Deck 7: Early Christianity Ravenna and Byzantium

Question 1

How does the shape of the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna differ from traditional basilica design?

A) It is rectangular
B) It is hexagonal.
C) It has a tripartite dome.
D) It is octagonal.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

From 402 to 476, what city served as the western capital of the Roman Empire?

A) Rome
B) Ravenna
C) Byzantium
D) San Vitale

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Where is St. Catherine's Monastery located?

A) Rome
B) Constantinople
C) Mount Sinai
D) Ravenna

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Who was Justinian?

A) the ruler of the western Roman Empire in the 6^th century
B) the foremost champion of Aristotelian thinking in his day
C) the ruler of the Visigoths in the 6^th century
D) t he ruler of the eastern Roman Empire in the 6^th century

Question 5

What city was the center of imperial life in the Roman Empire in the 5^th and early 6^th centuries?

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

Question 6

How did pendentives help in the construction of the Hagia Sophia's?

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

Question 7

What is the term for a chapel dedicated to a specific purpose?

A) votive
B) pendentive
C) studia
D) lunette

Question 8

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

A) The City of God would be revealed as a hoax of Satan.
B) The City of Man would give way to the City of God.
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

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

A) Confessions
B) On Faith
C) Philosophical Consolations
D) City of God

Question 10

The dispute over whether Jesus was equivalent to or distinct from God is called the ________________.

A) Edict of Milan
B) Arian controversy
C) Nicaean debate
D) Nika riots

Question 11

In what year did Constantinople fall to the Turks?

A) 843
B) 1054
C) 1302
D) 1453

Question 12

What church is a famous monument to Theodoric's reign?

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 13

What was Justinian's major architectural achievement?

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

Question 14

To what use was the Hagia Sophia converted after the Turks assumed control?

A) It became a mosque.
B) It became a synagogue.
C) It became a museum.
D) It became a royal palace.

Question 15

Which 6^th-century author helped to bridge the gap between classical paganism and Christianity?

A) Aquinas
B) Ficino
C) Boethius
D) Petrarch

Question 16

What term refers to the arrangement of parts of a public religious service?

A) order
B) mass
C) liturgy
D) blessing

Question 17

What did Emperor Justinian believe was his mission?

A) t o reestablish the grandeur of the Roman empire under the Christian faith
B) to eradicate the influence of the Christian faith within the Roman empire
C) to bring Jewish learning into Constantinople
D) to expand classical education throughout the eastern Roman empire

Question 18

Where is the apse located in a church?

A) near the entrance
B) surrounding the altar
C) along the transept
D) between the pews

Question 19

What was Augustine's concept of human nature?

A) It is fundamentally good and not subject to corruption.
B) It is fundamentally evil.
C) It is and always will remain a complete mystery.
D) It is fundamentally flawed because of original sin.

Question 20

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

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

Question 21

With which Old Testament character is Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mt. Sinai associated?

A) Solomon
B) Abraham
C) David
D) Moses

Question 22

Who wrote The Consolation of Philosophy as he awaited execution?

A) John Chrysostom
B) Boethius
C) Augustine
D) Ambrose

Question 23

What remnant of Byzantine culture contributed to the Renaissance love of the classics?

A) the presence of Greek-speaking scholars from Constantinople in Italy
B) easy access to the library of Justinian and Theodora
C) Byzantine universities with scholars from across Europe
D) the prevalence of active printing presses in Constantinople

Question 24

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?

Question 25

What is the significance of the icon in the Orthodox Church?

Question 26

What is the core argument of Augustine's The Literal Meaning of Genesis ?

Question 27

Emperor Honorius moved the capital of the Western Roman Empire to ________, a northern Italian city.

A) Venice
B) Ravenna
C) Milan
D) Florence

Question 28

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

Question 29

Who among the following is NOT considered a Latin father of the Church?

A) Ambrose
B) Theodoric
C) Augustine
D) Gregory

Question 30

Which term refers to pages held together by stitching (an early form of a book)?

A) codex
B) scroll
C) encaustic
D) mosaic

Question 31

Which of the following refers to the conflict between the Blues (Orthodox Christians) and the Greens (Monophysites) during the reign of Justinian?

A) Council of Nicaea
B) Arian controversy
C) Iconoclastic controversy
D) The Nika Riots

Question 32

Which church indicates Justinian's presence in Ravenna?

A) San Marco Basilica
B) Hagia Eirene
C) San Vitale
D) Galla Placidia

Question 33

"Doctors of the church" refers to which of the following?

A) priests who studied Greek philosophy
B) clergy who studied medicine
C) physicians who treated ill clergy members
D) a group of saints who developed church doctrine

Question 34

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

Question 35

Who was Theodora?

A) Augustine's lover, before he renounced his depraved ways
B) Constantine's wife
C) Justinian's wife
D) Theodoric's daughter

Question 36

What is the word for the Italian schools in which refugee Greek scholars taught after the Ottoman Empire took over Constantinople?

A) studia
B) universita
C) tessera
D) laboratoria

Question 37

Who was a doctor of the church and a mentor to Augustine?

A) Jerome
B) Gregory
C) Ambrose
D) Maximilian

Question 38

Which of the following was NOT written by Augustine?

A) Confessions
B) The City of God
C) The Literal Meaning of Genesis
D) On the Conversion of Clerics

Question 39

What is the importance of the Codex Sinaiticus discovered in Saint Catherine's monastery?

A) It is the earliest known Italian translation of the New Testament.
B) It is the earliest known Greek translation of the New Testament.
C) It is the earliest known Latin translation of the Old Testament.
D) It is the earliest known Latin translation of the New Testament.

Question 40

What is the meaning of the Greek root of "icon" (eikon)?

A) symbol
B) message
C) legend
D) image