Arts And Culture An Introduction To The Humanities Combined Volume 4th Edition By Janetta – Test Bank

Chapter 11: Early Middle Ages and the Romanesque

Multiple Choice
1. Marie de France best known for her __________.
A. lais
B. romance
C. poems
D. medieval dramas
E. mystery plays
Answer: A
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2. The __________ are not an Anglo-Saxon tribe.
A. Angles
B. Jutes
C. Saxons
D. Celts
E. all of the above
Answer: D
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3. The earliest monastic guidelines were provided by __________.
A. St. Augustine
B. St. Francis of Assisi
C. St. Thomas Aquinas
D. St. Benedict
E. Hildegard of Bingen
Answer: D
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4. __________ contains the texts of the four gospels in Latin.
A. Book of Kells
B. Caedmon’s Hymn
C. Song of Roland
D. Ecclesiastical History of the English People
E. Winchester Psalter
Answer: A
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5. To __________ was the chief purpose of a pilgrimage.
A. play the games of childhood
B. allow for religious expression
C. help the sick and the destitute
D. allow people to join a community of believers
E. worship relics of the saints
Answer: E
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6. A(n) __________ contains the items for veneration that pilgrims came to view.
A. cathedral
B. reliquary
C. baptistery
D. campanile
E. ambulatory
Answer: B
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7. __________ is the oldest extant Old English poem.
A. Caedmon’s Hymn
B. The Book of Kells
C. Beowulf
D. Song of Roland
E. Canterbury Tales
Answer: A
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8. __________ is the pilgrimage church that offers a solution to the problem of obtaining direct light in the nave.
A. Saint-Martin, Tours
B. Saint-Martial, Limoges
C. Sainte-Madeleine, Vézelay
D. Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
E. Pisa Baptistery
Answer: C
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9. A characteristic form of painting, some of the only ones to survive in good condition from the Early Medieval era, are called __________.
A. copes
B. madrigals
C. chasubles
D. illuminated manuscripts
E. cabochons
Answer: D
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10. That __________ was the basic ideal of a medieval monastery.
A. the monastery should be self-sufficient
B. the monastery was a place for prayer, not for living
C. the monastery was suited to the needs of the congregation, not the monks
D. every monastery should be exactly the same
E. buildings should be lavish and proclaim the wealth of the monastic order
Answer: A
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11. The tympanum at Vezelay (fig. 11.13) portrays the __________.
A. Birth of Jesus
B. Last Judgment
C. Mission of the Apostles
D. Apocalypse
E. Acts of the Saints
Answer: C
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12. The greatest of the Anglo-Saxon Germanic epics is __________.
A. Caedmon’s Hymn
B. The Book of Kells
C. Beowulf
D. Song of Roland
E. Lindisfarne Gospels
Answer: C