WESTERN CIVILIZATION                     NAME ____________________________

TEST # 1₂  

 

Questions 1-10 are to be answered from the following story:

 

            Once upon a time in the kingdom of Westonia there lived good King Sid.  In 1204 Pope Innocent III proclaimed the need to free the “Holy Land.”  King Sid took up the call and decided to go on the military expedition to free Jerusalem from the “infidels.”  On his way he met a group of people called the Norsemen who were pillaging a nearby kingdom.  King Sid took many of his vassals with him, including the Duke of Kettle Creek.  After the expedition King Sid and his vassals returned to Westonia where he took up residence in his castle.

 

1.____1.  Our story takes place during what time period?

            a.  Early Middle Ages;

            b.  High Middle Ages;

            c.  Low Middle Ages;

            d.  Late Middle Ages.

 

2.____2.  The military expedition King Sid went on was called the

            a.  the First Crusade;                        

            b.  the Seventh Crusade;                        

            c.  the Third Crusade;                        

            d.  the Fourth Crusade. 

 

3.____3.  Although Jerusalem was the goal of the expedition it really ended where?           

            a.  Rome;

            b.  Athens;

            c.  Constantinople;

            d.  Alexandria.

 

4.____4.  The Norsemen invaders came from?

            a.  Germany;

            b.  Spain;

            c.  England;

            d.  Scandinavia.

 

5.____5.  Who was of Duke of Kettle Creek?

            a.  Mat  Butlein;

            b.  Luke  Dudley;

            c.  Erik  Kaiko;

            d.  Todd Worsham.

 

6.____6.  As vassal to King Sid, the Duke of Kettle Creek would have had to pay homage and swear ------   to King Sid.

            a.  fidelity;

            b.  investiture;

            c.  profanities;

            d.  alliance

 

7.____7.  In return for the above, King Sid owned the Duke

            a.  a fief;

            b.  a five spot;

            c.  a seat in Parliament;

            d.  the right to allow the Duke to succeed him when he died.

 

8.____8.  While on the expedition all these fighting men were subject to the Code of

            a.  Constantine;

            b.  Comitatus;

            c.  Chivalry;

            d.  Chansons de Geste.

 

9.____9.  When King Sid returned he took up residence in his castle.  The land around his castle was called his?

            a.  demesne land;

            b.  reeve land;

            c.  glebe land;

            d.  vassi land.

 

10.____10.  The political system that ties King Sid to the Duke of Kettle Creek is called?

            a.  serfdom;

            b.  manorialism;

            c.   feudalism;

            d.  bondage.

 

11.____11.  He was the first Bishop of Rome to be called “Pope.”  He help establish music as part of the Christian religious service.  He was

            a.  Boniface VIII;

            b.  Gregory the Great;

            c.  Innocent  III ;

            d.  Gregory VII;

            e.  Leo I.

 

12.____12.  All of the following were Germanic tribes that invaded the Roman Empire, EXCEPT:

            a.  Lombards;

            b.  Franks;

            c.  Vandals;

            d.  Goths;

            e.  Vikings.

 

13.____13.  One of Peter Abelard’s greatest contributions was his      

            a.  reconciliation of many apparent theological contradictions;  

            b.  use of magic;    

            c.  defense of reason and man’s ability to find truth through it;            

            d.  creating the first true synthesis of classical philosophy and Christian theology.

 

14.____14.  The “Babylonia Captivity” refers to

            a.  the mid-east origins of the Christian Church;

            b.  the immoral, sinful period of the Roman papacy;

            c.  the virtual imprisonment of the Pope by the Holy Roman Emperor;

            d.  the movement of the Papacy from Rome to Avignon in France.

 

15.____15.  The “ontological proof” for the existence of god is associated with what person? 

            a.  Thomas Aquinas;

            b.  Peter Abelard;

            c.  Anselm;

            d.  Augustine.

 

16.____16.  It is called the Town-Crown relationship.  It unites the King with what powerful new class?

            a.  burger class;            

             b.  meister class;            

            c.  nobility;               

            d.  clergy;

            e.  working class.

 

17.____17.  What is a Bedouin?

            a  a Byzantine battle horse;

            b  the Holy book of Islam;

            c  first son of Muhammad;

            d  a nomadic Arab tribe which accepted Islam.

 

18.____18.  Bernard of Clairvaux is associated with the:

            a.  Cistercian Order;

            b.  Dominicans;

            c.  Cluniac reform;

            d.  Franciscans.

 

19.____19. What correctly explains the relationship between the Saxons and the Germans?

            a.  Saxons are a Roman clan and Germans a specific set of tribes;

            b.  Saxons are a specific German tribe;

            c.  Germans are a specific Saxon tribe;

            d.  Saxons are not a German tribe.

 

20.____20  The religion of the Byzantine Empire was

            a.  Judaism;            

            b.  Moslem ;            

            c.  Catholic;            

            d.  Orthodox Christianity.

 

21.____21.  From our class discussions, it seem pretty clear that Mr. Sidoli sees The Godfather

            a.  as not relating to the feudal period, but more to the Classical period;

            b.  as showing the mafia as a medieval institution;

            c.  as reflecting the important role the church plays;

            d.  as demonstrating how feudalism relied on the good will of all its people;

            e.  as a film with violence as its main theme.

 

22.____22  The essence of the teachings of Francis of Assisi was            

            a.   the ideal of communal worship;

            b.  ministering to the sick and poor;

            c.  the ideal of  university education;        

            d.  support of the Bishop of Rome.

 

23.____23.  In Islam what is the community that bonds tribes or clans who accept Allah?

            a  the Kaaba;

            b  the Umma;

            c  Shi’ ism;

            d  the Hegira.

 

23.____23.  What  is the Qur’an or Koran?

            a  the Holy book of Islam;

            b  a holy war;

            c  the title for the successor to Muhammad;

            d  the first of five obligations each Moslem must make.

 

24.____24.  Henri Pirenne was a Belgian historian who believed

            a.  Classical world came to an end with the Arab invasions of northern Africa, and                  eastern Europe;

            b.  felt Rome fell not all at once but in waves;

            c.  felt  the Germanic tribes added little to the fall of Rome;

            d.  Rome could have stopped the Germanic invaders had it not accepted Christianity.

 

25.____25.  He founded his monastery in 529 at Monte Cassino in central Italy.  His order, with their black habits(uniform), would be know as the

            a.  Benedictines;    

            b.  Basilists;

            c.  Dominicans;

            d.  Franciscans.

 

26.____26.  St. Thomas Aquinas believed that there can be no conflict between faith and reason    

            a.  because Aristotle thought and wrote like a Christian;            

            b.  since all truth comes from God;

            c.  because universal Ideas are real and exist in the mind;            

            d.  since we study to understand what we believe.

 

27.____27.  Which of the following  would not be considered a basic element in feudalism!               a.  the personal element, called lordship or vassalage;        

             b.  the social element, the necessity of the lord to visit all of his  manors

            c.   the property element, the receiving of land from,the lord to fulfill the obligation of

                             vassalage;

            d.  the governmental element, the private exercise of the function of                                 government over vassals.

 

28.____28.  According to Mr. Sidoli, historians often divide history into three time periods, the

            a.  Classical, Medieval and Modern Worlds;

            b.  Ancient, Old, and New Worlds;

            c.  Early, Late, and Recent Worlds;

            d.  First, Ancient, and Contemporary Worlds.

 

29.____29.  The Council of Constance, in 1414, elected Pope Martin V.  It also

            a.  established the Sistine Chapel for the election of Popes;

             b.  excommunicated Innocent III;

            c.  ended the reign of three separate popes;

            d.  called for the Eight and final Crusade.

 

30.____30.  Mr.  Sidoli used the town of Venice as an example of

            a.  how the merchant class was able to use the town as a center for their trade;           

             b.  a city that was hurt by the Crusades;                                                                     

            c.  the greed of the Popes;

            d.  the first city in Europe to develop after the fall of Rome.

 

31.____31.  Because it provided the most ready means of preserving grain, ____________ was a staple of the Germanic diet.

            a.  grain-fed beef;                                                              

            b. oatmeal;                                                                                                                      

            c.  sorghum;

            d.  beer.

 

32.____32.  The Council of Nicaea (325 A.D.) condemned the

            a.  tyrannical rule of Constantine;

            b.  establishment of Christianity as the established faith of the Roman Empire;

            c.  Arian teaching that Jesus, as the Son of God, was not equal with God the Father;

            d.  reforms of Diocletian.

 

33.____33.  What best describes the attitude of the Church toward women?

            a.  The Church revered them as models of Christian piety;

           b.  The Church saw them as descendants of the Virgin Mary;

           c.  The Church urged that they be admitted into the priesthood;

           d.  The Church portrayed them as the source of evil and corruption.

 

34.____34.  Those who accepted land in return for pledges of military service were called

            a.  conquestors;

               b.  vassals;

            c.  obregons;

            d.  honestiores.

 

35.____35.  Which of the following statements best describes feudalism in the eleventh century?

            a.  It was a strongly centralized form of government with kings at the apex of the                       hierarchy;

            b. It was a society of intensely local autonomous powers in which public order                                                               and political authority were widely spread;

            c.  It was anarchic;

            d.  The traditional bonds of kinship and regional alliances were overthrown in                                            favor of lordship and vassalage.

 

The following questions come from: A WORLD UNTO ITSELF;

 

36.____36.  The village of Cuxham is located                                                   

        a.  near London;

        b.  in Scotland;

        c.  on the coast of the English Channel;

        d.  in southern Ireland.

 

37.____37.  The village of Cuxham consisted of about

    a.   20 families;

    b.  50 families;

    c.  50 people;

     d.  125 people;

     e.  250  people.

 

38.____38.  He was one of the most important village officials.  He represented the manor owner and was the administrator of the owner's land.  He was the

     a.  reeve;

     b.  sheriff;

      c.   glebe lord;

     d.  coif;

      e.  village idiot.

 

39.____39. What is the correct percentage of land the “lord” of Cuxham owned directly.

         a.  99%

         b.  75%

        c.  50%

        d.  25%

 

40.____40.  Who were the Grenes?

               a.  the leading family of Cuxham;

                b.  the family that owned the village of Cuxham;

                 c.  a family of serfs. serfs         

                d.  a group of knights who protected the lord.

 

The following questions come from Mediaeval Society:

 

41.____41.  All the following accounted for the rapid rise of towns and commerce in the 11th century, EXCEPT:

     a.  the Crusades

       b.  Banking houses of Strasburg

      c.  Town charters

  d.  Fairs of Champagne

 

42.____42.  All the following are associated with the roots of feudalism,  EXCEPT:

       a.  Curia;

       b.  Clientela;

        c.  Comitatus;

      d.  Bucellarii .

 

43.____43.  Vassi dominici are associated with what Frankish  king?

    a.  Charlemagne

     b.  Beneficium

    c.  Charles Martel

     d.  William of Normandy

 

44.____44.  “At what stage in the feudal hierarch from king to simple knight did the most effective power rest?”

           a.  the baron with the largest castle;

b.  the man who could effectively disciple his vassals and defy his lord

         c.  the king

        d.  middle class merchant with the largest bankroll.

 

45.____45.  “By using his money income to hire officials and soldiers, they could become practically independent of their vassals.”  Who is Painter talking about?

       a.  the king;

      b.  the middle class;

      c.  the nobles

     d.  the church officials.

 

TIMELINE:  PLACE THE FOLLOWING IN THEIR ORDER OF OCCURRENCE

 

            A.  Schism splits churches of Rome and Constantinople

            B.  Reign of Justinian

            C.  Scholasticism at its height

            D.  Charlemagne crowned Emperor

            E.  Crucifixion of Christ

 

46.____46.   first

47.____47. 

48.____48. 

49.____49. 

50.____50.  last

 

EXTRA CREDIT:  Show me how well you read the TEXT?

 

The TEXT contains  “Special Feature” pages for all the following topic, EXCEPT

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                a.  Harems and Gynaiconites;

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                b.  Fall of Rome;

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                c.  Charlemagne’s chapel in Aachen;

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                d.  Jews  in the Early Middle Ages.