Deck 5: Fiefdom and Monastery, pilgrimage and Crusade

Question 1

Who was sent to England to convert the pagan Anglo-Saxons?

A) Augustine
B) Columba
C) Eadfrith
D) Patrick

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following documents the Norman invasion of England in 1066?

A) Domesday Book
B) Bayeux Tapestry
C) Song of Roland
D) Beowulf

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The code of conduct that guided a knight included courage in battle,loyalty to his lord and peers,and

A) generosity to the poor.
B) respect to the monarchy.
C) courtesy verging on reverence toward women.
D) service to the Divine Office of the Church.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following Romanesque architectural terms refers to the elongated arched masonry structure spanning an interior space and shaped like a half cylinder?

A) trumeau
B) archivolt
C) barrel vault
D) voussoir

Question 5

What is unique about the Lindisfarne Gospels?

A) The manuscript is an example of syncretism, blending Christian writings with subtle imagery from local pagan tradition.
B) It is Islamic script, written in Arabic.
C) It is written in the local vernacular, accessible to laypeople.
D) It includes rites of worship that are similar to polytheistic pagan practice.

Question 6

Which of the following architectural terms refers to wedge-shaped stones that form the arch in a Romanesque church?

A) trumeau
B) archivolt
C) barrel vault
D) voussoir

Question 7

Who is the author of On the Misery of the Human Condition,whose message was adopted as official doctrine of the Western Catholic Church?

A) St. Benedict
B) St. Augustine
C) Pope Innocent III
D) Odo of Cluny

Question 8

Feudalism,a system in which a person (vassal)pledged loyalty for protection,was a well-established part of the agricultural system of the Middle Ages.How did this system relate to that of earlier hierarchies?

A) Feudalism was originally modeled after the Roman custom of patronage.
B) It compared with the established monastic culture.
C) It mirrored the code of chivalry.
D) Feudalism has its roots in early Christian monasticism.

Question 9

Which of the following words of Saxon origin can be translated as "camp"?

A) minster as in Westminster
B) bury as in Canterbury
C) chester as in Winchester
D) strat as in Stratford

Question 10

Who established a monastery on the Scottish island of Iona?

A) Augustine
B) Columba
C) Eadfrith
D) Patrick

Question 11

The plainchant composed by Hildegard of Bingen is unique in that it

A) used extremes of register to create "soaring arches" that she believed brought heaven and earth together.
B) used one and two notes on a keyboard accompaniment.
C) employed Classical symbolism.
D) became the repertoire of plainchant for the Mass.

Question 12

Which of the following resulted from a call by William I of Normandy for a complete survey of England so that he could more accurately determine how much tax he could raise to provide a new army?

A) Domesday Book
B) Bayeux Tapestry
C) Song of Roland
D) Beowulf

Question 13

What was significant about Pope Leo III's crowning of Charlemagne as emperor on Christmas Day,800 CE?

A) This ceremony was the beginning of what would become known as the Holy Roman Empire.
B) Charlemagne could build a tremendous military force, because he had influence with the pope.
C) The crowning prepared Charlemagne to exert authority over papal decrees.
D) The crowning signaled that the papacy held more political power than Charlemagne did.

Question 14

Whose "Rule" (set of guidelines)was imposed on all monasteries throughout Charlemagne's Frankish kingdom?

A) Gregory
B) Benedict
C) Leo III
D) John XII

Question 15

Who supervised one of the most prominent Anglo-Saxon monasteries (a community of both monks and nuns)and hosted the Council of Whitby in an attempt to reconcile the Celtic and Latin factions of the Church of England?

A) Roswitha
B) Scholastica
C) Hilda
D) Hildegard

Question 16

Which of the following terms refers to a free man in Anglo-Saxon culture who owned a farm of between 90 and 100 acres?

A) thane
B) kenning
C) churl
D) wergild

Question 17

Who introduced the idea of depicting notes on a staff of lines so that the same note always appears on the same line-resulting in the birth of modern musical notation?

A) Bernard of Clairvaux
B) Guido of Arezzo
C) St. Benedict
D) Odo of Cluny

Question 18

In a typical monastery,which of the following is the dining hall,where monks ate their meals?

A) refectory
B) scriptorium
C) novitiate
D) infirmary

Question 19

Which of the following provides an accurate translation for memento mori?

A) reminder of death
B) reminder of life
C) reminder of happiness
D) reminder of wisdom

Question 20

Which of the following is the best summary of the epic Beowulf?

A) It is an account of a Scandinavian warrior who rids a community of the monsters that have been ravaging it.
B) It is a tale of the great flood, destroying everything on earth, which then must be rebuilt by craftsmen.
C) It is the Story of Alexander the Great seeking the fountain of eternal youth.
D) It is a the narrative of a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

Question 21

Which of the following cities did Eleanor of Aquitaine and her daughter Marie,Countess of Champagne,establish as the center of a secular culture and literary movement that celebrated the art of courtly love?

A) Tours
B) Paris
C) Poitiers
D) Reims

Question 22

Discuss Charlemagne's contributions to literacy and the changes that resulted.

Question 23

Summarize the historical inaccuracies included in the Song of Roland.

Question 24

Which of the following works is considered an example of the "medieval romance"?

A) Lancelot
B) Bisclavret
C) Song of Roland
D) Sir Gawain

Question 25

What is the name of the system whereby the eldest son inherits all property?

A) ex nihilo
B) sinecure
C) nepotism
D) primogeniture

Question 26

Discuss the changes that occurred as a result of pilgrimages.

Question 27

Discuss the significant contributions of Hildegard of Bingen.

Question 28

Discuss monasticism in light of benefits and service.

Question 29

Which Church council initiated the First Crusade?

A) Nicaea
B) Chalcedon
C) Trent
D) Clermont

Question 30

Who composed Lancelot,which centered on the adventures of a knight in King Arthur's court?

A) Bernard de Ventadour
B) Chrétien de Troyes
C) Marie de France
D) Beatriz de Dia