Deck 9: The High Middle Ages

Question 1

The texts of Aristotle entered Western Europe through __________ sources in Spain.

A) Jewish
B) Catholic
C) Muslim
D) Greek
E) Egyptian

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The __________ play is a medieval religious form produced by occupational guilds.

A) magic
B) Gothic
C) Christ
D) resurrection
E) mystery

Answer 2

E

Question 3

__________ is music employing definite time values and precise meters.

A) Commedia dell'arte
B) Sottie
C) Measured rhythm
D) Blank verse
E) Autos sacramentales

Answer 3

C

Question 4

One of the results of the plagues was a breakdown in stratification and an increase in __________ for both peasants and artisans.

A) rents
B) taxes
C) wages
D) travel
E) land

Question 5

Plagues hit the monasteries and large __________ the hardest.

A) universities
B) fiefdoms
C) kingdoms
D) cities
E) farms

Question 6

Among other things,the end of the Hundred Years' War contributed to a new sense of __________ in western Europe.

A) religious fervor
B) scholarly discipline
C) scientific investigation
D) national identity
E) democratic reform

Question 7

The medieval city offered hope of escape and protection to runaway __________,among others.

A) serfs
B) lords
C) knights
D) women
E) criminals

Question 8

__________ is expression by means of symbols to make a broad commentary on human existence.

A) Farce
B) Allegory
C) Sottie
D) Ars nova
E) Gothic

Question 9

The __________ ravaged Europe between 1348 and 1350.

A) Ottomans
B) Wars of Religion
C) Crusades
D) Serfs' Rebellion
E) Black Death

Question 10

The Hundred Years War was fought between England and __________.

A) Spain
B) Netherlands
C) Germany
D) Ireland
E) France

Question 11

__________ style is a synthesis of medieval intellect,spirituality,and engineering.

A) Verisimilitude
B) Realism
C) Allegory
D) Classicism
E) Gothic

Question 12

The medieval "middle class" largely supported __________ over the feudal system.

A) military states
B) aristocracies
C) monarchies
D) theocracies
E) oligarchies

Question 13

The __________ as a technological and agricultural device did not come into use until the twelfth century.

A) serf
B) slave
C) plow
D) horse
E) catapult

Question 14

A revival of __________ was the primary cause of a rebirth of cities in the eleventh,twelfth,and thirteenth centuries.

A) churches
B) public art
C) trade
D) feudalism
E) manors

Question 15

__________ refers to the rejection of religion and religious considerations.

A) Classicism
B) Anti-classicism
C) Gothic
D) Secularism
E) Capitalism

Question 16

Merchant and craft __________ dominated trading cities.

A) associations
B) corporations
C) guilds
D) castles
E) shops

Question 17

Many important __________ gained their charters in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

A) monasteries
B) universities
C) towns
D) guilds
E) kingdoms

Question 18

__________ constituted a more feminine point of view of ethics and personal conduct than the rigid and oppressive feudalism.

A) Chivalry
B) Capitalism
C) Romanticism
D) Secularism
E) Socialism

Question 19

__________ is a sculpture or painting of the dead Christ supported by Mary.

A) Allegory
B) Stigmata
C) Lamentation
D) Pietà
E) Resurrection

Question 20

__________ or "new art" refers to changes in music occurring in the fourteenth century.

A) Gothic ars
B) Renaissance ars
C) Secular ars
D) Chivalric ars
E) Ars nova

Question 21

Giotto's paintings are marked by a new __________.

A) three-dimensionality
B) sense of space
C) mobility
D) realism
E) all of the above

Question 22

The sack of Constantinople in 1204 reinvigorated the __________ influence in Italian painting.

A) Gothic
B) Roman
C) Byzantine
D) Islamic
E) Ancient Greek

Question 23

Of all architectural elements,the __________ is most characteristically Gothic.

Question 24

In their human qualities and personalized faces,the jamb statues on Chartres Cathedral illustrate the High Gothic style,or Gothic __________.

Question 25

The content of Gothic sculpture is __________.

A) innovative
B) didactic
C) classical
D) personal
E) scientific

Question 26

The Council of Constance reunited the Church after the __________ of 1378.

A) Great Divide
B) Inquisition
C) Great Schism
D) Crusades
E) Black Death

Question 27

__________ is another term for the windows in the Gothic cathedrals.

Question 28

Gothic cathedrals frequently contain __________ symbolism,sometimes even mathematical formulae.

Question 29

Tempera paint combines a pigment with a(n)__________ binder.

A) oil
B) water
C) glue
D) plaster
E) egg yolk

Question 30

__________ plays presented an account of the life,miracles,or martyrdom of a saint.

Question 31

The Holy Office of the __________ was charged with maintaining the purity of Christian thought-by any means necessary.

A) Church
B) Pope
C) King
D) Inquisition
E) Monastery

Question 32

The area around Paris,called the __________,was the birthplace of Gothic architecture.

Question 33

The literary form called the __________ stems from the codes of chivalry.

Question 34

Wars and plagues ultimately led to a greater reliance on __________.

A) slavery
B) technology
C) simplicity
D) spirituality
E) trade

Question 35

The medieval Church recognized seven deadly __________.

A) saints
B) kings
C) sins
D) days
E) books

Question 36

Joan of Arc sought to end the violence of the __________.

A) Crusades
B) Black Death
C) Serfs' Rebellion
D) Hundred Years' War
E) Great Schism

Question 37

Abbot Suger's goals for the Abbey Church of St Denis emphasized "__________ Divine."

Question 38

Objects designed to visualize Christian themes and enhance private worship are called __________.

Question 39

The Doge's Palace in Venice combines European and __________ influences.

Question 40

One practical effect of the Crusades was to end strife among warring European __________.

A) popes
B) nobles
C) serfs
D) armies
E) churches

Question 41

Unofficial crusades continued long after the official campaigns.

Question 42

Chivalry preached religious tolerance.

Question 43

Ars Nova was facilitated by a new system of musical __________ that allowed nearly any rhythmic pattern to be written down.

Question 44

The Gothic style of painting is largely indistinguishable from earlier medieval styles.

Question 45

The Crusades nearly reunited the eastern and western Church.

Question 46

The Crusades had a direct influence on painting style.

Question 47

Secularism was in place by the end of the fourteenth century.

Question 48

Truly chivalrous love required the man love the woman from afar.

Question 49

What was the purpose of Jean Froissart's Chronicles of England,France,and Spain?

Question 50

Dante's The Divine Comedy employs the dramatic device of __________.

Question 51

Which theologian was likely the most important influence on Christianity in this period?

Question 52

Chaucer's stories in his work __________ are notable for their irony and robust comedy.

Question 53

Hell,or __________,was the most popular part of medieval theatre.

Question 54

What subjects inspired the musical compositions of Francesco Landini?

Question 55

Giotto was the first painter to create false texture since early Christian times.

Question 56

The Crusades helped reopen a number of Mediterranean ports,and trade flourished.

Question 57

The universities welcomed the rediscovery of Aristotle's texts.

Question 58

Why were tales of chivalry and knights called "romances"?

Question 59

In Chrétien's story of Arthur and Camelot,which character's sufferings and trials parallel those of Christ?

Question 60

Ballades and __________ were popular types of secular songs.

Question 61

How would you characterize the move from earlier church styles to the Gothic cathedral? What does it tell us about the meaning of Christianity in this period?

Question 62

Compare and contrast a painting by Cimabue and Giotto.Discuss the innovations brought to painting by Giotto,and explain their likely artistic or social sources.

Question 63

Discuss the development and deployment of the Crusades.Elaborate on their effects on medieval society at large,as well as on the arts.