torah. 
D)  a detailed plan for the expansion of Islam after Muhammad's death. 
E)  the sole guide for behavior for converts to Islam.

Question 5

The Merovingian dynasty in France traced its origin back to Clovis's legendary grandfather,Merovech,who was believed to be the son of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the last commander of the Roman legions in the West. 
B)  a sea monster. 
C)  England's King Arthur. 
D)  a Benedictine monk who converted the Franks. 
E)  a Viking who had settled in northern France and conquered the Lombards. 
A)  the last commander of the Roman legions in the West. 
B)  a sea monster. 
C)  England's King Arthur. 
D)  a Benedictine monk who converted the Franks. 
E)  a Viking who had settled in northern France and conquered the Lombards.

Question 6

The overall unity of the Muslim world disintegrated during the tenth and eleventh centuries because of:

Accepted Answer

A)  a special tax levied on Jews and Christians. 
B)  failures among the Umayyad rulers of Spain. 
C)  repeated attacks by the Mughal empire of India. 
D)  economic problems and a stagnating intellectual life. 
E)  increasing intolerance of regional and ethnic differences of practice and belief within Islam. 
A)  a special tax levied on Jews and Christians. 
B)  failures among the Umayyad rulers of Spain. 
C)  repeated attacks by the Mughal empire of India. 
D)  economic problems and a stagnating intellectual life. 
E)  increasing intolerance of regional and ethnic differences of practice and belief within Islam.

Question 7

Why did Justinian try to reconquer the western Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because the Persians had been defeated in the East, so he could safely launch military expeditions to the West. 
B)  Because his empire required continuing conquests in order to prosper. 
C)  Because he sought to reunify the increasingly fragmented Roman Empire. 
D)  Because he needed to keep his army as far away from his capital as possible. 
E)  Because he believed that he should be the head of a unified Christian Church. 
A)  Because the Persians had been defeated in the East, so he could safely launch military expeditions to the West. 
B)  Because his empire required continuing conquests in order to prosper. 
C)  Because he sought to reunify the increasingly fragmented Roman Empire. 
D)  Because he needed to keep his army as far away from his capital as possible. 
E)  Because he believed that he should be the head of a unified Christian Church.

Question 8

Leo III's support of iconoclasm may have been driven by a desire to:

Accepted Answer

A)  make churches more beautiful. 
B)  strengthen the emperor's control over the Church at the expense of monastic control. 
C)  strengthen monastic control over the Church at the expense of the bureaucratic control. 
D)  encourage artisans to produce books rather than images. 
E)  encourage Orthodox Christians to follow some of the tenets of Islam. 
A)  make churches more beautiful. 
B)  strengthen the emperor's control over the Church at the expense of monastic control. 
C)  strengthen monastic control over the Church at the expense of the bureaucratic control. 
D)  encourage artisans to produce books rather than images. 
E)  encourage Orthodox Christians to follow some of the tenets of Islam.

Question 9

Opportunity for advancement in Islamic cultures ideally depended on:

Accepted Answer

A)  the social class into which one was born. 
B)  the sect of Islam that one professed. 
C)  one's ability and one's talent. 
D)  the level of bribes one was able to offer. 
E)  whom one knew within the bureaucracy. 
A)  the social class into which one was born. 
B)  the sect of Islam that one professed. 
C)  one's ability and one's talent. 
D)  the level of bribes one was able to offer. 
E)  whom one knew within the bureaucracy.

Question 10

Charlemagne and Harun al-Rashid formed an alliance partially because of their shared enemy,the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Umayyad. 
B)  Persians. 
C)  Byzantines. 
D)  Sunnis. 
E)  Abbasid. 
A)  Umayyad. 
B)  Persians. 
C)  Byzantines. 
D)  Sunnis. 
E)  Abbasid.

Question 11

Why did Justinian's reconquest of the western Roman Empire fail?

Accepted Answer

A)  Justinian codified Roman law, which made a permanent merger impossible. 
B)  Western Christians no longer felt kinship with eastern Christians, and they fought against Justinian from within. 
C)  The costs associated with conquering and defending the vast western empire were too great given Justinian's military commitments elsewhere. 
D)  Constantinople fell to Persian invaders and brought an end to the eastern Roman Empire. 
E)  Justinian was forced to withdraw his army to meet the mounting Islamic threat from the south. 
A)  Justinian codified Roman law, which made a permanent merger impossible. 
B)  Western Christians no longer felt kinship with eastern Christians, and they fought against Justinian from within. 
C)  The costs associated with conquering and defending the vast western empire were too great given Justinian's military commitments elsewhere. 
D)  Constantinople fell to Persian invaders and brought an end to the eastern Roman Empire. 
E)  Justinian was forced to withdraw his army to meet the mounting Islamic threat from the south.

Question 12

What factors allowed the Byzantine Empire to survive into the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Efficient bureaucratic government was on

Question 13

For Pope Gregory I,one of the most important roles of clerics was:

Accepted Answer

A)  to perform mass once a week. 
B)  to make sure tithes were paid. 
C)  to preach sermons in the town square. 
D)  to become educated about new theological debates. 
E)  to care for the religious experience of the laity. 
A)  to perform mass once a week. 
B)  to make sure tithes were paid. 
C)  to preach sermons in the town square. 
D)  to become educated about new theological debates. 
E)  to care for the religious experience of the laity.

Question 14

Why was paper such an important commodity in the Muslim world of the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

As Muslim control over various territori

Question 15

Women from wealthy Byzantine families:

Accepted Answer

A)  did not receive classical educations, since they were destined for domestic life. 
B)  could read but were not allowed to write history, novels, or poetry. 
C)  were educated at home by tutors, but did engage in more public intellectual discussions. 
D)  were encouraged by parents to become actresses and singers like the Empress Theodora. 
E)  were educated in the public schools alongside the men. 
A)  did not receive classical educations, since they were destined for domestic life. 
B)  could read but were not allowed to write history, novels, or poetry. 
C)  were educated at home by tutors, but did engage in more public intellectual discussions. 
D)  were encouraged by parents to become actresses and singers like the Empress Theodora. 
E)  were educated in the public schools alongside the men.

Question 16

In Byzantine schools,classical Greek literature was:

Accepted Answer

A)  considered pagan and suspect, and so was read only with great reluctance. 
B)  the basis of the curriculum, with much study of the epics of Homer. 
C)  out of fashion, because people preferred to read the easier Greek of the Bible. 
D)  regarded as useless and impractical, but not offensive to Christian sensibilities. 
E)  not studied. Byzantium thought of itself as the heir of Rome and so read Latin classics. 
A)  considered pagan and suspect, and so was read only with great reluctance. 
B)  the basis of the curriculum, with much study of the epics of Homer. 
C)  out of fashion, because people preferred to read the easier Greek of the Bible. 
D)  regarded as useless and impractical, but not offensive to Christian sensibilities. 
E)  not studied. Byzantium thought of itself as the heir of Rome and so read Latin classics.

Question 17

Sufism is a mystical sect of Judaism whose members cultivated spiritual ecstasy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Umayyads of Al-Andalus and the Abbasids of Persia competed for dominance through:

Accepted Answer

A)  constant violent warfare. 
B)  a cold war, occasionally interrupted by brief proxy wars over disputed territories. 
C)  the constant creation and negotiation of alliances. 
D)  trying to surpass each other in support of literary and artistic production. 
E)  trying to conquer as much territory as possible. 
A)  constant violent warfare. 
B)  a cold war, occasionally interrupted by brief proxy wars over disputed territories. 
C)  the constant creation and negotiation of alliances. 
D)  trying to surpass each other in support of literary and artistic production. 
E)  trying to conquer as much territory as possible.

Question 19

Marriage patterns within upper-class Muslim society around the year 1000 differed from classical Greek and Roman patterns because:

Accepted Answer

A)  Muslims could not engage in same-sex marriage, whereas Greeks and Romans could. 
B)  Muslim men could not marry until they were at least 35, whereas Greek and Roman men could marry at any age. 
C)  women were highly valued in Muslim society, whereas they were not in Greece or Rome. 
D)  Muslim men were permitted to have more than one wife, whereas Greek and Roman men were not. 
E)  Muslim women were permitted to have more than one husband, whereas Greek and Roman women were not. 
A)  Muslims could not engage in same-sex marriage, whereas Greeks and Romans could. 
B)  Muslim men could not marry until they were at least 35, whereas Greek and Roman men could marry at any age. 
C)  women were highly valued in Muslim society, whereas they were not in Greece or Rome. 
D)  Muslim men were permitted to have more than one wife, whereas Greek and Roman men were not. 
E)  Muslim women were permitted to have more than one husband, whereas Greek and Roman women were not.

Question 20

The Vikings are generally regarded as being a destructive force in European history:

Accepted Answer

A)  but such a view may not be correct in light of the principalities they established across northern Europe. 
B)  as evidenced by the raids they staged on virtually every population center in Europe from London to Paris to Rome itself. 
C)  because of the destruction caused to a great many monasteries throughout Europe and the accompanying loss of the libraries in those monasteries. 
D)  but this has been exaggerated since they stayed mostly in Scandinavia with only a few raids into England and northern France, destructive though those were. 
E)  which is true, but they have an undeservedly bad reputation when compared with the Magyars who conducted raids into western and southern Europe. 
A)  but such a view may not be correct in light of the principalities they established across northern Europe. 
B)  as evidenced by the raids they staged on virtually every population center in Europe from London to Paris to Rome itself. 
C)  because of the destruction caused to a great many monasteries throughout Europe and the accompanying loss of the libraries in those monasteries. 
D)  but this has been exaggerated since they stayed mostly in Scandinavia with only a few raids into England and northern France, destructive though those were. 
E)  which is true, but they have an undeservedly bad reputation when compared with the Magyars who conducted raids into western and southern Europe.

Exam 7: Rome's Three Heirs 500-950

The Byzantine Empire was never stable because of the intrigue and violence that constantly occurred at the imperial court.

Pope Gregory was not only a reformer of the Church and theologian,but also the first pope to break free of Byzantine control and establish an autonomous,Western-oriented Latin church.

Charlemagne regularly chose the bishops in his empire.

The Qu'ran contains:

The Merovingian dynasty in France traced its origin back to Clovis's legendary grandfather,Merovech,who was believed to be the son of:

The overall unity of the Muslim world disintegrated during the tenth and eleventh centuries because of:

Why did Justinian try to reconquer the western Roman Empire?

Leo III's support of iconoclasm may have been driven by a desire to:

Opportunity for advancement in Islamic cultures ideally depended on:

Charlemagne and Harun al-Rashid formed an alliance partially because of their shared enemy,the:

Why did Justinian's reconquest of the western Roman Empire fail?

What factors allowed the Byzantine Empire to survive into the Middle Ages?

For Pope Gregory I,one of the most important roles of clerics was:

Why was paper such an important commodity in the Muslim world of the Middle Ages?

Women from wealthy Byzantine families:

In Byzantine schools,classical Greek literature was:

Sufism is a mystical sect of Judaism whose members cultivated spiritual ecstasy.

The Umayyads of Al-Andalus and the Abbasids of Persia competed for dominance through:

Marriage patterns within upper-class Muslim society around the year 1000 differed from classical Greek and Roman patterns because:

The Vikings are generally regarded as being a destructive force in European history:

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