1. In peacetime, the favorite amusements of the nobility in the Middle Ages were
a) hunting and tournaments b) fishing and travelling
c) tournaments and writing poetry d) none of the above
2. For the nobility, peace was considered to be
a) a goal worth attaining because of the security it afforded
b) unnatural to their primary occupation
c) an ideal to strive towards
d) both b and c
3. The process of attaining knighthood
a) was as sacred to the nobility as clerical ordination
b) was respected, but never evoked honor or social nobility
c) brought with it few special privileges
d) both b and c
4. Courtly love poetry
a) was overtly erotic and advocated carnal lust
b) was devoted to "pursuit" without physical sex
c) resulted in church censorship
d) sought to establish a common code of behavior for medieval society
5. The clergy of the Middle Ages were divided into two groups:
a) cardinals and bishops
b) parish priests and priests who served at the royal court
c) regular clergy and secular clergy
d) none of the above
6. The Carthusians, Cistercians and Praemonstratensians were all
a) heretics who were persecuted by the church
b) members of the "scholarly clergy"
c) hermetic orders whose members lived independent of one another
d) none of the above
7. In the Late Middle Ages, the clergy were resented by townspeople because
a) they hated the special immunities and privileges which the clergy possessed
b) they disliked the bickering and constant in-fighting among clerical orders
c) the monks abused their power of excommunication and interdict
d) the church tried to dominate the affairs of the city
8. Tenants of free manors
a) had originally been freemen
b) were originally known as coloni
c) had limited tenancy obligations and their rights were more carefully defined
d) all of the above
9. Towns became a major transition from feudal societies to national governments because towns
a) provided kings with the resources they needed to curb factious noblemen
b) provided a consistent production of goods
c) housed centers of learning and provided learned administrators
d) catered to the creativity and energy of the middle-class merchants
10. Which of the following was a factor in the unprecedented surge in anti-Jewish sentiment between the 12th and early 14th centuries?
a) kings wanted to confiscate Jewish wealth and property
b) kings saw Jews as economic competitors with the monarchy
c) the Christian Church feared the loss of its political power and was determined to maintain its spiritual hegemony
d) all of the above
11. A renaissance of ancient knowledge
a) was important in the rise of universities
b) was dependent upon Greek and Muslim traditions and heritage
c) did not occur until the 15th century
d) both a and b
12. The university of Paris became the model for the study of
a) law b) theology c) science d) dialectic
13. The study and dissemination of the Corpus Juris Civilis in the 12th century was directed by
a) Gratian b) Irnerius c) Justinian d) Porphyry
14. The most famous cathedral school was
a) Chartres b) Mont St. Michel
c) Rheims d) both a and c
15. Peter Abelard's work, Sic et Non, illustrates
a) the Scholastic concern for one interpretation of Truth
b) the Scholastic love of contradictory views
c) the legitimate criticism that Scholastic thinkers were indecisive
d) both b and c
16. Christian theologians depicted women as
a) physically, mentally and morally weaker than men
b) spiritually equal to men
c) the cause of most male disputes
d) both a and b
17. There is evidence that high infant and child mortality in the Middle Ages
a) distanced parents from children
b) made parents look on children as all the more precious
c) resulted in parental alienation from the church
d) was the result of widespread infanticide
18. Which of the following was a cause of the Hundred Years' War?
a) a dispute of succession to the French throne
b) an English boycott of French exports
c) the lack of centralized power in England and France
d) all of the above
19. The Jacquerie was
a) a trading guild in Paris
b) a series of bloody uprisings of the peasantry against the nobility
c) a court of law designed to extort taxes from the peasantry
d) the domestic advisers to the king of France
20. By the time of Edward III's death in 1377, the
a) English had been beaten back to the coast and territory of Bordeaux
b) English controlled all of France except the territory around Paris
c) French had united internally and were able to enlist the aid of the Dutch and Spanish
d) both a and c
21. The Treaty of Troyes in 1420
a) disinherited the legitimate heir to the French throne
b) made Henry V successor to Charles VI
c) proclaimed Henry V to be king of France
d) both a and b
22. Joan of Arc was executed
a) by the Burgundians as a traitor
b) by the English as a traitor
c) as a relapsed heretic by the Inquisition
d) none of the above
23. The flagellants
a) were religious fanatics
b) bent themselves in ritual penance
c) represented an extreme social reaction to the plague
d) all of the above
24. Why did Jews become scapegoats for the Black Death?
a) they carried the plague from town to town
b) they had become society's moneylenders
c) they had become a threatening, disruptive element in society
d) they often survived the plague where others didn't
25. How did cities ultimately benefit from the plague?
a) people developed a taste for expensive goods that only skilled artisans could produce
b) the plague weeded out poor artisans from the guilds
c) the cost of rural agricultural goods rose
d) none of the above
26. The conclave of cardinals sought to
a) hinder their influence over the pope
b) protect the cardinals from extraneous political influence
c) focus their attention on supporting the Guelph faction in Rome
d) both a and b
27. Philip IV the Fair of France can best be described as
a) a ruthless politician
b) a concerned ally of the papacy
c) intent on ending England's continental holdings
d) both a and c
28. Unam Sanctam was a
a) papal bull designed to eliminate the Cathar heresy
b) papal bull calling for unity for the purpose of launching a new crusade
c) statement of papal power issued by Pope Clement V
d) none of the above
29. John Huss
a) asserted the temporal supremacy of pope over emperor
b) was a heretic who was burned at the stake
c) spread the teachings of the Cathars to Bohemia
d) none of the above
30. The followers of John Wycliffe were called
a) Lollards b) Cathars c) Provisors d) Conciliars
31. The Council of Pisa
a) solved the Babylonian Captivity b) solved the Great Schism
c) was ultimately unsuccessful d) argued against conciliar theory
32. The Council of Constance (1414-1417)
a) made provisions for regular meetings of church councils
b) elected Martin V as pope
c) remained an illegitimate council in official eyes
d) all of the above
33. The end of the conciliar movement came with the
a) Council of Ferrara-Florence
b) Council of Constance
c) Council of Basil
d) excommunication and death of John Huss
34. The Late Middle Ages were a
a) time of feudalistic renewal b) period of creative breakup
c) time of abrupt decline and fall d) none of the above
35. The Alcabala was a
a) salt tax b) 10% sales tax
c) direct tax d) loaf from the nobility
36. The cornerstones of French nation-building in the 15th century were
a) the collapse of the English Empire in France and the defeat of the duchy of Burgundy
b) the collapse of the English Empire in France and the decline of the papal monarchy
c) the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire and the death of Joan of Arc
d) none of the above
37. Jacques Coeur was important for his
a) control of the French army during the Hundred Years' War
b) theory of absolute rule by the king
c) expansion of French trade and industry
d) quiet diplomacy in ridding France of the English
38. Torquemada became famous for his
a) defeat of the Moors at Granada
b) administration of the Inquisition
c) administration of Ferdinand's government
d) arguments at the Council of Ferrara-Florence
39. Following the Hundred Years' War, England
a) fought a civil war
b) fell prey to religious wars
c) became a bastion of stability and good rule
d) both a and b
40. At the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485,
a) Richard III defeated the Lancastrian forces arrayed against him
b) the Tudor dynasty was established
c) Henry V defeated the French
d) none of the above
41. The Holy Roman Emperor was chosen by
a) the pope b) a representative assembly
c) seven electors from the nobility d) none of the above
42. The Guelfs and Ghibellines were
a) craft guilds in Florence
b) famous mercenary armies
c) divisions within the College of Cardinals
d) familial political factions in Rome
43. One of the most popular classical figures during the Renaissance was
a) Plato b) Aristotle
c) Caesar d) Scipio Africanus
44. The father of Renaissance painting and an admirer of St. Francis of Assisi was
a) Donatello b) Giotto c) Leonardo d) Michelangelo
45. A new artistic style which developed after the High Renaissance in the 16th and 17th centuries was
a) Mannerism b) Helladic c) Impressionism d) Neo-classical
46. For Europe, the late 15th and 16th centuries were a period of
a) strict conformity to established theological creed
b) unprecedented territorial expansion
c) close connection between the northern humanists and the church
d) both a and c
47. Portuguese exploration of the African coast was inspired and supported by
a) Bartholomew Diaz b) Prince Henry the Navigator
c) Ferdinand and Isabella d) Magellan
48. The major components in the colonial economy of Latin America were
a) agriculture, mining and shipping
b) agriculture, mining and craft design
c) agriculture, internal trade, mercantilism
d) all of the above
49. Encomienda was the
a) right of exploration
b) right to establish boundaries in the name of a monarch
c) right to the labor of a number of Indians for a particular period of time
d) land grant given by the king
50. The Northern Renaissance differed from the Italian Renaissance in that
a) it promoted Humanism
b) the northern Humanists were less willing to unite for lay audiences
c) the northern Humanists came from more diverse backgrounds and were more devoted to religious reforms
d) the printing press was later in coming to the north
ANSWER KEY: Hs 111 '97 - #3
1. a 2. b 3. a 4. b
5. c 6. d 7. a 8. d
9. a 10. d 11. d 12. b
13. b 14. d 15. b 16. d
17. b 18. a 19. b 20. a
21. d 22. c 23. d 24. b
25. a 26. b 27. d 28. d
29. b 30. a 31. c 32. d
33. c 34. b 35. d 36. a
37. c 38. b 39. a 40. b
41. c 42. d 43. a 44. b
45. a 46. b 47. b 48. a
49. c 50. c