Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 17: THE FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN SOCIETY IN WESTERN EUROPE

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Abu al-Abbas became well known in the court of Charlemagne as a
A)distinguished diplomat from the Islamic world.
B)beloved pet from an Indian king.
C)gift from the Abbasid court.
D)Muslim enemy of the king.
E)None of the answers are correct.
2
Historians use the term Middle Ages to refer to
A)the fact that Europe became mature from 500 to 1500.
B)the era from about 500 to 1500 C.E.
C)the crisis of Western Europe.
D)the time between the fall of Rome and the emergence of Christianity.
E)All of the answers are correct.
3
One reason for the Franks' rapid rise in Western Europe had to do with Clovis's
A)conversion to Roman Christianity.
B)conversion to Arian Christianity.
C)alliance with the Islamic world.
D)defeat of the Muslims at the Battle of Tours.
E)None of the answers are correct.
4
Which of the following was one thing done by Charlemagne?
A)He built an impressive, if relatively short-lived, empire in Western Europe.
B)He rejected coronation by the pope.
C)He established a large bureaucracy to rule his empire.
D)He wrote an important book on the art of statecraft.
E)All of the answers are correct.
5
The Carolingian empire dissolved because
A)Charlemagne's descendants were politically weak and disunited.
B)Vikings began raiding northern France.
C)Charlemagne's grandsons divided the empire into three parts.
D)Magyars raided France from the east.
E)All of the answers are correct.
6
According to Gregory of Tours, which of the following was true of Clovis's conversion?
A)He was forced to convert by the bishops.
B)He began to consider conversion when his army was defeated by the Christian Alamanni.
C)He forced his army to be baptized after he was.
D)His conversion had much to do with the influence of his wife, the queen Clotilda.
E)All of the answers are correct.
7
In England, ninth-century Scandinavian invasions
A)promoted various small kingdoms to merge into a larger realm.
B)led to disintegration of a large realm into smaller kingdoms.
C)gave way to colonization by the Vikings.
D)brought down the Anglo-Saxon alliance.
E)None of the answers are correct.
8
The term feudalism
A)means feuds between aristocratic families that had become a social norm.
B)means a political and social order that was highly centralized.
C)means the king's power being completely overthrown by the local lords.
D)is a term that has fallen out of favor among historians.
E)None of the answers are correct.
9
The relationship between lord and retainer was
A)stable.
B)exploitative.
C)reciprocal.
D)antagonistic.
E)All of the answers are correct.
10
Serfs were
A)semi free individuals who owed obligations to the lord whose lands they cultivated.
B)servants of the lord, who provided the lord with domestic and military services.
C)agricultural slaves who had no rights on the lord's manor.
D)free peasants who could sell their land and move at will.
E)None of the answers are correct.
11
The rights of serfs included
A)the right to work on certain land and pass the lands to their heirs.
B)the right to move from one manor to another.
C)the right to marry whomever they wanted to marry.
D)the right to make a profit off of their land.
E)All of the answers are correct.
12
Which of the following does not describe a manor?
A)It was a large plantation operated by free peasants with heavy plows.
B)It was a large estate supervised by a lord and operated with serf labor.
C)It was a self-sufficient rural community controlled by the lord and his deputies.
D)It consisted of fields, meadows, forests, serfs, and their lodgings.
E)It was the means by which most lords and retainers supported themselves.
13
In the Early Middle Ages, the economic activity of Western Europe was
A)efficient and fast.
B)predominantly agricultural.
C)commercial and urban.
D)based on long-distance trade.
E)None of the answers are correct.
14
The Franks helped to promote Christianity by
A)destroying the Lombards who threatened Rome.
B)accepting recognition and backing from the popes.
C)inviting Christian scholars to the court.
D)military force.
E)All of the answers are correct.
15
An important pope of the late sixth and early seventh centuries was
A)Leo III.
B)Gregory I.
C)Otto I.
D)St. Benedict of Nursia.
E)None of the answers are correct.
16
The conversion of England was accomplished through
A)the military threat of Charlemagne.
B)marriage of Charlemagne's daughter to the English king.
C)missionary campaigns of Gregory I.
D)the encouragement of Clotilda.
E)All of the answers are correct.
17
According to St. Benedict's Rule, monks in monasteries should
A)live communal, celibate lives.
B)work hard for personal wealth.
C)live like hermits, isolated from the outside world.
D)deprive themselves of all pleasures.
E)All of the answers are correct.
18
St. Scholastica
A)established a convent and began to accept nuns for the first time in the history of Christianity.
B)devised an entirely new set of regulations as guidance for the religious life of women in convents.
C)strongly believed that women should be allowed to become priests and monks.
D)adapted her brother's Rule as guidance for nuns.
E)None of the answers are correct.
19
Which of the following social services was not provided by monasteries?
A)inns, refuges, orphanages.
B)banks, shops, factories.
C)schools.
D)medical care.
E)libraries and scriptoria.
20
One of the major differences between India and Western Europe during the postclassical era is that
A)India generated an imperial form of government whereas Western Europe did not.
B)India actively participated in a larger economic and commercial life whereas Western Europe was largely a rural and self-sufficient society.
C)India did not suffer from foreign invasions whereas Western Europe had to fight against foreign invaders.
D)India had a strong religious tradition uniting it and Europe had none.
E)All of these are differences.
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