Humanities II Test 2 – Flashcards
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The Benedictine abbey in the French city of ________ became a model for the revised and energized monastic tradition in the medieval West.
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Cluny
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Which of the following describes the purpose of a reliquary?
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an ornamental housing for important religious artifacts
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The medieval architects' return to cut stone (in the ancient Roman method) for vaulting in their expanded churches introduced the new ________ style.
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Romanesque
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The dividing point between an earthly city and the realm of God was clearly illustrated by which of the following parts of the medieval church?
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entrance portal
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Historiated capitals are found as an element of which of the following parts of the medieval church?
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columns
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In which of the following countries did the style of Gothic architecture begin?
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France
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The Gothic cathedral was firstly a church, but it also acted as the official administrative seat of a
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bishop
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The principal intercessor between God and the Christian believer is traditionally
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The Virgin Mary
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The first example of a true Gothic cathedral was the construction of ________ between 1122 and 1144.
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Saint Denis
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The flying buttress architectural feature was first employed at
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Notre Dame
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The stained-glass windows at Chartres are especially unique for their emphasis on which of the following colors?
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Blue
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The crowning example of the Gothic period in Europe was the
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Sainte Chappelle, Paris
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The chalky white plaster that formed the base layer for much medieval painting is called
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gesso
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Musical developments during the Early Middle Ages were almost exclusively the products of
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monasteries
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Hildegard of Bingen's Ordo virtutum is the earliest known ________ in Western history.
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morality play
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Which of the following are the correct events in Indian history that approximate the events of the Western Middle Ages in Europe?
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the end of the Gupta dynasty to the Mongol invasion of India
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The devotion of the upper-caste Hindu woman to her husband was dramatically expressed in ________, a custom by which the wife threw herself on the funeral pyre of her late husband.
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sati
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Today, approximately eighty-five percent of India's population is
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Hindu
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Which of the following correctly describes the major religion of India?
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unique in having no historical founder multiple gods are perceived as multiple aspects of the One god has no monolithic authority center or hierarchy All these answers are correct.
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According to the text, a direct interpersonal contact with the Hindu godhead can be achieved
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by gazing steadily at a visual representation.
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Which of the following are NOT members of the Hindu "trinity" as described in the text?
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Krishna
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Indian poetry makes use of several literary devices, such as the intentional similarity between vowel sounds, known as
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assonace
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The poetic language of ancient India is called
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Sanskrit
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The architectural ideal of the early Buddhist and Hindu temples was to represent which of the following?
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the sacred mountain
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A particular melodic sequence in traditional Indian music would be called
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raga
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The word ________ is used to describe music in the Indian language and means both "sound" and "rhythm."
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sangeeta
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The famous Venetian merchant that visited China in the thirteenth century was
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Marco Polo
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Under the rule of the ________ emperors from 618 C.E. to 907 C.E., China experienced a flowering of culture that was unmatched anywhere in the world.
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Tang
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The main route to official status in China throughout its long history has been
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the imperial examination system
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The text compares Chinese poetry to
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vocal music
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The death of Charles IV of France in 1328 ended the Capet line of monarchs and opened up claims to the French throne by
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the English
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The war that began as squabbling over the throne of Charles IV is now known as
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the Hundred Years War
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According to the text, the war was particularly effective in ending which of the following things?
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feudalism
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The relocation of the papacy from Rome to ________ is generally recognized as the beginning of the Great Schism.
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Avignon
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The act of selling church leadership positions to the highest bidder regardless of qualifications is called
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simony
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Which of the following cities produced the "third" pope at a 1409 ecumenical council designed to heal the Great Schism?
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Pisa
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Wycliffe and his band of followers were called which of the following?
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Lollards
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Where did the Black Death originate?
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in Asia where it was spread by the Mongols
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What specific part of the human anatomy did the Black Death affect?
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lymphatic system; lymph nodes
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In Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, where are the travelers going?
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Canterbury
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A painting or drawing technique that emphasizes gradations of light and shade upon the subject is called
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chiaroscuro
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The early, innovative composer of Church music who successfully unified the parts of the Mass into a single musical composition was
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Machaut
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The realistic sculptures of six Old Testament prophets surrounding a well was placed in the French monastery at Champmol by the master sculptor,
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Claus Sluter
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Which of the following people is considered the world's first feminist writer?
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Christine de Pisan
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In 1358, French peasants staged an angry protest known as ________ that took the lives of hundreds of noblemen before it was suppressed by the French king.
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the Jacquerie
