Western Civilization I

1. Boethius:

Wrote The Consolation of Philosophy, a Neoplatonic text.

Translated Organon, the "Tool" of Aristotelian logic.

Was a Roman scholar who lived from 480 - 525

All of the Above

2. The Annales :

Are love lyrics written by Catullus about his unfaithful mistress.

Espouses Lucretius' epicurean worldview.

Covered 1000 years of the history of Rome, as written by Ennius

Were declared heretical by Gregory I

3. Who opposes Henry the II's trial of churchmen in lay courts?

Thomas a` Becket

Girolamo Savonarola

Alfred the Great

Leo X

4. Which is associated with the Battle of Crecy ?

During the Hundred Year's War, longbowmen halt the charges of knights, heralding the end of chivalric warfare.EF

Louis the Pious is forced to divide his empire between Charles the Bald, Lothair, and Louis the German.

Edward the Black Prince captures John II Valois and takes him prisoner.

Philip IV the fair destroys the Knights Templar.

Answer C also happens during the 100 years war, but it describes the Battle of Poitiers.

Explanation

Answer C also happens during the 100 years war, but it describes the Battle of Poitiers.

5. Plautus and Terence, who influenced Shakespeare, were:

Greek Tragedians

Roman Comedians

Frankish Demagogues

Morality Playwrights.

6. The Greek tragedian who wrote moral and religious plays focusing on the vice of hubris in which individuals call down nemesis, was:

Aeschylus

Aristarchus

Aristotle

Aristophanes

7. What was the result of the Battle of Mohacs in 1526?

Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths, overthrows Odoacer.

Richard the III of York is defeated.

Suleiman the Magnificant captures Serbia and Hungary.

Pepin the Short overthrows the Merovingians.

8. Which Pope allows Johann Tetzel to raise money for St. Peter's Basilica by the sales of indulgences?

Pope Alexander III

Pope Leo X

Pope Innocent III

Pope Boniface VIII

9. All of the following are true about the Council of Constance EXCEPT:

It condemns Huss and Wycliffe, who are critical of the the church hierarchy.

It elects Martin V as pope, who reigns from 1417-1431.

It came about as a result of the conciliar movement.

10. Which Ordinal number and description of the crusade are incorrectly paired?

3rd - Richard the Lion-hearted of England kills over 2,000 Muslims at acre but cannot regain Jerusalem.

5th - Crusaders raid Zara and sack Constantinople in order to pay Venetians for passage.

7th - This crusade is caled off when Louis IX, who is attempting to conquer Tunisia, dies.

1st - Four feudal states are carved out by the conquest and massacre of Jerusalem by Frankish demagogues.

The Crusaders raid Zara and sack Constantinople during the fourth crusade, not the fifth.

Explanation

The Crusaders raid Zara and sack Constantinople during the fourth crusade, not the fifth.

11. Gattamelata is an equestrian statue by:

Giotto

Donatello

Leonardo

Michelangelo

12. The Old Babylonian Dynasty disintegrated around 1600 BC after it was attacked by the:

Amorites

Hurrians from Mitanni

Hittites and Kassites

The Sumerians of the Third Dynasty of Ur

13. Which one of these people has nothing to do with the third crusade?

Saladin, Prince of Egypt

Philip II Augustus

Frederick I Barbarossa

Louis IX of France

14. The Synod of Whitby partially occured because:

The double monastary of Benedictine monks needed to protect themselves from the Vikings.

St. Columba from Ireland converts the Picts and Augustine of Canterbury converts the Anglo-Saxons.

Latin practices did not allow for individualized rites at Easter, which the Ionans, or Celts, accepted.

The town of Munster had been seized and established as a theocracy called New Zion.

Answer D describes actions by the anabaptist John of Leiden, who was executed in 1536. The Synod of Whitby occurred in 664.

Explanation

Answer D describes actions by the anabaptist John of Leiden, who was executed in 1536. The Synod of Whitby occurred in 664.

15. The Edict of Milan:

Grants Calvinists the freedom to worship

Reverses the persecution of the Christians by the previous emperor Diocletian.

Challenges the power of the state and forces emperor Theodosius to do public penance.

Condemned the teaching of monophysitism, which holds that Jesus is divine but not human.

16. During this period in Egypt, the pharaohs' control weakened and the nomarchs fought among themselves for supremacy in a series of civil wars, which led to widespread famine.

Old Kingdom (2700 - 2200 BCE)

First Intermediate Period (2200 - 2050 BCE)

Middle Kingdom (2050 - 1700 BCE)

Second Intermediate Period (1700-1550 BCE)

17. Almagest was a book of:

Medicine, written by Galen

Geocentric theory, written by Ptolemy

Speeches, by Cicero

Historical monographs, by Appianus

18. All of the following were members of the Ottomans, a Turkish dynasty established around 1300, except:

Suleiman the Magnificent

Mehmet II the Conqueror

Huran al-Rashid

Murad II Kodja

19. The First Diet of Speyer :

Results in the Lutheran Creed the Augsburg Confession

Names the Lutherans as "Protestants"

Gives Lutherans freedom to worship

Results in the organization of the Schmalkaldic League

20. Who wrote the first Latin novel The Golden Ass ?

Galen

Ptolemy

Apuleius

Macrobius

21. Cyrus the Great:

Adapted the alphabet to a more usable form.

Conquered the Near East by applying a rule of terror in which rebellious populations were deported.

Led the Persians in an uprising against the Medes.

United the small kingdoms of warriors that made up his eastern Mediterranean homeland.

22. Which council condemned Nestorius' teaching that human and divine natures of Jesus make him two persons?

None of the Below

Council of Chalcedon, 451

Council of Nicaea, 325

Council of Ephesus, 431

23. Who is defeated at Legano?

Frederick I Barbarossa of the Hohenstaufens

The alliance of North Italian Cities called the Lombard League

Emperor Romulus Augustus

Attila of the Huns

for choice D, Attila is stopped at Chalons during his invasion of Gaul.

Explanation

for choice D, Attila is stopped at Chalons during his invasion of Gaul.

24. Hugh Capet:

Is forbidden to invade England by Pope Innocent III

Seizes Normandy from King John

Seizes the French title from the Carolingians

All of the above

A and B describe Philip II Augustus, who is also a Capetian, just later.

Explanation

A and B describe Philip II Augustus, who is also a Capetian, just later.

Western Civilization I

1. Boethius:

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. The Annales :

3. Who opposes Henry the II's trial of churchmen in lay courts?

4. Which is associated with the Battle of Crecy ?

5. Plautus and Terence, who influenced Shakespeare, were:

6. The Greek tragedian who wrote moral and religious plays focusing on the vice of hubris in which individuals call down nemesis, was:

7. What was the result of the Battle of Mohacs in 1526?

8. Which Pope allows Johann Tetzel to raise money for St. Peter's Basilica by the sales of indulgences?

9. All of the following are true about the Council of Constance EXCEPT:

10. Which Ordinal number and description of the crusade are incorrectly paired?

11. Gattamelata is an equestrian statue by:

12. The Old Babylonian Dynasty disintegrated around 1600 BC after it was attacked by the:

13. Which one of these people has nothing to do with the third crusade?

14. The Synod of Whitby partially occured because:

15. The Edict of Milan:

16. During this period in Egypt, the pharaohs' control weakened and the nomarchs fought among themselves for supremacy in a series of civil wars, which led to widespread famine.

17. Almagest was a book of:

18. All of the following were members of the Ottomans, a Turkish dynasty established around 1300, except:

19. The First Diet of Speyer :

20. Who wrote the first Latin novel The Golden Ass ?

21. Cyrus the Great:

22. Which council condemned Nestorius' teaching that human and divine natures of Jesus make him two persons?

23. Who is defeated at Legano?

24. Hugh Capet: