Question 1

The goal of the humanist education system was to:

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A)   produce able merchants.
B)   produce individuals who were suited to the priesthood.
C)   train bureaucrats.
D)   produce knowledgeable political leaders and able public officials.
E)   train people to lead a private, contemplative life.F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

Joan of Arc was a problematic leader of the French forces during the latter part of the Hundred Years' War because:

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A)   she was a peasant woman.
B)   she refused to wear armor even in the midst of battle.
C)   she regularly fought with the military generals she was supposed to lead.
D)   she was believed to be the mistress of the Dauphin.
E)   she was illiterate.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 3

One way people of the medieval period came to understand the divine in their own lives was through:

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A)   Magister theologia by Meister Eckhart.
B)   The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.
C)   Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love by Julianne of Norwich.
D)   The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis.
E)   The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 4

What is the central theme of Christine de Pisan's The City of Ladies?

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A)   The book is an attack on the patriarchal social organization of feudalism.
B)   The book describes a mythic journey through Africa in search of powerful "Amazon" women.
C)   The book is a courtly romance about love, sacrifice, and betrayal in the tradition of Romance of the Rose.
D)   The book is an attack on the failures of the late-medieval clergy.
E)   The book is a defense of women against the misogynistic claims of men.F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

The Lollards advocated for all of these things EXCEPT the:

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A)   marriage of all clerics.
B)   confiscation of ecclesiastical wealth.
C)   removal of corrupt or immoral priests.
D)   translation of the Bible into English.
E)   removal of sacraments from Catholic ritual.F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 6

The emerging national monarchies in late-medieval Europe resulted in:

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A)   the development of parliamentary democracies.
B)   the development of monarchs with absolute power.
C)   an increase in commerce and economic growth.
D)   the escalation of armed conflict.
E)   greater militarization and, therefore, less warfare.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

The great influx of Greek manuscripts from the East in the fifteenth century led to the development of a new interest in a form of literary analysis known as:

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A)   close reading.
B)   New Criticism.
C)   postmodernism.
D)   textual criticism.
E)   deconstructionism.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

The series of pageant plays performed at York were motivated by devotion but also:

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A)   created such chaos in the town that many heinous crimes were committed during their production.
B)   pride in the nation of England.
C)   a desire to teach biblical stories to nonbelievers.
D)   the desire of the guilds to display their wares in the plays.
E)   a desire to mock the royal family.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 9

The Ottoman Empire was tolerant of all faiths EXCEPT:

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A)   Sephardic Jews.
B)   Roman Catholics.
C)   Eastern Orthodox Christians.
D)   Non-Sunni Muslims.
E)   Zoroastrians.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

Humanists such as Leon Battista Alberti praised the nuclear family and argued that women should be:

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A)   consigned purely to domestic roles.
B)   allowed to work as painters and sculptors.
C)   encouraged to adopt children rather than raise their own.
D)   educated and participate in public life as they were able.
E)   able to rule as equals with men.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 11

The Council of Pisa succeeded in resolving the Great Western Schism in 1409.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The links of patronage from a king or prince to his nobles were strengthened in part by:

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A)   military aid provided to the king by his nobles.
B)   taxes generated by the nobles and paid to the king.
C)   elaborate court rituals.
D)   chivalric orders.
E)   commercial ties between them.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 13

How did the introduction of artillery and firearms aid in the consolidation of national monarchies?

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While gunpowder was invented in China,it...

Question 14

How were women's devotional practices a challenge to Church authority in the late Middle Ages?

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In medieval Catholicism,parish priests m...

Question 15

Being a slave carried relatively little social stigma in the Ottoman Empire.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Humanist emphasis on the importance of classical Latin grammar,syntax,and grammar resulted in:

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A)   the revitalization of the Latin language in Europe.
B)   the death of Latin as a living language.
C)   the decline of vernacular literature in the Renaissance.
D)   the founding of schools dedicated entirely to teaching classical Latin.
E)   women being unable to write humanist texts.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 17

Most of the innovations that occurred in farming after the first waves of the Black Death were made by:

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A)   great lords.
B)   abbeys who held vast agricultural lands.
C)   monarchs who instituted widespread farming reforms.
D)   inventors in the towns and cities of Europe.
E)   small farmers.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 18

The Renaissance was chronologically distinct from the late Middle Ages.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In what ways were popular religious reform movements linked to political movements in the late Middle Ages?

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Both the Lollard and Hussite reform move...

Question 20

Just as Boccaccio wrote about a group of people telling stories to one another while sitting out the Black Death,_________ wrote about a group of people telling stories to one another while on a pilgrimage.

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A)   Augustine
B)   Chaucer
C)   Christine de Pisan
D)   Giotto di Bondone
E)   DanteF) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Exam 11: Rebirth and Unrest 1350-1453

The goal of the humanist education system was to:

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How were women's devotional practices a challenge to Church authority in the late Middle Ages?

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What is the central theme of Christine de Pisan's The City of Ladies?

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The emerging national monarchies in late-medieval Europe resulted in:

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Just as Boccaccio wrote about a group of people telling stories to one another while sitting out the Black Death,_________ wrote about a group of people telling stories to one another while on a pilgrimage.

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The links of patronage from a king or prince to his nobles were strengthened in part by:

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The Renaissance was chronologically distinct from the late Middle Ages.

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Joan of Arc was a problematic leader of the French forces during the latter part of the Hundred Years' War because:

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The great influx of Greek manuscripts from the East in the fifteenth century led to the development of a new interest in a form of literary analysis known as:

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Humanist emphasis on the importance of classical Latin grammar,syntax,and grammar resulted in:

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The Council of Pisa succeeded in resolving the Great Western Schism in 1409.

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The series of pageant plays performed at York were motivated by devotion but also:

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The Ottoman Empire was tolerant of all faiths EXCEPT:

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How did the introduction of artillery and firearms aid in the consolidation of national monarchies?

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Being a slave carried relatively little social stigma in the Ottoman Empire.

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One way people of the medieval period came to understand the divine in their own lives was through:

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Most of the innovations that occurred in farming after the first waves of the Black Death were made by:

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The Lollards advocated for all of these things EXCEPT the:

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Humanists such as Leon Battista Alberti praised the nuclear family and argued that women should be:

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In what ways were popular religious reform movements linked to political movements in the late Middle Ages?

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