Quiz about middle ages.. anyone good with history plz help! (look inside)
 

Question 1 (1 point)
In the eleventh century, the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus asked Western Christians for help because
a. his subjects were pressuring him to reconnect with the Roman Catholic Church.
b. Constantinople had been captured by Islamic Turks.
c. his empire had suffered a defeat by the Seljuk Turks.
d. his own army was divided and in a civil war.





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Question 2 (1 point)
Henry IV stood barefoot in the snow waiting for Pope Gregory VII to forgive him at the
a. Lombard League
b. Abbey of St. Denis
c. Canterbury cathedral
d. Castle of Canossa





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Question 3 (1 point)
The Pope?s influence over Western Europe during the High Middle Ages was enabled by all of the following except
a. The importance of the papal court as a principal source of justice
b. Papal legislation through letters called ?decretals?
c. Frankish / Germanic customary laws and traditions
d. Councils held at Rome on a semi-regular basis





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Question 4 (1 point)
In return for granting a fief, a lord could expect
a. his vassal to come serve him militarily for a set number of days each year.
b. special fees on certain rare occasions, such as when his daughter was married or when his son became an adult.
c. hospitability from his vassals, should he and his entourage come to visit
d. All of the above





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Question 5 (1 point)
Which one of these statements about feudalism is false?
a. A vassal was allowed to swear homage to only one lord
b. The fief was the land held by the vassal on the condition that he would perform service to a lord
c. The homage ceremony solemnized the relationship between the lord and vassal
d. The vassal was expected to serve in his lord?s army





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Question 6 (1 point)
The Investiture Controversy ended in 1122 when a compromise with the pope was reached called the
a. Lombardy Agreement
b. Augsburg Confession
c. Fourth Lateran
d. Concordat of Worms





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Question 7 (1 point)
A serf could best be described as:
a. An agricultural slave owned by a lord and forced to work for the lord of the manor
b. A farmer tied permanently to the land and dependent upon the lord of the manor
c. A farmer who owns the land that he works on and owes no services to a lord.
d. All of the above





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Question 8 (1 point)
The power of the pope to remove people from the church was called __________.
a. investiture
b. ex cathedra
c. excommunication
d. interdiction





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Question 9 (1 point)
The term ____________ denotes the economic system of the manor and the condition of living of dependent medieval farmers.
a. Peasantry b. Manorialism c. Feudalism d. Allodialism





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Question 10 (1 point)
Pope ____________ called for a Crusade against the infidels in AD 1095 in response to a plea for help from the Byzantine Emperor.
a. Louis IX
b. John XXII
c. Urban II
d. Gregory VII





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Question 11 (1 point)
Charlemagne went to war with all of the following except for:
a. The Lombards
b. The Bavarian Tribes
c. The Byzantine Empire
d. The Saxon Kings





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Question 12 (1 point)
Einhard, the biographer of Charlemagne, imitated the literary style of the ancient author ____________
a. Tacitus
b. Plato
c. Thucydides
d. Suetonius





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Question 13 (2 points)
The following are statements about the Carolingian Renaissance. Two of them are true. Select the correct two answers.
a. 90% of surviving ancient literature survives in manuscripts produced during the Carolingian era
b. The Carolingian Renaissance was largely derivative and imitative and produced little innovative literature
c. It was during this period that universities were established across the kingdom of France
d. It produced small groups of men who could read and write in Greek, and who understood patristic theology





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Question 14 (1 point)
During the ninth and tenth centuries, western Europe suffered attacks by all of the following groups of invaders except
a. Huns
b. Vikings
c. Muslims
d. Magyars

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if it's any help i THINK the answer to question #9 is feudalism :winkwink:

1 d
2 d
3 c
4 a
5 a
6 b
7 not sure
8 a
9 c
10 c
11 a
12 b

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Here's my version, our answers are quite different but I double checked mine against Encarta and I read quie a bit about the middle ages and such. You should try reading this stuff it's quite amazing stuff.

1. c
2. d - this is referring to Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor not of England
3. c?
4. d
5. b
6. d
7. b
8. c
9. b
10. c
11. c
12. ok Einhard wrote one of the versions of Roland and studied with Alcuin the englishman, no idea about style
13. ?
14. a

c

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