Western Civilization I Quiz

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What did Machiavelli argue in the Prince?

That a prince should never violate the moral law.

That the ends never justify the means.

That princes should be subservient to the pope.

That a prince needed to secure his power, even if he does so unjustly.

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What was one of Erasmus’ greatest achievements?

Disproving the reliability of the New Testament.

Denying the doctrine of the Trinity

A New Critical Edition of the Greek New Testament

Leading the Protestant Reformation

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How did the flagellants respond to the Black Death?

They dedicated themselves to caring for the ill and burying the dead, risking infection themselves as a form of Christian service.

They whipped and scourged their bodies as penance, believing that the Black Death was God’s punishment for humanity’s wickedness.

They prayed and fasted with the hope that God would bring the plague to an end.

They fled to mountain retreats they had prepared in case of war, where stored food permitted them to survive in hiding.

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What were the achievements of the Avignon popes before the Great Schism?

They forced Islam out of its remaining footholds in Spain and the Balkans.

They established direct papal control over the monastic orders and their clerical wealth.

They established political dominance throughout Italy and established a bureaucracy to govern the region.

They reformed the financial administration of the church and centralized its government.

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During the Great Schism, how did the powers of Europe align themselves?

Along religious lines, with regions influenced by Celtic Christianity supporting the French pope and others regions supporting the Italian pope

Along economic lines, with wealthier countries gaining more from the division

Along political lines, with the powers that had traditional monarchies supporting the French pope and the city-states supporting the Italian pope

Along the lines of traditional political alliances, with France and her allies supporting the French pope and the others favoring the Italian pope

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Which of the following was one of the causes of the Hundred Years’ War?

A dispute over the succession to the Spanish throne

Economic conflicts over long-distance trade

A religious dispute over the power of the papacy

A dispute over the succession to the French throne

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Who benefited from the Black Death?

Nobles: They gained more secure control over their land and over the serfs due to the protection they had provided during the plague.

Workers: Those who survived demanded high wages after the Black Death, increasing the standard of living for the broad mass of people.

Kings: They were able to capture more land for their realms because many areas were depopulated and undefended because of the plague.

Merchants: They benefited from the demands for goods and food in devastated areas and expanded their efforts to form more uniform trade networks.

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In general, during the plague, the clergy

fled to monasteries in the countryside.

refused to administer sacraments to plague victims.

let nuns take care of the sick.

cared for the sick and buried the dead.

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Which of the following was one of the central components of the Italian Renaissance?

Christian humility

The attempt to use art to educate the urban masses

A glorification of individual genius

A concern for the improvement of society in general

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What did a medieval guild not do?

Set standards of quality

Determine who could practice a trade

Represent the interest of the workers against that of the master artisans

Set prices and wages

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What is simony?

another name for clerical celibacy.

the resiging of a clerical office

the practice of going on a crusade

the buying and selling of ecclesiastical offices

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What was a goal of the First Crusade?

the conversion of Muslims

the conquest of Mecca and Medina

the extermination of Muslims

the liberation of the Holy Land from Muslim control

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What statement best describes medieval scholasticism?

It was a theological stance that rejected the use of reason.

It was a philosophy that rejected the neccessity of divine revelation.

It was a philosophy based on the conviction that the whole of the cosmos was rationnally ordered by God.

It was a philosophy that held to the doctrine of pantheism.

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The main goal of the inquisition was

to set up trials by jury for those accused of heresy.

to exterminate all those who opposed the Church.

to root out political enemies of kings.

to determine what groups believed and to demonstrate their errors.

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The record of William the Conqueror’s survey of England is known as

the Domesday Book.

the Magna Carta.

common law.

canon law.

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What principle did the Magna Carta come to signify?

Everyone, including the king and his government, must obey the law.

The people have a right to representative government.

The courts may declare a king’s edicts void.

Kings do not have authority over the lands or personnel of the church.

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What was the name given to the transformation of the European economy as a result of changes in business procedures and increasing trade?

Compagnie

Commercial revolution

Mercantilism

Manorialism

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Which of the following was typical of the open-field system?

The use of fences and hedges to establish property lines

The division of arable land into two or three fields

The purchase of new lands by village collectives

The cultivation of crops for international markets

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The production of ale was dominated by

city merchants

monastaries

women

burghers

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Most male Renaissance humanists argued that

women’s sphere of activity was private and domestic.

women were asexual beings.

the status of women had improved since the Middle Ages.

men and women were equals in intellectual pursuits.