HIEU 201 Quiz 11 The Flowering of Medieval Culture solutions complete answers

HIEU 201 Quiz 11 The Flowering of Medieval Culture solutions complete answers

 

According to the medieval worldview

          a. spirit and matter were the same substance.  

          b. a single set of laws for both the heavens and the earth operated in the medieval universe.  

          c. no separation existed between a realm of grace and an earthly realm.        

          d. sharp differences existed between a higher world of perfection and a lower world of imperfection.  

 

The geocentric theory held that

          a. all of the planets would eventually fall to the center of the universe, the earth.       

          b. a single giant sphere, containing the planets and the stars, revolved around a motionless earth.     

          c. seven transparent spheres, in which the seven planets were embedded, revolve around the motionless earth.   

          d. the earth, as the center of the system, had the most elevated and exalted place in the universe.

 

All of the following were true of university students EXCEPT they

          a. were infamous for their fighting, drinking, and gambling.     

          b. learned the habit of reasoned argument.     

          c. were forbidden from studying theology.       

          d. studied Latin translations of ancient texts.    

 

Roger Bacon

          a. studied optics as a purely mathematical problem.    

          b. rejected mathematical approaches to optics. 

          c. recommended dissection of the eyes of animals to better understand how light could be seen.       

          d. argued that there was no practical use for scientific information.

 

The condemnation of strict Aristotelianism in 1277

          a. was a blow to conservative theologians, who favored using the philosophies of Aristotle to support articles of faith. 

          b. was a result of following the argument of some teachers in Paris that Aristotle was right and Bible was wrong. 

          c. may have advanced science because it led to a re-examination of Aristotle's ideas.   

          d. set back the advance of science because it discouraged investigation of the natural world.

 

Saint Anselm (1033–1109) taught that God could

          a. be known through faith and through reason. 

          b. be known only through reason.       

          c. not be known.        

          d. be known only through faith.

 

Romanesque architecture

          a. replaced the Gothic as the dominant European style of architecture. 

          b. imitated ancient Roman structures with its use of massive walls to support rounded arches. 

          c. employed thin walls, so Romanesque structures could not be very large.     

          d. was light and airy with its lofty, vaulted ceilings and huge windows.

 

The French chansons de geste

          a. were written in Latin—reason why they only appealed to elites.       

          b. were epic poems of heroic deeds.    

          c. dealt with religious themes, like the story of Christ's birth.    

          d. were collections of humorous stories, to be told at banquets.         

 

The leading center for the study of Roman law in the Middle Ages was

          a. Paris. 

          b. Oxford.       

          c. Salerno.       

          d. Bologna.

 

The form of poetry known as courtly love

          a. explored the husband-wife relationship.      

          b. was not influenced by noblewomen themselves.      

          c. demonstrated the ways in which knights' devotion to women weakened their character and led to ruin.          

          d. expressed a changing attitude toward women by assigning noble ladies superior qualities of virtue. 

 

Gothic cathedrals gave expression to the medieval conception of

          a. an unknowable universe.     

          b. a chaotic universe.   

          c. a hierarchical universe.        

          d. an egalitarian universe.

 

The Divine Comedy describes Dante's journey through

          a. Persia and China.     

          b. the great courts of Europe.  

          c. hell, purgatory, and paradise. 

          d. the streets of Rome. 

 

According to medieval Christian theology,

          a. human beings occupied a position in the universe above the animals and below the angels. 

          b. knowledge was good for its own sake, apart from any religious considerations.      

          c. God had abandoned the human race because of its sinfulness, and all people were destined for damnation.          

          d. human beings occupied a spiritual position that was higher than the angels and next to God himself.          

 

All of the following contributed to the Twelfth-Century Awakening EXCEPT

          a. the revival of trade and the growth of towns.         

          b. the rejection of Islamic and Byzantine cultures.       

          c. the translation into Latin of ancient Greek works.     

          d. the imposing of more order and stability by kings and great lords.

 

The Song of Roland

          a. is a masterpiece of English literature by Geoffrey Chaucer.    

          b. featured Charlemagne and expressed the feudal ethic of loyalty and devotion.        

          c. contained the tales of King Arthur and his fabled Round Table.

 

In Sic et Non, Peter Abelard (1079–1142) demonstrated that

          a. the inconsistencies in the teachings of church fathers prevented any further study on the basis of reason.          

          b. all church teachings were consistent with one another.       

          c. there were inconsistencies in the way the church fathers resolved spiritual issues, but these could be resolved through dialectical reasoning. 

          d. the inconsistencies in the teachings of the church fathers prevented any future study on the basis of revelation.       

 

Scholastic philosophy was a product of

          a. the desire to refute articles of faith by the application of Aristotelian thought.        

          b. the church's rejection of reason as an appropriate means for attaining any kind of knowledge.       

          c. an attempt to reconcile classical reason and Christian faith and to make Aristotelian philosophy acceptable to church leaders.       

          d. a rejection of Aristotle's works because they were derived from Muslim sources.

 

________ created the impetus theory, which marked an advance over Aristotle's air-engine.

          a. Maimonides  

          b. Albert the Great      

          c. Jean Buridan 

          d. Robert Grosseteste

 

In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries

          a. the emphasis on theology in the universities prevented the study of science. 

          b. the absence of translations of ancient Greek scientific works and of Arabic commentaries inhibited scientific study.   

          c. a genuine scientific movement developed as scholars began to examine nature directly.      

          d. science overtook theology as the dominate scholarly activity in universities.

 

Thomas Aquinas believed that in the relationship between faith and reason

          a. the Scriptures were the products of rational thought, and the idea of revelation was a Muslim heresy.          

          b. reason was a worthless tool for understanding truth and should be abandoned by the faithful.       

          c. there could never be any real contradictions between the two; contradictions were only apparent, not actual.          

          d. faith must give way to reason, especially in matters concerning the natural world.