HIEU 201 Chapter 11 Quiz

HIEU 201 CHAPTER 11 QUIZ

All of the following were true of university students EXCEPT they
    a. were infamous for their fighting, drinking, and gambling.    

    b. studied Latin translations of ancient texts.    

    c. learned the habit of reasoned argument.    

    d. were forbidden from studying theology.

The geocentric theory held that
    a. all of the planets would eventually fall to the center of the universe, the earth.    

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

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

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

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

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

Saint Anselm (1033–1109) taught that God could
    a. be known only through faith.    

    b. be known only through reason.    

    c. not be known.    

    d. be known through faith and through reason.

The condemnation of strict Aristotelianism in 1277
    a. set back the advance of science because it discouraged investigation of the natural world.    

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

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

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

Roger Bacon
    a. recommended dissection of the eyes of animals to better understand how light could be seen.    

    b. studied optics as a purely mathematical problem.    

    c. rejected mathematical approaches to optics.    

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

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

    b. Bologna.    

    c. Oxford.    

    d. Salerno.

The French chansons de geste
    a. dealt with religious themes, like the story of Christ's birth.    

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

    c. were epic poems of heroic deeds.    

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

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

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

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

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

The Divine Comedy describes Dante's journey through
    a. the streets of Rome.    

    b. the great courts of Europe.    

    c. hell, purgatory, and paradise.    

    d. Persia and China.

Gothic cathedrals gave expression to the medieval conception of
    a. a hierarchical universe.    

    b. a chaotic universe.    

    c. an egalitarian universe.    

    d. an unknowable universe.

The form of poetry known as courtly love
    a. demonstrated the ways in which knights' devotion to women weakened their character and led to ruin.    

    b. was not influenced by noblewomen themselves.    

    c. explored the husband-wife relationship.    

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

The Song of Roland
    a. featured Charlemagne and expressed the feudal ethic of loyalty and devotion.    

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

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

All of the following contributed to the Twelfth-Century Awakening EXCEPT
    a. the imposing of more order and stability by kings and great lords.    

    b. the rejection of Islamic and Byzantine cultures.    

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

    d. the translation into Latin of ancient Greek works.

According to medieval Christian theology,
    a. knowledge was good for its own sake, apart from any religious considerations.    

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

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

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

Scholastic philosophy was a product of
    a. an attempt to reconcile classical reason and Christian faith and to make Aristotelian philosophy acceptable to church leaders.    

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

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

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

In Sic et Non, Peter Abelard (1079–1142) demonstrated that
    a. there were inconsistencies in the way the church fathers resolved spiritual issues, but these could be resolved through dialectical reasoning.    

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

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

    d. all church teachings were consistent with one another.

Thomas Aquinas believed that in the relationship between faith and reason
    a. faith must give way to reason, especially in matters concerning the natural world.    

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

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

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

In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
    a. a genuine scientific movement developed as scholars began to examine nature directly.    

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

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

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

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

    b. Robert Grosseteste    

    c. Albert the Great    

    d. Jean Buridan