Medieval Quiz 4
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This quiz will test your knowledge of important concepts, events and people in Chapter 14, sections 4 and 5 of your Holt World History text
- 1.Vernacular literature
- A.
Was written for the educated elite
- B.
Was written in Latin
- C.
Was written in the language of everyday speech that varied from place to place
- D.
Was used in special Church ceremonies
- 2.An example of a medieval national epic poem was
- A.
King Arthur
- B.
Reynard the Fox
- C.
Song of Roland
- D.
The Divine Comedy
- 3.Medieval troubadours mostly sang about
- A.
Love and romance
- B.
War and violence
- C.
National heroes
- D.
God
- 4.Dante wrote his Tuscan dialect, and is now known as the "Father of _______language"
- A.
English
- B.
Italian
- C.
French
- D.
German
- 5.This educational institution was developed in the High Middle Ages by teachers who established guild with their students
- A.
Elementary school
- B.
High School
- C.
University
- D.
Trade school
- 6.The works of famous Greek and Roman philosophers were preserved and passed to Europeans by
- A.
Muslims
- B.
Chinese
- C.
Africans
- D.
Vikings
- 7.Medieval "Scholasticism" is an attempt to bring what 2 things together?
- A.
Latin and the vernacular
- B.
Faith and reason
- C.
Science and art
- D.
Teachers and students
- 8.During the High Middle Ages the main form of art was
- A.
Oil painting
- B.
Sculpture
- C.
Illuminated manuscripts
- D.
Church architecture
- 9.All are part of "Gothic" architecture EXCEPT
- A.
Large stained glass windows
- B.
High, thin walls supported by "flying buttresses"
- C.
Heavy domed stone roofs with small windows
- D.
Pointed arches and tall spires
- 10.The Hundred Years War was a series of military conflicts between
- A.
England and Italy
- B.
England and France
- C.
Italy and France
- D.
England and Scotland
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