Question 1

What famous church was commissioned by Theodoric's reign?

Accepted Answer

A) The Church of San Vitale 
B) The Church of St.Peter 
C) The Church of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo 
D) The Church of St.Paul 
A) The Church of San Vitale 
B) The Church of St.Peter 
C) The Church of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo 
D) The Church of St.Paul

Question 2

_______________________ Triangular section of vaulting that supports a dome

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Triangular section of vaulting that supports...

Question 3

_______________________ Italian schools where Greek refugee scholars taught and wrote

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Italian schools where Greek refugee scholars...

Question 4

Why has there been a movement in modern Greece to purge Western influences in icon painting?

Accepted Answer

The Greek movement to purge we

Question 5

_______________________ Sixth-century C.E.church designed by Anthemius and Isidorus.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Sixth-century C.E.church designed by Anthemius and...

Question 6

What was Justinian's major architectural achievement ?

Accepted Answer

A) The construction of the Galla Placidia Church 
B) The rebuilding of San Vitale 
C) The rebuilding of Hagia Sophia 
D) The construction of the Arian Baptistery 
A) The construction of the Galla Placidia Church 
B) The rebuilding of San Vitale 
C) The rebuilding of Hagia Sophia 
D) The construction of the Arian Baptistery

Question 7

What work of Augustine's is considered the beginning of self-reflective writing in the West?

Accepted Answer

A) Beatitudes 
B) Confessions 
C) Revelation 
D) City of God 
A) Beatitudes 
B) Confessions 
C) Revelation 
D) City of God

Question 8

What did Augustine believe would be the culmination of human history?

Accepted Answer

A) The City of Man would attain perfection and unity with God. 
B) The City of Ma would be destroyed and the City of God would be saved. 
C) The City of Man would gradually improve, but never reach perfection. 
D) Human history would continue to repeat itself in endless cycles. 
A) The City of Man would attain perfection and unity with God. 
B) The City of Ma would be destroyed and the City of God would be saved. 
C) The City of Man would gradually improve, but never reach perfection. 
D) Human history would continue to repeat itself in endless cycles.

Question 9

Where is the apse located in the church?

Accepted Answer

A) Near the entrance 
B) Surrounding the alter 
C) Along the transept 
D) Between the pews 
A) Near the entrance 
B) Surrounding the alter 
C) Along the transept 
D) Between the pews

Question 10

What name is given to the sequence of the various parts of a worship service?

Accepted Answer

A) Order 
B) Mass 
C) Liturgy 
D) Agnus Dei 
A) Order 
B) Mass 
C) Liturgy 
D) Agnus Dei

Question 11

How were pendentives used to combine a dome with a basilica?

Accepted Answer

A) They distributed the dome's weight. 
B) They formed a stable tunnel. 
C) They sat atop the drum. 
D) They sat atop the cupola. 
A) They distributed the dome's weight. 
B) They formed a stable tunnel. 
C) They sat atop the drum. 
D) They sat atop the cupola.

Question 12

For what type of art is the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia famous?

Accepted Answer

A) paintings 
B) sculptures 
C) mosaics 
D) woodcarvings 
A) paintings 
B) sculptures 
C) mosaics 
D) woodcarvings

Question 13

What city was the center of imperial life in the Roman Empire in the fifth and early sixth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A) Venice 
B) Constantinople 
C) Rome 
D) Ravenna 
A) Venice 
B) Constantinople 
C) Rome 
D) Ravenna

Question 14

_______________________ An elaborate octagonal church located in Ravenna

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ An elaborate octagonal church located in...

Question 15

_______________________ A small church dedicated to a specific person or purpose

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ A small church dedicated to a...

Question 16

_______________________ Sixth-century C.E.empress of Byzantium

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Sixth-century C.E.empress of Byzantium...

Question 17

What was Emperor Justinian's most important legal achievement? Why was it so significant?

Accepted Answer

Justinian revised and codified Roman law

Question 18

What basic problem is the subject of Consolation of Philosophy? What is the solution, according to Lady Philosophy?

Accepted Answer

Boethius attempts in his Consolation to

Question 19

In The City of God, what was Augustine's explanation for the Visigoth sacking of Rome in 410? What group did many Romans blame for the event?

Accepted Answer

While some blamed the Visigoth

Question 20

Why did Justinian close the last surviving Platonic academy?

Accepted Answer

A) He believed it had become corrupted, but intended to reopen it in the future. 
B) He considered it to be a pagan-based institution. 
C) He had a personal vendetta against one of its teachers. 
D) He considered the academy a useless given the illiterate populous. 
A) He believed it had become corrupted, but intended to reopen it in the future. 
B) He considered it to be a pagan-based institution. 
C) He had a personal vendetta against one of its teachers. 
D) He considered the academy a useless given the illiterate populous.

What famous church was commissioned by Theodoric's reign?

_______________________ Triangular section of vaulting that supports a dome

_______________________ Italian schools where Greek refugee scholars taught and wrote

Why has there been a movement in modern Greece to purge Western influences in icon painting?

_______________________ Sixth-century C.E.church designed by Anthemius and Isidorus.

What was Justinian's major architectural achievement ?

What work of Augustine's is considered the beginning of self-reflective writing in the West?

What did Augustine believe would be the culmination of human history?

Where is the apse located in the church?

What name is given to the sequence of the various parts of a worship service?

How were pendentives used to combine a dome with a basilica?

For what type of art is the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia famous?

What city was the center of imperial life in the Roman Empire in the fifth and early sixth centuries?

_______________________ An elaborate octagonal church located in Ravenna

_______________________ A small church dedicated to a specific person or purpose

_______________________ Sixth-century C.E.empress of Byzantium

What was Emperor Justinian's most important legal achievement? Why was it so significant?

What basic problem is the subject of Consolation of Philosophy? What is the solution, according to Lady Philosophy?

In The City of God, what was Augustine's explanation for the Visigoth sacking of Rome in 410? What group did many Romans blame for the event?

Why did Justinian close the last surviving Platonic academy?

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The Rise of Medieval Culture

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The Fourteenth Century: a Time of Transition

The Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century

The High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

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What famous church was commissioned by Theodoric's reign?

_______________________ Triangular section of vaulting that supports a dome

_______________________ Italian schools where Greek refugee scholars taught and wrote

Why has there been a movement in modern Greece to purge Western influences in icon painting?

_______________________ Sixth-century C.E.church designed by Anthemius and Isidorus.

What was Justinian's major architectural achievement ?

What work of Augustine's is considered the beginning of self-reflective writing in the West?

What did Augustine believe would be the culmination of human history?

Where is the apse located in the church?

What name is given to the sequence of the various parts of a worship service?

How were pendentives used to combine a dome with a basilica?

For what type of art is the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia famous?

What city was the center of imperial life in the Roman Empire in the fifth and early sixth centuries?

_______________________ An elaborate octagonal church located in Ravenna

_______________________ A small church dedicated to a specific person or purpose

_______________________ Sixth-century C.E.empress of Byzantium

What was Emperor Justinian's most important legal achievement? Why was it so significant?

What basic problem is the subject of Consolation of Philosophy? What is the solution, according to Lady Philosophy?

In The City of God, what was Augustine's explanation for the Visigoth sacking of Rome in 410? What group did many Romans blame for the event?

Why did Justinian close the last surviving Platonic academy?

Beginnings

The Rise of Greece

Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period

Rome

Ancient Civilizations of India and China

Early Christianity: Ravenna and Byzantium

Islam

The Rise of Medieval Culture

The High Middle Ages

The Fourteenth Century: a Time of Transition

The Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century

The High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

The High Renaissance in the North

The Seventeenth Century: the Baroque Era

The Eighteenth Century

Romanticism, Realism, and Photography

Toward the Modern Era: 1870-1914

India, China, and Japan: From Medieval to Modern Times

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