Question 1

Late Gothic architecture in France culminated in the

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A)  Flamboyant style. 
B)  Perpendicular style. 
C)  Exuberant style. 
D)  Vertical style. 
A)  Flamboyant style. 
B)  Perpendicular style. 
C)  Exuberant style. 
D)  Vertical style.

Question 2

________ turned painting in a new direction, one that led to the Renaissance.

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A)  The Limbourg brothers 
B)  Cimabue 
C)  Giotto 
D)  Jan van Eyck 
A)  The Limbourg brothers 
B)  Cimabue 
C)  Giotto 
D)  Jan van Eyck

Question 3

Why did the church decline during the late Middle Ages? How did this religious decline affect the age's society?

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The decline of the church during the lat

Question 4

Among the most important expressions of the "new devotion" or devotio moderna were the works of

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A)  John Wycliffe. 
B)  Thomas à Kempis. 
C)  Jan Hus. 
D)  William of Ockham. 
A)  John Wycliffe. 
B)  Thomas à Kempis. 
C)  Jan Hus. 
D)  William of Ockham.

Question 5

What were the most significant technological advances of the late Middle Ages?

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The late Middle Ages saw several signifi

Question 6

What natural and human calamities occurred during the fourteenth century?

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During the fourteenth century, there wer

Question 7

What was the Great Schism?

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A)  the roughly forty-year period in which there were two and sometimes three popes, each claiming papal authority 
B)  the roughly seventy-year period when the popes ruled from Avignon 
C)  the split in the church when the Orthodox separated from Roman Catholicism 
D)  the division in the church between Protestants and Catholics, started by Martin Luther 
A)  the roughly forty-year period in which there were two and sometimes three popes, each claiming papal authority 
B)  the roughly seventy-year period when the popes ruled from Avignon 
C)  the split in the church when the Orthodox separated from Roman Catholicism 
D)  the division in the church between Protestants and Catholics, started by Martin Luther

Question 8

The hallmark of late Gothic builders was to

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A)  return to the basics of the Gothic style. 
B)  treat in a balanced manner the Gothic style's fundamental elements. 
C)  push the Gothic style to extravagant limits. 
D)  continue the aesthetic goals of the High Gothic style. 
A)  return to the basics of the Gothic style. 
B)  treat in a balanced manner the Gothic style's fundamental elements. 
C)  push the Gothic style to extravagant limits. 
D)  continue the aesthetic goals of the High Gothic style.

Question 9

What condition, beginning in 1315, exacerbated the effects of the plague in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  invasion by Muslim armies 
B)  famine 
C)  rampant civil wars 
D)  a string of bitter winters
Essay Questions 
A)  invasion by Muslim armies 
B)  famine 
C)  rampant civil wars 
D)  a string of bitter winters
Essay Questions

Question 10

Compare and contrast the works of Boccaccio and Chaucer.

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Boccaccio and Chaucer were both influent

Question 11

Who of the following wrote a collection of love lyrics and sonnets known as the Canzoniere, or Songbook?

Accepted Answer

A)  Giovanni Boccaccio 
B)  Francesco Petrarch 
C)  Geoffrey Chaucer 
D)  Christine de Pizan 
A)  Giovanni Boccaccio 
B)  Francesco Petrarch 
C)  Geoffrey Chaucer 
D)  Christine de Pizan

Question 12

As a result of the devastating plague, the leading image in late medieval art and literature became the

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A)  Dance of Death. 
B)  Final Judgment. 
C)  Garden of Eden. 
D)  Fountain of Youth. 
A)  Dance of Death. 
B)  Final Judgment. 
C)  Garden of Eden. 
D)  Fountain of Youth.

Question 13

The painter Giotto achieved all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  a three-dimensional art. 
B)  full expression of human emotions. 
C)  naturalistic treatment of figures. 
D)  mathematical perspective. 
A)  a three-dimensional art. 
B)  full expression of human emotions. 
C)  naturalistic treatment of figures. 
D)  mathematical perspective.

Question 14

Which of the following cities was NOT a source of claimed papal authority during the years of the Great Schism?

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A)  London 
B)  Rome 
C)  Pisa 
D)  Avignon 
A)  London 
B)  Rome 
C)  Pisa 
D)  Avignon

Question 15

A unique feature of England's late Gothic architecture was

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A)  calligraphic ornamentation. 
B)  fan vaulting. 
C)  circular towers. 
D)  atriums in the vestibules. 
A)  calligraphic ornamentation. 
B)  fan vaulting. 
C)  circular towers. 
D)  atriums in the vestibules.

Question 16

Which of the following reflected the social tensions caused by the 1381 Peasants' Revolt?

Accepted Answer

A)  Petrarch's My Secret 
B)  Boccaccio's The Decameron 
C)  Langland's The Vision of Piers Plowman 
D)  Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales 
A)  Petrarch's My Secret 
B)  Boccaccio's The Decameron 
C)  Langland's The Vision of Piers Plowman 
D)  Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

Late Gothic architecture in France culminated in the

________ turned painting in a new direction, one that led to the Renaissance.

Why did the church decline during the late Middle Ages? How did this religious decline affect the age's society?

Among the most important expressions of the "new devotion" or devotio moderna were the works of

What were the most significant technological advances of the late Middle Ages?

What natural and human calamities occurred during the fourteenth century?

What was the Great Schism?

The hallmark of late Gothic builders was to

What condition, beginning in 1315, exacerbated the effects of the plague in Europe?

Compare and contrast the works of Boccaccio and Chaucer.

Who of the following wrote a collection of love lyrics and sonnets known as the Canzoniere, or Songbook?

As a result of the devastating plague, the leading image in late medieval art and literature became the

The painter Giotto achieved all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following cities was NOT a source of claimed papal authority during the years of the Great Schism?

A unique feature of England's late Gothic architecture was

Which of the following reflected the social tensions caused by the 1381 Peasants' Revolt?

Prehistory and the Rise of Civilization in the Near East and Egypt

The Aegean: the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, and the Greeks of the Archaic Age

Classical Greece: the Hellenic Age

The Hellenistic World

Classical Rome: From Republic to Empire

Judaism and the Rise of Christianity

Late Antiquity: the Transformation of the Roman Empire and the Triumph of Christianity

The Heirs to the Roman Empire: Byzantium and the West in the Early Middle Ages

The Rise of Islam

The High Middle Ages

The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots

The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism

Northern Humanism, Northern Renaissance, Religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism

The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity

The Baroque Age Ii: Revolutions in Scientific and Political Thought

The Age of Reason

Revolution, Reaction, and Cultural Response

The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie

The Age of Early Modernism

The Age of the Masses and the Zenith of Modernism

The Age of Anxiety and Late Modernism

The Contemporary World: Globalization, Terrorism, and Postmodernism

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Exam 11: The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Recovery

Late Gothic architecture in France culminated in the

________ turned painting in a new direction, one that led to the Renaissance.

Why did the church decline during the late Middle Ages? How did this religious decline affect the age's society?

Among the most important expressions of the "new devotion" or devotio moderna were the works of

What were the most significant technological advances of the late Middle Ages?

What natural and human calamities occurred during the fourteenth century?

What was the Great Schism?

The hallmark of late Gothic builders was to

What condition, beginning in 1315, exacerbated the effects of the plague in Europe?

Compare and contrast the works of Boccaccio and Chaucer.

Who of the following wrote a collection of love lyrics and sonnets known as the Canzoniere, or Songbook?

As a result of the devastating plague, the leading image in late medieval art and literature became the

The painter Giotto achieved all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following cities was NOT a source of claimed papal authority during the years of the Great Schism?

A unique feature of England's late Gothic architecture was

Which of the following reflected the social tensions caused by the 1381 Peasants' Revolt?

Prehistory and the Rise of Civilization in the Near East and Egypt

The Aegean: the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, and the Greeks of the Archaic Age

Classical Greece: the Hellenic Age

The Hellenistic World

Classical Rome: From Republic to Empire

Judaism and the Rise of Christianity

Late Antiquity: the Transformation of the Roman Empire and the Triumph of Christianity

The Heirs to the Roman Empire: Byzantium and the West in the Early Middle Ages

The Rise of Islam

The High Middle Ages

The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots

The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism

Northern Humanism, Northern Renaissance, Religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism

The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity

The Baroque Age Ii: Revolutions in Scientific and Political Thought

The Age of Reason

Revolution, Reaction, and Cultural Response

The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie

The Age of Early Modernism

The Age of the Masses and the Zenith of Modernism

The Age of Anxiety and Late Modernism

The Contemporary World: Globalization, Terrorism, and Postmodernism

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