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THE RISE OF MEDIEVAL CULTURE

I. Multiple Choice (1 point each)

1. Upon what earlier model did Charlemagne base his administration and decrees?

a) Greece
b) Rome
c) Islam
d) Persia

2. Who was an important Anglo-Saxon scholar at Charlemagne’s court in Aachen?

a) Harun al-Rashid
b) Benedict
c) The Honorable Bede
d) Alcuin of York

3. Who was the author of the most famous “Rule” in western monasticism?

a) Roswitha
b) Saint Benedict of Nursia
c) Saint Francis of Assisi
d) Hildegard of Bingen

4. What was the Divine Office?

a) The order of the Mass

b) The schedule of monastic worship
c) The position of the Bishop
d) The position of Priest

5. Who was Hildegard of Bingen?

a) A pagan heretic
b) A mythical heroine
 c) A Benedictine nun
d) The mother of Charlemagne

6. What type of chant grew out of the Roman musical tradition?

a) Benedictine Chant
b) Gregorian Chant
c) Mozarabic Chant
d) Ambrosian Chant

7. What is a melisma?

a) an evening prayer
b) an elaborate morning worship service
c) a single, sustained musical pitch
d) an intricate series of musical notes

8. Why can early medieval drama be described as “liturgical drama”?

a) It was based on religious themes.

b) It was performed in the cathedral.
c) It was performed at the monastery.
d) It was performed during Mass.

9. Who supported the fourteenth-century cycle of plays popular on feast day festivals
during the Middle Ages?

a) Local governments
b) craft and merchant guilds
c) the Catholic Church
d) Charlemagne

10. Who wrote The Conversion of the Harlot Thais?

a) Charlemagne
b) Hildegard von Bingen
c) Roswitha
d) Harun al-Rashid

11. What is the importance of Theophilus in the history of literary themes?

 a) It introduces the Faustian theme to German literature.
b) It marks a return to the literary themes of Classical Greece.
c) It marks of return to the literary themes of the Roman Republic.
d) It explores themes of human sexuality in a progressive manner.

12. What was the primary purpose of a reliquary?

a) It served as a place to bury the dead.

b) It served as a center for worship.
c) It served as a repository for sacred objects.
d) It housed literary and scholarly manuscripts.

13. What is the oldest and most famous of the chansons de geste?

a) Everyman
b) The Song of Roland
c) Quem Queritis
d) The Romance of the Rose

14. Who were the jongleurs?

a) jurists
b) court musicians
c) traveling minstrels
d) judges

15. What was the principal material used for manuscripts in the Middle Ages?

a) tapestry
b) papyrus
c) parchment
d) wax tablets

16. What is an “illuminated” book?

a) A compilation of religious teachings

b) A lavishly decorated book
c) A book written by a scholar of Greek philosophy
 d) A book thought to have been directly inspired by the word of God

17. What illuminated book is considered the literary masterpiece of the Carolingian
Renaissance?

a) The Dagulf Psalter

b) The Quadrivium
c) The Book of Hours
d) The Utrecht Psalter

18. What was Carolingian minuscule?

a) A scale-model design for a house of worship

b) A small, portable manuscript
c) A common type of illuminated book
d) A precise and rounded form of calligraphy

19. In what town did Charlemagne build his palace and royal chapel?

a) Aachen
b) Poitiers
c) Roncesvalles
d) Rome

20. What was the most important relic in Charlemagne’s chapel?

a) The staff of Saint Peter

b) The cape of Saint Martin
c) The crown of Charlemagne
d) The headstone of Saint Augustine

21. What was the name of the most important style of architecture between 1000 and 1150?

a) Neo-Classical
b) Romanesque
c) Gothic
d) Classical

22. What were two characteristics of the architecture between 1000 and 1150?
 a) domed ceilings and lack of external decoration
b) marble passageways and Corinthian columns
c) spiral staircases and flying buttresses
d) heavy stone arches and elaborate external sculpture

23. What is the name for the semicircular space above the doors on a Romanesque church?

a) trumeau
b) tympanum
c) ambulatory
d) mandorla

24. What is the subject of the Bayeux Tapestry?

a) Beowulf’s battle with Grendel

b) The Norman Invasion of England in 1066
c) The Battle of Roncesvalles in 778
d) The Rule of Saint Benedict

25. What material was often used for the covers for medieval books?

a) mosaics
b) tapestry
c) ivory
d) gold

II. Short Answer Questions (3 points each)

1. What were the important economic developments of Charlemagne’s reign?

2. Why was Charlemagne’s “palace school” at Aachen important?

 3. What were the important requirements of the monastic life as set forth by Saint
Benedict?

4. How did the Quem Queritis trope affect the development of western drama?

5. What are the themes of the morality play Everyman?

III. Key Terms (1 point each)

1. _______________________Singing without instrumental accompaniment

2. _______________________Latin for “plainsong” or “plainchant”
3. _______________________Grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic
4. _______________________A social structure of landowners and serfs
5. _______________________Location of Charlemagne’s palace school
6. _______________________Chanson de geste about Charlemagne’s Spanish campaign
7. _______________________Symbols used for notation in Gregorian chant
8. _______________________The room used by monks for the copying of manuscripts
 9. _______________________The covered interior gardens and walkways in a monastery
10. _______________________A book of psalms

Chapter 9 – TEST Answer Key

I. Multiple Choice

1. b
2. d
3. b
4. b
5. c
6. b
7. d
8. a
9. b
10. c
11. a
12. c
13. b
14. c
15. c
16. b
17. c
18. d
19. a
20. b
21. b
22. d
23. b
24. b
25. c

II. Short Answer Questions

1. Charlemagne’s reign saw the establishment of the denier as the standard coin,
vigorous trade and commerce, annual trade fairs and expanded trade with Jewish
merchants.
 2. The establishment of Charlemagne’s “palace school” at Aachen brought together
some of the brightest scholars of the period, increased literacy throughout the
kingdom, and led to the establishment of a standard curriculum (The Seven Liberal
Arts) and systemized pedagogy.

3. Saint Benedict of Nursia was the author of the “Rule” in western monasticism. The
requirements of a monastic life were to live a communal life under a chosen abbot, to
live in poverty, chastity, and stability, and to live a life of prayer, work, and study.

4. The Quem Quaeritis trope is the point where the dialogue elements developed with
the exchange between the angels and the Marys. From this starting point, over time
additional words (not exclusively in the Bible) and characters were inserted. This
evolved into short liturgical dramas which eventually developed into western drama.

5. The main themes of the play are that life is a pilgrimage, that death is inevitable, and
that man’s willingness to learn, act, and convert make the difference between
salvation and damnation.

III. Key Terms

1. A cappella
2. Cantus planus
3. Trivium
4. Feudalism
5. Aachen
6. The Song of Roland
7. Neum
8. Scriptorium
9. Cloister
10. Psalter