Human 030 - The Beginnings of Civilization » Fall 2019 » Test 6

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Question #1
"The eldest son of an upper-class family inherited his father's fief under the principle of" WHAT?
A.   crenellations
B.   common law
C.   chanson de geste
D.   primogeniture
Question #2
According to Fiero, "as with other works in the oral tradition  (the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Iliad, for instance)," THIS "is grandiose in its demension and profound in its lyric power.  Its rugged Old French verse describes a culture that prized the performance of heroic deeds that brought honor to the warrior, his lord and his religion."  What is this work?
A.   The Song of Roland
B.   the King Author stories
C.   Beowulf
D.   the Divine Comedy
Question #3
According to Fiero, this tradition "contributed to shaping modern Western concepts of gender and courtship.  It also worked to define the romantic perception of woman as objects, particularly objects of reward for the performance of brave deeds."  What is the tradition?
A.   Greek drama
B.   jongleurs
C.   courtly love
D.   the morality play
Question #4
Fiero writes "Carolingian copyists rejected the Roman script, which lack punctuation and spaces between words, in favor of a neat, uniform writing style know as the" WHAT?
A.   The helvetica
B.   The hiragana
C.   The minuscule
D.   The jamiro
Question #5
What does Fiero claim is "the first monumental literary composition in a Eupopean vernacular language"?
A.   Dante's Divine Comedy
B.   The Iliad
C.   Beowulf
D.   Saint Augustine's Confessions
Question #6
What is "chain mail"?
A.   A rigging system, invented by the Vikings, to control the ships sails and take advantage of the wind.
B.   "a system where books are hand-drawn in an attempt to make exact copies"
C.   "a feudal postal system involving knights on horseback
D.   "flexible armor made of interlocking metal rings"
Question #7
According to Fiero, this type of medievel play "dramatised bibilical history from the fall of Lucifer to the Last Judgement."  What is this type of play?
A.   The miracle play
B.   The everyman play
C.   The troubadour plays
D.   The mystery play
Question #8
According to Fiero, what was Summa Theologica?
A.   "a vast compendium of virtually all of the major theological issues of the High Middle Ages"
B.   the collected name for the three epics: The Song of Nibelungen, the Song of Roland and Beowulf.
C.   a multivolume work that "distinguishes between the earthly city of humankind and the heavenly city that is the eternal dwelling place of the Christian soul."
D.   a "musical technique that involves two or more independent melodies; this term is often used interchangeably with 'polyphony'"
Question #9
In the Divine Comedy, Dante is "accompanied through Hell by" this "poet." Who is this poet?
A.   Virgil
B.   Horace
C.   Sappho
D.   Sophocles
Question #10
What is memento mori?
A.   "a sacred rite or pledge; in medieval Christianity, a visible sign (instiuted by Jesus Christ) of God's grace."
B.   "a warning of the closeness of death and the need to prepare for one's own death"
C.   "the excommunication of an entire city, district or state"
D.   "the free, unearned favor of God"
Question #11
What is Scholasticism?
A.   "the body of unwritten law developed primarily from judicial decisions based on custom and precedent; the basis of the English legal system and that of all states in the United States with the exception of Louisiana."
B.   "the study of the Old Testament"
C.   "a movement aimed at reconciling faith and reason
Question #12
Who was an abbess?
A.   Hildegard of Bingen
B.   Saint Francis
C.   Dante Alighieri
D.   Saint Augustine
Question #13
According to Fiero, "Musical instruments first appeared in religious music not for the purpose of accompanying songs, as with troubadour poems and folk epics, but to substitute for" THIS.  What is THIS?
A.   the hand clapping tradition developed by Franciscan monks
B.   the tradition of "sand dancing" first started by Benedictine monks
C.   the trained birds first started by Cistercian monks
D.   the human voice
Question #14
According to Fiero, "responsive to the combined influence of Germanic, Islamic and Byzantine arts, medieval painting styles were generally" THIS.  What is THIS?
A.   "realistic and literal"
B.   "allegorical or mythological"
C.   "abstract and symbolic"
D.   "quadripartite and sequential"
Question #15
According to Fiero, "Seventeenth-century Neoclassicists coined" THIS TERM "to codemn a [architectural] style they judged to be a 'rude and barbarous' alternative to the Classical style."  What is  this term?
A.   Palladian
B.   Greek Revival
C.   Romanesque
D.   Gothic
Question #16
According to Fiero, where were flying butresses first used?
A.   in the abbey of Jumièges in Rouen, France
B.   in the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris
C.   in the Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France
D.   in Sainte Chapelle in Paris, France
Question #17
Fiero writes that "the fusion of dogma and fantasy that characterises so much Romanesque sculpture must have mad a tremendous impact on" WHAT GROUP?
A.   "the cloistered monks of Sainte Chapelle"
B.   "the great percentage of people who could neither read nor write"
C.   "the cloistered monks of Notre Dame, Paris"
D.   "the lords and vassals who kept the feudal society under control"
Question #18
In architecture, what is a lintel?
A.   "the semicircular space within the arch of the portal
B.   "the arcaded passage between the nave aracde and the clerestory"
C.   "an almond-shaped halo"
D.   "a horizontal beam or stone that spans an opening"
Question #19
In music, what is a "counterpoint"?
A.   "tone color; the distinctive tone or quality of sound made by a voice or a musical instrument"
B.   "a musical technique that involves two or more independent melodies; the term is often used interchangeably with 'polyphony'"
C.   "an addition of words, music or both to Gregorian chants"
D.   "a Mass for the Dead; a solemn chant to honor the dead"
Question #20
What is a "powered pigmet that produces dry, flat surface color"?
A.   tempera
B.   acrylic
C.   grisaille
D.   trumeau
Question #21
What is the name of the tempera on wood piece and who painted this "late thirtheeth-century alterpiece" that depicts "the Virgin and Child elevated on a monumental seat that is both a throne and a tower"? 
A.   Annunciation by Simone Martini
B.   The Alba Madonna by Raphael
C.   Madonna del Latte by Ambrogio Lorenzetti
D.   Madona Enthroned by Cimabue
Question #22
With what is Abbot Suger most closely associated?
A.   gargoyle designs
B.   composing music for dance and secular entertainments
C.   The book of hours
D.   Stained  glass
Question #23
According to the Danteworlds website “Dante, under the guidance of”  HER, “completes his journey to the afterlife by leaving the earth and rising through the ten celestial heavens of the ancient cosmos.”
A.   Antigone
B.   Venus
C.   Beatrice
D.   Sappho
Question #24
According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art website(s) on Medieval art (link is in modules), what is a Spangenhelm?
A.   a counterweight
B.   a helmet
C.   a type of flying buttress
D.   food rations for soldiers in the Crusades
Question #25
The Danteworlds website explains that in the Divine Comedy, Virgil and Dante see”  HIM “seated off by himself, like a lion at rest attentively eyeing the travelers as they approach. He is proud and dignified but very affectionate with Virgil when he learns they are from the same city.”
A.   Johannes Scotus Eriugena
B.   Brethren of Purity
C.   Sophocles
D.   Sordello

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