Humanities Midterm

23 August 2022
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which of the following was NOT essential to the medieval synthesis?
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chinese culture
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the landmark literature of the Germanic tribes took the form of
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it may be said of early medieval Western books that they were
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the first novel in world history was written by
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murasaki shikibu
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medieval feudalism in europe
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involved the exchange of land for military service
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the medieval serf was
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an unfree rural laborer
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the christian crusades
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which of the following statements about twelfth century troubadours is FALSE?
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they were usually of lowly birth
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the tradition of courtly love
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shaped modern concepts of gender
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medieval music-drama originated with the
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embellishment of the Mass
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according to medieval Catholic teachings, what was the intermediate realm where Christians were punished for repented sins that had not been expiated before their deaths?
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purgatory
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"Christendom" refers to
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christian community of the Middle Ages
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the most important of the seven sacraments and central ritual of the Mass is
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the Eucharist
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which of the following statements about medieval towns is FALSE
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by the twelfth century, the majority of Europeans lived in towns
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know the ways of the lord, also known as the Scivias, is a treatise written by
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Hildegard of Bingen
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the popular medieval drama Everyman is an example of a
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morality play
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which of the following was NOT a characteristic of Dantes Commedia
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latin prose
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in the commedia who guided Dante through hell
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virgil
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most gothic churches were dedicated to
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virgin mary
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the hymn that came to serve the Roman Catholic requiem during the Medieval era was
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"Dies irae"
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the black death killed
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1/3 of the population
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the magna carta was significant in
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the rise of constitutional monarchy in England
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the Hundred Years War was instigated y
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English claims to the French lands and crown
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the Great Schism refers to the
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rivalry between two contesting popes
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the new realism in the arts of the fourteenth century is found in the
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the first of the Classical humanists in the Age of the Renaissance, and the so-called "father of humanism" was
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Petrarch
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Botticellis landmark painting, the birth of venus
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reflects the revival of Classical themes in European art
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during the High Renaissance, the center of artistic productivity shifted from
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florence to rome
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the music of the Age of Renaissance
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the landmark significant of the protestant reformation was the fact that it
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shattered the religious unity of western christendom
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luther asserted that the key to salvation was
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faith
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which of the following was NOT associated with sixteenth-century Calvinism
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seperation of church and state
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which northern renaissance artist was reputed to have perfected oil painting in such works as his "arnolfini wedding"
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Jan van Eyck
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in the works of eramus, more, and cervantes, __________ is employed to great effect
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satire
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in mores ideal society, which he called "utopia"
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cooperation replaced competition and material greed
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the most popular of secular songs forms at the court of Elizabeth was the
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madrigal
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the printing press was effective in
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the writings of Erasmus and more, like the protestant reformation itself, reflect a concern with
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the exercise of Christian conscience
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luthers chorales were meant to be sung
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by the entire congregation