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High Middle Ages - Ahs 8.4
Test Description: Medieval Learning and Culture Flourish
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Muslims scholars translated the works of Aristotle and other Greeks into Arabic. Muslims in Spain translated these classic manuscripts into ____________, the language of European scholars.
A
Latin
B
French
C
Spanish
D
English
2) What is the method that uses reason to support Christian beliefs?
A
stoicism
B
religionism
C
scholasticism
D
optimism
3) Who was the most famous Christian scholastic that proved that faith and reason existed in harmony?
A
Pope John Paul II
B
Aristotle
C
Thomas Aquinas
D
Dante Aligieri
4) During the middle ages, authors began writing in the __________, or everyday language of ordinary people.
A
Latin
B
cursive
C
slang
D
vernacular
5) Which author wrote an Italian classic poem of heaven, hell, and purgatory called the Divine Comedy?
A
Thomas Aquinas
B
Dante Alighieri
C
Geoffrey Chaucer
D
William Shakespeare
6) What is the title of Geoffrey Chaucer's epic poem about English medieval life?
A
The Raven
B
Life in England During the Middle Ages
C
Song of Roland
D
The Canterbury Tales
7) What was a feature of Gothic architecture that helps support large cathedrals?
A
flying buttresses
B
large columns
C
castle beams
D
rounded domes
8) Which is NOT a feature made possible by flying buttresses in Gothic architecture?
A
higher walls with high ceilings
B
massive stained-glass windows that brightened cathedrals
C
thinner walls
D
low ceilings with unlit, gloomy hallways
9) Which is NOT an artform popular in the Gothic period?
A
frescoes and cave art
B
religious paintings
C
woven wall hangings
D
stained glass
10) Decorating books and book covers was another artform during the Gothic period. This artform is called _________.
A
illumination
B
decoration
C
adoration
D
mosaic stenciling
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