Question 1

Earlier medieval increases in agricultural production did not continue in the Late Middle Ages as the result of all of the following EXCEPT

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A) the decline of animal husbandry. 
B) prolonged heavy rain and frost. 
C) depletion of nutrients from the topsoil. 
D) the conversion of arable land to grazing land. 
E) a serious shortage of manure. 
A) the decline of animal husbandry. 
B) prolonged heavy rain and frost. 
C) depletion of nutrients from the topsoil. 
D) the conversion of arable land to grazing land. 
E) a serious shortage of manure.

Question 2

According to Duns Scotus, human reason could not prove that

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A) God is omnipotent. 
B) God forgives sin. 
C) the righteous are rewarded by God and the wicked are punished. 
D) there is an immortal soul. 
E) all of the above 
A) God is omnipotent. 
B) God forgives sin. 
C) the righteous are rewarded by God and the wicked are punished. 
D) there is an immortal soul. 
E) all of the above

Question 3

As a result of the battle of Agincourt in 1415

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A) the English were finally driven from France. 
B) the English won control over southern France. 
C) it appeared that England would shortly conquer France and unite the two crowns. 
D) French cavalry established their dominance over English archers. 
E) Henry V was taken captive by French forces. 
A) the English were finally driven from France. 
B) the English won control over southern France. 
C) it appeared that England would shortly conquer France and unite the two crowns. 
D) French cavalry established their dominance over English archers. 
E) Henry V was taken captive by French forces.

Question 4

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Using specific examples, explain the ways in which the Late Middle Ages represented a time of challenge to the ideas of hierarchy that dominated the High Middle Ages.

Accepted Answer

The Late Middle Ages, which spanned from

Question 5

The shortage of silver in late medieval Europe led to

Accepted Answer

A) coin debasement. 
B) inflation. 
C) declining income from peasant dues. 
D) increased war and plunder. 
E) all of the above 
A) coin debasement. 
B) inflation. 
C) declining income from peasant dues. 
D) increased war and plunder. 
E) all of the above

Question 6

According to the text, the modern worldview differs from the medieval because

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A) the modern universe no longer seems to have a built-in purpose. 
B) the modern universe is much older and infinite. 
C) in the modern view, God is no longer an active agent in human history. 
D) in the modern view, the earth is not the center of the universe. 
E) all of the above 
A) the modern universe no longer seems to have a built-in purpose. 
B) the modern universe is much older and infinite. 
C) in the modern view, God is no longer an active agent in human history. 
D) in the modern view, the earth is not the center of the universe. 
E) all of the above

Question 7

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss the status of the papacy in the fourteenth century. How did it represent a resolution to the medieval debate over the nature of authority, and what is the legacy of the decline of papal power?

Accepted Answer

The status of the papacy in the fourteen

Question 8

Which of the following statements best conveys the text's view of the end of the Middle Ages?

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A) "A dark age comparable to the three centuries following Rome's fall descended on Europe." 
B) "Medieval society's economic and political institutions and technological skills underwent a prolonged period of decay." 
C) "Medieval civilization began its decline in the thirteenth century; however, no dark age followed." 
D) "The waning of the Middle Ages opened up possibilities for another stage in Western civilization: the modern age." 
E) "The waning of the Middle Ages was curiously similar to the waning of the Greek Dark Age." 
A) "A dark age comparable to the three centuries following Rome's fall descended on Europe." 
B) "Medieval society's economic and political institutions and technological skills underwent a prolonged period of decay." 
C) "Medieval civilization began its decline in the thirteenth century; however, no dark age followed." 
D) "The waning of the Middle Ages opened up possibilities for another stage in Western civilization: the modern age." 
E) "The waning of the Middle Ages was curiously similar to the waning of the Greek Dark Age."

Question 9

In contrast to Thomas Aquinas, fourteenth-century thinkers

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A) became less critical and more mystical in seeking religious revelation. 
B) tried to separate reason from faith. 
C) tried to show the basic agreement of philosophy and religion. 
D) believed reason could demonstrate the truth of Christian doctrines with certainty. 
E) believed a synthesis of Aristotelianism and Christianity could be achieved. 
A) became less critical and more mystical in seeking religious revelation. 
B) tried to separate reason from faith. 
C) tried to show the basic agreement of philosophy and religion. 
D) believed reason could demonstrate the truth of Christian doctrines with certainty. 
E) believed a synthesis of Aristotelianism and Christianity could be achieved.

Question 10

Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe medieval technology?

Accepted Answer

A) European technology developed, in part, because Medieval society did not share the extreme view in the ancient world that manual work was degrading. 
B) Medieval technology in part stemmed from the Christian that God was above nature, not in it. 
C) European technology benefited from the belief that God had made the earth to be exploited by humankind. 
D) In the Middle Ages, Europeans began to take the lead in technology over the Byzantines, Muslims, and Chinese. 
E) One of the major contrasts between the Middle Ages and modern times is the medieval aversion to technology. 
A) European technology developed, in part, because Medieval society did not share the extreme view in the ancient world that manual work was degrading. 
B) Medieval technology in part stemmed from the Christian that God was above nature, not in it. 
C) European technology benefited from the belief that God had made the earth to be exploited by humankind. 
D) In the Middle Ages, Europeans began to take the lead in technology over the Byzantines, Muslims, and Chinese. 
E) One of the major contrasts between the Middle Ages and modern times is the medieval aversion to technology.

Question 11

Which of the following wrote in support of the division of medieval society into orders, saying, "For inferiors owe it to their superiors to provide them with service"?

Accepted Answer

A) John Wycliffe 
B) John Ball 
C) John of Salisbury 
D) John the Good of France 
E) Jan Hus 
A) John Wycliffe 
B) John Ball 
C) John of Salisbury 
D) John the Good of France 
E) Jan Hus

Question 12

Which of the following statements concerning ideas about the relationship between medieval kings and their subjects is correct?

Accepted Answer

A) Law should be imposed on inferiors by an absolute monarch. 
B) Kings were not bound by the law. 
C) Law required a collaboration between the king and his subjects. 
D) Lords had no right to resist a monarch who violated his agreements. 
E) The power of representative assemblies exceeded the power of kings. 
A) Law should be imposed on inferiors by an absolute monarch. 
B) Kings were not bound by the law. 
C) Law required a collaboration between the king and his subjects. 
D) Lords had no right to resist a monarch who violated his agreements. 
E) The power of representative assemblies exceeded the power of kings.

Question 13

In response to religious dissent in the Late Middle Ages, the church

Accepted Answer

A) deprived the Lollards of their priestly functions. 
B) burned Jan Hus at the stake. 
C) tried but failed to crush the dissenters' followers. 
D) was unsuccessful at eradicating the teachings of Wycliffe and Hus. 
E) all of the above 
A) deprived the Lollards of their priestly functions. 
B) burned Jan Hus at the stake. 
C) tried but failed to crush the dissenters' followers. 
D) was unsuccessful at eradicating the teachings of Wycliffe and Hus. 
E) all of the above

Question 14

As a whole, modern society rejects all the following medieval beliefs EXCEPT

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A) law should be applied differently according to a person's social class. 
B) public issues should be settled by appeals to religious beliefs. 
C) technology can be used to exploit the earth. 
D) the universe is divided into a lower and an upper sphere each with their own laws. 
E) natural disasters are God's punishment for people's sins. 
A) law should be applied differently according to a person's social class. 
B) public issues should be settled by appeals to religious beliefs. 
C) technology can be used to exploit the earth. 
D) the universe is divided into a lower and an upper sphere each with their own laws. 
E) natural disasters are God's punishment for people's sins.

Question 15

To protect themselves from the arbitrary behavior of a king, feudal lords initiated what in modern times came to be called

Accepted Answer

A) feudal law. 
B) medieval law. 
C) family law. 
D) government by consent and the rule of law. 
E) canon law. 
A) feudal law. 
B) medieval law. 
C) family law. 
D) government by consent and the rule of law. 
E) canon law.

Question 16

Which of the following statements is NOT accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) In the opening phase of the Hundred Years' War, the English inflicted terrible defeats on French knights at Crécy. 
B) In the fourteenth century, the trend was toward longer wars. 
C) The English were expelled from all French territory except the port of Calais at the conclusion of the war. 
D) The French depended on a volunteer army during the Hundred Years' War. 
E) Marauding soldiers in the countryside helped to spark the Jacquerie. 
A) In the opening phase of the Hundred Years' War, the English inflicted terrible defeats on French knights at Crécy. 
B) In the fourteenth century, the trend was toward longer wars. 
C) The English were expelled from all French territory except the port of Calais at the conclusion of the war. 
D) The French depended on a volunteer army during the Hundred Years' War. 
E) Marauding soldiers in the countryside helped to spark the Jacquerie.

Exam 12: The Late Middle Ages Crisis and Dissolution

Earlier medieval increases in agricultural production did not continue in the Late Middle Ages as the result of all of the following EXCEPT

According to Duns Scotus, human reason could not prove that

As a result of the battle of Agincourt in 1415

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Using specific examples, explain the ways in which the Late Middle Ages represented a time of challenge to the ideas of hierarchy that dominated the High Middle Ages.

The shortage of silver in late medieval Europe led to

According to the text, the modern worldview differs from the medieval because

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss the status of the papacy in the fourteenth century. How did it represent a resolution to the medieval debate over the nature of authority, and what is the legacy of the decline of papal power?

Which of the following statements best conveys the text's view of the end of the Middle Ages?

In contrast to Thomas Aquinas, fourteenth-century thinkers

Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe medieval technology?

Which of the following wrote in support of the division of medieval society into orders, saying, "For inferiors owe it to their superiors to provide them with service"?

Which of the following statements concerning ideas about the relationship between medieval kings and their subjects is correct?

In response to religious dissent in the Late Middle Ages, the church

As a whole, modern society rejects all the following medieval beliefs EXCEPT

To protect themselves from the arbitrary behavior of a king, feudal lords initiated what in modern times came to be called

Which of the following statements is NOT accurate?

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State Democratic Politics

Greek Thought From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire a World-State

Early Christianity a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome Byzantium Islam and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages Vitality and Enewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture the Christian Synthesis

The Renaissance Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment Reason and Reform

The French Revolution the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

Imperialism Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness New Views of Nature Human Nature and the Arts

World War I the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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