Question 1

Who is the author of the Divine Comedy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Francesco Petrarca 
B)  Dante Alighieri 
C)  Geoffrey Chaucer 
D)  Giovanni Boccaccio 
A)  Francesco Petrarca 
B)  Dante Alighieri 
C)  Geoffrey Chaucer 
D)  Giovanni Boccaccio B

Question 2

What is the minimum number of voices included in a motet?

Accepted Answer

A)  one 
B)  two 
C)  three 
D)  four 
A)  one 
B)  two 
C)  three 
D)  four C

Question 3

The Sorbonne was established to offer studies in

Accepted Answer

A)  music and languages. 
B)  theology. 
C)  mathematics and architecture. 
D)  science and medicine. 
A)  music and languages. 
B)  theology. 
C)  mathematics and architecture. 
D)  science and medicine. B

Question 4

Discuss the spread and result of the bubonic plague.

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Question 5

Why would conservative Christians be reluctant to accept Thomas Aquinas' writings on God?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reason can never know God directly. 
B)  The summa was in conflict with the current papacy. 
C)  The political affiliations of Aquinas were in question. 
D)  The guild influence discredited Aquinas. 
A)  Reason can never know God directly. 
B)  The summa was in conflict with the current papacy. 
C)  The political affiliations of Aquinas were in question. 
D)  The guild influence discredited Aquinas.

Question 6

Which of the following provides a startling description of Florence during an outbreak of the plague?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Canterbury Tales 
B)  the Decameron 
C)  Book of the City of Ladies 
D)  The Book of the Deeds and Good Manners of the Wise King Charles V 
A)  The Canterbury Tales 
B)  the Decameron 
C)  Book of the City of Ladies 
D)  The Book of the Deeds and Good Manners of the Wise King Charles V

Question 7

In which of the following cities did Robert de Sorbon play a significant role in organizing students?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bologna 
B)  Oxford 
C)  Cambridge 
D)  Paris 
A)  Bologna 
B)  Oxford 
C)  Cambridge 
D)  Paris

Question 8

Which of the following was the precursor for the university system?

Accepted Answer

A)  the madrasa 
B)  the monastery 
C)  the pilgrimage route 
D)  the exchange of ideas during the Crusades 
A)  the madrasa 
B)  the monastery 
C)  the pilgrimage route 
D)  the exchange of ideas during the Crusades

Question 9

How was the reign of Louis IX considered a model of "perfect rule"?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was a reformer, embracing freedom of thought. 
B)  He established the structure of the Church's hierarchy of offices. 
C)  He reformed Church music to antiphonal response. 
D)  He financially supported the emerging Gothic style in France. 
A)  He was a reformer, embracing freedom of thought. 
B)  He established the structure of the Church's hierarchy of offices. 
C)  He reformed Church music to antiphonal response. 
D)  He financially supported the emerging Gothic style in France.

Question 10

What is unique about the sculptural figures on Reims Cathedral?

Accepted Answer

A)  These fully rounded figures show a significant advance in naturalism in sculpture over a short period of time. 
B)  The figures are abstract to unify the sculptural program with those created in the earlier Romanesque tradition. 
C)  They are much taller and thinner because of their placement in the archivolt and trumeau. 
D)  These sculptures were created to match the local mythology of indigenous, non-Christian religions. 
A)  These fully rounded figures show a significant advance in naturalism in sculpture over a short period of time. 
B)  The figures are abstract to unify the sculptural program with those created in the earlier Romanesque tradition. 
C)  They are much taller and thinner because of their placement in the archivolt and trumeau. 
D)  These sculptures were created to match the local mythology of indigenous, non-Christian religions.

Question 11

Discuss the significance of the work Trotula.

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Question 12

Why were women educated privately instead of through the new universities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women were not allowed to attend the university. 
B)  Women were a distraction within the educational system. 
C)  Women's curricula included different material than that for male students. 
D)  The cult of the Virgin prohibited women from attending universities. 
A)  Women were not allowed to attend the university. 
B)  Women were a distraction within the educational system. 
C)  Women's curricula included different material than that for male students. 
D)  The cult of the Virgin prohibited women from attending universities.

Question 13

Which of the following is composed of heroic couplets?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Canterbury Tales 
B)  the Decameron 
C)  Book of the City of Ladies 
D)  The Book of the Deeds and Good Manners of the Wise King Charles V 
A)  The Canterbury Tales 
B)  the Decameron 
C)  Book of the City of Ladies 
D)  The Book of the Deeds and Good Manners of the Wise King Charles V

Question 14

Which of the following is a collection of musical works created by many composers-a collection in which the pieces are arranged in cycles to provide music for all the feast days of the Church calendar?

Accepted Answer

A)  Magnus Liber Organi 
B)  Sic et Non 
C)  Roman de la Rose 
D)  Viderunt Omnes 
A)  Magnus Liber Organi 
B)  Sic et Non 
C)  Roman de la Rose 
D)  Viderunt Omnes

Question 15

Who wrote the Summa Theologica and was one of the prominent spokesmen for Scholasticism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Magnus 
B)  Trotula 
C)  Abelard 
D)  Aquinas 
A)  Magnus 
B)  Trotula 
C)  Abelard 
D)  Aquinas

Question 16

Which of the following was considered the "spiritual center" of the cult of the Virgin during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Paris 
B)  Amiens 
C)  Reims 
D)  Chartres 
A)  Paris 
B)  Amiens 
C)  Reims 
D)  Chartres

Question 17

Summarize how changes in the structure of the walls in a Gothic cathedral permitted the complexity and amount of stained glass at a church such as Chartres Cathedral.

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Question 18

Contrast the work of Duccio with that of Simone Martini.

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Question 19

Which of the following is a four-part polyphonic composition intended to be sung in the middle of the Christmas Mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris?

Accepted Answer

A)  Magnus Liber Organi 
B)  Sic et Non 
C)  Roman de la Rose 
D)  Viderunt Omnes 
A)  Magnus Liber Organi 
B)  Sic et Non 
C)  Roman de la Rose 
D)  Viderunt Omnes

Question 20

On which work is The Canterbury Tales modeled?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Aeneid 
B)  the Iliad 
C)  Book of the City of Ladies 
D)  the Decameron 
A)  the Aeneid 
B)  the Iliad 
C)  Book of the City of Ladies 
D)  the Decameron

Who is the author of the Divine Comedy?

What is the minimum number of voices included in a motet?

The Sorbonne was established to offer studies in

Discuss the spread and result of the bubonic plague.

Why would conservative Christians be reluctant to accept Thomas Aquinas' writings on God?

Which of the following provides a startling description of Florence during an outbreak of the plague?

In which of the following cities did Robert de Sorbon play a significant role in organizing students?

Which of the following was the precursor for the university system?

How was the reign of Louis IX considered a model of "perfect rule"?

What is unique about the sculptural figures on Reims Cathedral?

Discuss the significance of the work Trotula.

Why were women educated privately instead of through the new universities?

Which of the following is composed of heroic couplets?

Which of the following is a collection of musical works created by many composers-a collection in which the pieces are arranged in cycles to provide music for all the feast days of the Church calendar?

Who wrote the Summa Theologica and was one of the prominent spokesmen for Scholasticism?

Which of the following was considered the "spiritual center" of the cult of the Virgin during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries?

Summarize how changes in the structure of the walls in a Gothic cathedral permitted the complexity and amount of stained glass at a church such as Chartres Cathedral.

Contrast the work of Duccio with that of Simone Martini.

Which of the following is a four-part polyphonic composition intended to be sung in the middle of the Christmas Mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris?

On which work is The Canterbury Tales modeled?

The Prehistoric Past and the Earliest Civilizations

The Greek World

Empire

The Flowering of Religion

Fiefdom and Monastery, pilgrimage and Crusade

The Renaissance

Renaissance and Reformation in the North

Encounter and Confrontation

The Counter-Reformation and the Baroque

Enlightenment and Rococo

The Age of Revolution

The Working Class and the Bourgeoisie

The Modernist World

Decades of Change

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Exam 6: The Gothic and the Rebirth of Naturalism

Who is the author of the Divine Comedy?

What is the minimum number of voices included in a motet?

The Sorbonne was established to offer studies in

Discuss the spread and result of the bubonic plague.

Why would conservative Christians be reluctant to accept Thomas Aquinas' writings on God?

Which of the following provides a startling description of Florence during an outbreak of the plague?

In which of the following cities did Robert de Sorbon play a significant role in organizing students?

Which of the following was the precursor for the university system?

How was the reign of Louis IX considered a model of "perfect rule"?

What is unique about the sculptural figures on Reims Cathedral?

Discuss the significance of the work Trotula.

Why were women educated privately instead of through the new universities?

Which of the following is composed of heroic couplets?

Which of the following is a collection of musical works created by many composers-a collection in which the pieces are arranged in cycles to provide music for all the feast days of the Church calendar?

Who wrote the Summa Theologica and was one of the prominent spokesmen for Scholasticism?

Which of the following was considered the "spiritual center" of the cult of the Virgin during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries?

Summarize how changes in the structure of the walls in a Gothic cathedral permitted the complexity and amount of stained glass at a church such as Chartres Cathedral.

Contrast the work of Duccio with that of Simone Martini.

Which of the following is a four-part polyphonic composition intended to be sung in the middle of the Christmas Mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris?

On which work is The Canterbury Tales modeled?

The Prehistoric Past and the Earliest Civilizations

The Greek World

Empire

The Flowering of Religion

Fiefdom and Monastery, pilgrimage and Crusade

The Renaissance

Renaissance and Reformation in the North

Encounter and Confrontation

The Counter-Reformation and the Baroque

Enlightenment and Rococo

The Age of Revolution

The Working Class and the Bourgeoisie

The Modernist World

Decades of Change

Filters