Deck 8: Islam

Question 1

What was the Divine Office?

A)The order of the Mass
B)The schedule of monastic worship
C)The position of the Bishop
D)The position of Priest

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What is the importance of Theophilus in the history of literary themes?

A)It introduces the Faustian theme to German literature.
B)It marks a return to the literary themes of Classical Greece.
C)It marks of return to the literary themes of the Roman Republic.
D)It explores themes of human sexuality in a progressive manner.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Who was an important Anglo-Saxon scholar at Charlemagne's court in Aachen?

A)Harun al-Rashid
B)Benedict
C)The Honorable Bede
D)Alcuin of York

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What type of chant grew out of the Roman musical tradition?

A)Benedictine Chant
B)Gregorian Chant
C)Mozarabic Chant
D)Ambrosian Chant

Question 5

What is an "illuminated" book?

A)A compilation of religious teachings
B)A lavishly decorated book
C)A book written by a scholar of Greek philosophy
D)A book thought to have been directly inspired by the word of God

Question 6

Upon what earlier model did Charlemagne base his administration and decrees?

A)Greece
B)Rome
C)Islam
D)Persia

Question 7

What was the most important relic in Charlemagne's chapel?

A)The staff of Saint Peter
B)The cape of Saint Martin
C)The crown of Charlemagne
D)The headstone of Saint Augustine

Question 8

Who wrote The Conversion of the Harlot Thais?

A)Charlemagne
B)Hildegard von Bingen
C)Roswitha
D)Harun al-Rashid

Question 9

In what town did Charlemagne build his palace and royal chapel?

A)Aachen
B)Poitiers
C)Roncesvalles
D)Rome

Question 10

What is the oldest and most famous of the chansons de geste?

A)Everyman
B)The Song of Roland
C)Quem Queritis
D)The Romance of the Rose

Question 11

What was the principal material used for manuscripts in the Middle Ages?

A)tapestry
B)papyrus
C)parchment
D)wax tablets

Question 12

What illuminated book is considered the literary masterpiece of the Carolingian Renaissance?

A)The Dagulf Psalter
B)The Quadrivium
C)The Book of Hours
D)The Utrecht Psalter

Question 13

Who supported the fourteenth-century cycle of plays popular on feast day festivals during the Middle Ages?

A)Local governments
B)craft and merchant guilds
C)the Catholic Church
D)Charlemagne

Question 14

What was the primary purpose of a reliquary?

A)It served as a place to bury the dead.
B)It served as a center for worship.
C)It served as a repository for sacred objects.
D)It housed literary and scholarly manuscripts.

Question 15

Who was the author of the most famous "Rule" in western monasticism?

A)Roswitha
B)Saint Benedict of Nursia
C)Saint Francis of Assisi
D)Hildegard of Bingen

Question 16

Why can early medieval drama be described as "liturgical drama"?

A)It was based on religious themes.
B)It was performed in the cathedral.
C)It was performed at the monastery.
D)It was performed during Mass.

Question 17

Who was Hildegard of Bingen?

A)A pagan heretic
B)A mythical heroine
C)A Benedictine nun
D)The mother of Charlemagne

Question 18

What is a melisma?

A)an evening prayer
B)an elaborate morning worship service
C)a single, sustained musical pitch
D)an intricate series of musical notes

Question 19

Who were the jongleurs?

A)jurists
B)court musicians
C)traveling minstrels
D)judges

Question 20

What was Carolingian minuscule?

A)A scale-model design for a house of worship
B)A small, portable manuscript
C)A common type of illuminated book
D)A precise and rounded form of calligraphy

Question 21

_______________________The room used by monks for the copying of manuscripts

Question 22

What was the name of the most important style of architecture between 1000 and 1150?

A)Neo-Classical
B)Romanesque
C)Gothic
D)Classical

Question 23

_______________________Singing without instrumental accompaniment

Question 24

_______________________Symbols used for notation in Gregorian chant

Question 25

What is the subject of the Bayeux Tapestry?

A)Beowulf's battle with Grendel
B)The Norman Invasion of England in 1066
C)The Battle of Roncesvalles in 778
D)The Rule of Saint Benedict

Question 26

What material was often used for the covers for medieval books?

A)mosaics
B)tapestry
C)ivory
D)gold
3 points each)

Question 27

What are the themes of the morality play Everyman?

Question 28

_______________________Latin for "plainsong" or "plainchant"

Question 29

Why was Charlemagne's "palace school" at Aachen important?

Question 30

What were two characteristics of the architecture between 1000 and 1150?

A)domed ceilings and lack of external decoration
B)marble passageways and Corinthian columns
C)spiral staircases and flying buttresses
D)heavy stone arches and elaborate external sculpture

Question 31

What were the important economic developments of Charlemagne's reign?

Question 32

_______________________Grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic

Question 33

How did the Quem Queritis trope affect the development of western drama?

Question 34

What were the important requirements of the monastic life as set forth by Saint Benedict?

Question 35

_______________________The covered interior gardens and walkways in a monastery

Question 36

_______________________A social structure of landowners and serfs

Question 37

What is the name for the semicircular space above the doors on a Romanesque church?

A)trumeau
B)tympanum
C)ambulatory
D)mandorla

Question 38

_______________________Location of Charlemagne's palace school

Question 39

_______________________Chanson de geste about Charlemagne's Spanish campaign

Question 40

_______________________A book of psalms