Deck 9: The Rise of Medieval Culture

Question 1

What was the functional purpose of the Gothic gargoyles?

A)as rain-gutters
B)as fountains
C)as supports
D)as lanterns

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Who was the most famous teacher at the University of Paris in the early 1100s?

A)Thomas Aquinas
B)Peter Abelard
C)Dante Alighieri
D)Peter Lombard

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What made possible the increased height of Gothic cathedrals?

A)the domed ceiling
B)the ribbed vault
C)the flying buttress
D)the pointed arch

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which are the oldest universities in Europe?

A)Notre Dame de Belle Verriere and the University of London
B)The Venetian Academy and the University of Arezzo
C)University of Bologna, The University of Paris, Oxford and Cambridge
D)The Academy at Florence, the Universitas at Rome, and the University of Paris

Question 5

What was the purpose of the "signature frames" found at the bottom of many stained-glass windows?

A)to specify the Priest presiding over the church in which the window was housed
B)to specify the Bishop presiding over the cathedral in which the window was housed.
C)to indicate the date and craftsman who created the window
D)to designate the group or person who donated the window

Question 6

What were the two major characteristics of Gothic architecture?

A)Increased height and stained-glass windows
B)Decreased height and the ribbed vault
C)Symmetrical design and windowless rooms
D)Outdoor gardens and elaborate gazebos

Question 7

What was the original meaning of the term universitas?

A)academy
B)meeting-place
C)knowledge
D)corporation

Question 8

What were the subjects of Goliardic verse?

A)God, worship, and heaven
B)Love, sex, life, and drink
C)Sin and penitence
D)Battle and valor

Question 9

What was innovative about organum?

A)It combined Italian and Latin verse.
B)It used French in liturgical chant.
C)It introduced polyphony.
D)It combined the lute and the human voice.

Question 10

In what parts of Europe did women study at universities?

A)Italy and Germany
B)England and Belgium
C)France and the Netherlands
D)Spain and Portugal

Question 11

Which medieval cathedral is famous for its 173 stained glass windows?

A)Notre Dame
B)Chartres
C)La Sainte Chapelle
D)Saint Dominique of Lucia

Question 12

What was the subject of the Summa Theologica?

A)The struggle of Christianity against Islam
B)Reconciling classical philosophy and Christian faith
C)The conflict between love and duty
D)Renouncing war

Question 13

Why did medieval universities require their student to participate in note-taking and copying?

A)Because books were so expensive
B)To emphasize patience and discipline
C)Because students fell asleep in class
D)To improve short-range vision

Question 14

Who invented the system of musical notation that we use today?

A)Guillaume Dufay
B)Guido d'Arezzo
C)Perotin
D)Boethius

Question 15

Who was the most famous teacher of "Golden Age of the University of Paris"?

A)Hildegard of Bingen
B)Geoffrey Chaucer
C)Peter Lombard
D)Thomas Aquinas

Question 16

For what contribution is Abbot Suger most famous?

A)He wrote one of the most important epic poems of the Middle Ages.
B)He introduced the major features which defined Gothic architecture.
C)He organized and implemented a highly effective system of distributing food to the poor.
D)He reconciled Aristotelian logic with the Hebrew scriptures.

Question 17

Who was the patron saint of wandering scholars?

A)Saint Denis
B)Villard de Honnecourt
C)Saint Golias
D)Guido of Arezzo

Question 18

From c.1150 to 1300, what city was the intellectual and cultural center of Western civilization?

A)Venice
B)London
C)Paris
D)Florence

Question 19

Who was Villard de Honnecourt?

A)He was a musical troubadour.
B)He was a Benedictine scholar.
C)He was an architect and engineer.
D)He was a doctor and chemist.

Question 20

What was the specific reason that La Sainte Chapelle was built?

A)To provide a meditative retreat for Saint Francis of Assisi
B)To house relics of Christ's Passion
C)To house relics of Saint Chapelle
D)To provide a vacation home for Robert de Sorbon.

Question 21

_______________________ Musical compositions with three voices, often singing in different languages.

Question 22

How does Gothic sculpture differ from Romanesque sculpture?

Question 23

What characterizes the music of the school of Notre-Dame?

Question 24

_______________________ A church designated as a destination for traveling worshippers.

Question 25

What modern location is the medieval cathedral similar to?

A)The shopping mall
B)The courthouse square
C)The public school
D)The university

Question 26

What was the subject of the stained glass window "Notre Dame de Belle Verrière"? How is the depiction of Mary in glass a religious metaphor?

Question 27

What was the subject of Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed?

A)Christian history
B)Aristotle's philosophical ideas
C)The meaning of the Hebrew bible
D)A primer on the natural sciences

Question 28

What factors explain the rise of formal educational institutions in twelfth-century Europe?

Question 29

_______________________ Friars who rejected ownership of property and lived by begging.

Question 30

_______________________ A moral example used in preaching and theology.

Question 31

_______________________ Fraternal associations of craftsmen or merchants.

Question 32

How can Aquinas's worldview be described?

A)Egalitarian
B)Democratic
C)Hierarchical
D)Transcendent
3 points each)

Question 33

_______________________ Method for reconciling conflicting theological opinions.

Question 34

_______________________ External masonry supports for Gothic cathedrals.

Question 35

What medieval text influenced Chaucer's prologue to the Wife of Bath's Tale?

A)Carmina Burana
B)Summa Theologica
C)The Song of Roland
D)The Romance of the Rose

Question 36

How did the cathedral play an integral part in the lives of the townspeople?

Question 37

_______________________ Multiple melodies moving in contrast to one another.

Question 38

What did Francis of Assisi believe was necessary for a life of perfect freedom?

A)Anarchy
B)Total poverty
C)Sufficient wealth
D)Land ownership

Question 39

_______________________ Intellectual techniques using reason to draw logical conclusions.

Question 40

_______________________ Marks on the body resembling the wounds of Christ.