Question 1

The fifteenth century theologian who claimed that reason could not prove spiritual truth was

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A) Thomas Aquinas. 
B) Peter Abelard. 
C) Oddone Colonna. 
D) William of Occam. 
E) Meister Eckhart. 
A) Thomas Aquinas. 
B) Peter Abelard. 
C) Oddone Colonna. 
D) William of Occam. 
E) Meister Eckhart.

Question 2

Concerning parent-child relationships in the Middle Ages

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A) parents were mostly indifferent toward their children, who often died while very young. 
B) parents lavished considerable attention and affection on their offspring. 
C) children were increasingly given over to be raised by strict church tutors. 
D) children often married very young due to parental pressures to establish their own families quickly. 
E) because of the number of deaths in the Black Death, children were seen as special and unique and were thus raised in a permissive environment. 
A) parents were mostly indifferent toward their children, who often died while very young. 
B) parents lavished considerable attention and affection on their offspring. 
C) children were increasingly given over to be raised by strict church tutors. 
D) children often married very young due to parental pressures to establish their own families quickly. 
E) because of the number of deaths in the Black Death, children were seen as special and unique and were thus raised in a permissive environment.

Question 3

define the following term:
-Council of Ten and the doge

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The Council of Ten was a powerful govern

Question 4

define the following term:
-Golden Bull of Charles IV

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The Golden Bull of Charles IV was a decr

Question 5

All of the following are correct about Petrarch except he

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A) was a Florentine. 
B) wrote in the vernacular. 
C) wrote sonnets in Latin. 
D) perfected the sonnet form. 
E) wrote love poems to Laura. 
A) was a Florentine. 
B) wrote in the vernacular. 
C) wrote sonnets in Latin. 
D) perfected the sonnet form. 
E) wrote love poems to Laura.

Question 6

define the following term:
-Charles the dauphin/VII

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Charles the Dauphin, later known as Char

Question 7

define the following term:
-bubonic plague

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Who?
The bubonic plague is a disease cau

Question 8

During the Black Death

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A) Western Europe became home to large Jewish communities because of persecutions in Russia and Poland. 
B) the worst organized massacres of the Jews were carried out in England. 
C) the Jews acted as partners of the flagellants in seeking to mitigate the effects of plague. 
D) Strasbourg became the most important place of refuge for Jews. 
E) Jews were accused of causing the plague by poisoning town wells. 
A) Western Europe became home to large Jewish communities because of persecutions in Russia and Poland. 
B) the worst organized massacres of the Jews were carried out in England. 
C) the Jews acted as partners of the flagellants in seeking to mitigate the effects of plague. 
D) Strasbourg became the most important place of refuge for Jews. 
E) Jews were accused of causing the plague by poisoning town wells.

Question 9

What major problems did European states face in the fourteenth century? How are these problems evident in the history of England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire?

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In the fourteenth century, European stat

Question 10

In France the Estates-General represented the entire kingdom and reflects France's basic unity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

define the following term:
-the gabelle and the taille

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The gabelle and the taille were two form

Question 12

The Great Schism

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A) put an end to the church's previous financial abuses. 
B) badly damaged the faith of many Christian believers. 
C) rejuvenated Christianity as it had been on the decline throughout Europe. 
D) prohibited the abuse of pluralism. 
E) lasted for ten years. 
A) put an end to the church's previous financial abuses. 
B) badly damaged the faith of many Christian believers. 
C) rejuvenated Christianity as it had been on the decline throughout Europe. 
D) prohibited the abuse of pluralism. 
E) lasted for ten years.

Question 13

The bubonic plague originated in

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A) Africa. 
B) Syria. 
C) Italy. 
D) the Azores. 
E) Asia. 
A) Africa. 
B) Syria. 
C) Italy. 
D) the Azores. 
E) Asia.

Question 14

Politically, Italy and Germany were similar in the fourteenth century because

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A) the plague had equally devastated both regions. 
B) both regions failed to develop a centralized monarchical state. 
C) local nobles and town governments lost much influence over reigning kings. 
D) mercenary captains usurped royal authority and ruled violently. 
E) both had begun to develop industrial economies. 
A) the plague had equally devastated both regions. 
B) both regions failed to develop a centralized monarchical state. 
C) local nobles and town governments lost much influence over reigning kings. 
D) mercenary captains usurped royal authority and ruled violently. 
E) both had begun to develop industrial economies.

Question 15

define the following term:
-Great Schism

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The Great Schism refers to the split wit

Question 16

The Decameron is set

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A) in London during the Hundred Years' War. 
B) in Rome during the Great Schism. 
C) in German lands after the Golden Bull. 
D) in Paris during the Avignon papacy. 
E) in Florence at the time of the Black Death. 
A) in London during the Hundred Years' War. 
B) in Rome during the Great Schism. 
C) in German lands after the Golden Bull. 
D) in Paris during the Avignon papacy. 
E) in Florence at the time of the Black Death.

Question 17

define the following term:
-Avignon

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Avignon is a city located in the southea

Question 18

Among the adverse economic and population changes in fourteenth-century Europe were

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A) shrinking peasant land holdings below the size needed to support a family. 
B) an exodus of residents from overpopulated rural areas. 
C) rapidly rising numbers of poor people in cities. 
D) all productive land was being farmed, including many marginal lands susceptible to changing weather patterns 
E) all the above 
A) shrinking peasant land holdings below the size needed to support a family. 
B) an exodus of residents from overpopulated rural areas. 
C) rapidly rising numbers of poor people in cities. 
D) all productive land was being farmed, including many marginal lands susceptible to changing weather patterns 
E) all the above

Question 19

In contradiction to Thomas Aquinas, William of Occam claimed that the truths of religion could not be proved by reason but could be accepted only by faith.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

define the following term:
-dukes of Burgundy and Orleans

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The Dukes of Burgundy and Orleans were t

Exam 11: The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

The fifteenth century theologian who claimed that reason could not prove spiritual truth was

Concerning parent-child relationships in the Middle Ages

define the following term: -Council of Ten and the doge

define the following term: -Golden Bull of Charles IV

All of the following are correct about Petrarch except he

define the following term: -Charles the dauphin/VII

define the following term: -bubonic plague

During the Black Death

What major problems did European states face in the fourteenth century? How are these problems evident in the history of England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire?

In France the Estates-General represented the entire kingdom and reflects France's basic unity.

define the following term: -the gabelle and the taille

The Great Schism

The bubonic plague originated in

Politically, Italy and Germany were similar in the fourteenth century because

define the following term: -Great Schism

The Decameron is set

define the following term: -Avignon

Among the adverse economic and population changes in fourteenth-century Europe were

In contradiction to Thomas Aquinas, William of Occam claimed that the truths of religion could not be proved by reason but could be accepted only by faith.

define the following term: -dukes of Burgundy and Orleans

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