Quiz - Speilvogel - Chapter 11

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• The following is a quiz is based upon Chapter 11 in Spievolgel's "Western Civilizations"
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1 The Bubonic plague was:

	Europe's first major epidemic for seven hundred years.
	responsible for the loss of fifty million Western Europeans.
	spread by rats called by scientists Yersinia pestis.
	spread from Europe to Asia.

2 All of the following are examples of extreme reactions to the Black Death except?

	Wealthy people fleeing to their countryside estates to avoid exposure.
	A rejection of the authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
	A cultural preoccupation with death.
	Attacks on Jews who many accused of causing the plague.

3 In response to the Black Death:

	the nobility were able to increase their incomes.
	the wages of peasant laborers increased.
	prices increased dramatically.
	there were major famines because few people were available to farm the fields.

4 The English Peasants' Revolt of 1381:

	was led by unpaid royal cavalry troops.
	resulted in the execution of thousands of rebels.
	saw peasants burn churches and governmental buildings.
	was provoked by the imposition of a new poll tax.

5 During the Hundred Years' War, England's significant innovation was the use of:

	cannons to knock down castle walls.
	foot soldiers with long bows.
	secret diplomacy involving the papacy.
	heavily armored knights.

6 Joan of Arc was:

	inspired to act by visions of her favorite saint.
	able to banish the English from France and end the Hundred Years' War.
	exonerated of charges by a church court in the twentieth century.
	hanged at the age of 29.

7 The English Parliament grew more powerful during the fourteenth century by:

	dividing into two houses, Lords and Commons.
	gaining control over taxation and royal spending.
	overthrowing two monarchs.
	fostering the support of the peasantry.

8 In the High Middle Ages, the German monarch's power:

	depended on his own personal land holdings.
	never approached that of the Holy Roman Emperor.
	was limited by a growing Parliamentary faction.
	rivaled the power of the French and English kings.

9 Which of the following statements best describes politics in 14th century Italy?

	Venice, like Milan, was forced to abandon plans for expansion because of the plague.
	Governments headed by tyrants were being replaced by republican governments.
	The peninsula was moving toward unification under a papal monarchy.
	Larger city-states were gaining political power at the expense of smaller city-states.

10 During the 14th century, the residency of the popes in Avignon:

	increased antipapal sentiment.
	increased respect for the papacy.
	occurred without the approval of the French monarchy.
	increased German influence among the cardinals.

11 The Great Schism of 1378-1415 showed evidence of a:

	coming Protestant separation from the Catholic Church.
	declining significance of Christianity in Europe.
	growing national consciousness even in religious affairs.
	rising tide of class struggle even in religious affairs.

12 Dante's Divine Comedy was written:

	in Latin, which remained the language of church, state and literature.
	to justify the pope's right to be a secular ruler.
	during his period of excommunication by the pope.
	during his political exile from his native city Florence.

13 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales did not:

	criticize the lax morals of church officials.
	rely on a variety of stories and tales to entertain.
	establish the linguistic basis for modern English.
	call into question the sainthood of Thomas of Canterbury.

14 Which 14th century painter's work represents a break with medieval artistic practices?

	Giotto
	Boccaccio
	Michelangelo
	da Vinci

15 The mechanical clock of the fourteenth century:

	based its measurements of time on ecclesiastical offices.
	was not capable of striking on the hour every hour.
	was first publicly installed on Saint Peter's Church in Rome.
	was hardly known outside monasteries where it kept the holy hours.