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GCSE Medieval Medicine Quiz
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1
True or False - The Crusaders brought back herbs and medical ideas from the Middle-East
False
True
2
What was incense used for in a church?
To purify the air
To make it smell nice
To dispel evil spirits
It was part of a religious ritual
3
Why was it named the Black Death?
Black liquid would seep from the buboes
Black rats carried the disease
Black buboes would appear under the armpits and in the groin
It was a dark and frightening time for people
4
Why was Germs the answer to question 10?
Because germ theory had not been invented
Because the other three were religious beliefs.
Because people knew that disease was spread by dirty water.
Because it just was alright!
5
What's the name of the 13th century military surgeon who challenged Galen's medical practices?
Henri de VIII
Henri de Hoover
Henri de Mondeville
Henri de Montefort
6
What does 'humours' mean?
Procedures
Jokes
Seasons
Liquids
7
Approximately what percentage of the population died in England?
50%
40%
20%
10%
8
What was self-flagellation
To deny oneself food during times of plague
Where one would whip oneself
A condition caused by eating too many beans
A special religious ceremony performed by monks for healing
9
What does purging mean?
To cleanse the air
To get rid of evil thoughts
To pray to God in the hope of a cure
To get rid of bad humours by emptying bowels or being sick
10
Which roles in medieval medicine could women do? Identify the correct one.
midwives, physicians, surgeons
midwives, physicians, surgeons herbalists and carers
midwives, physicians, herbalists and carers
midwives, surgeons, herbalists and carers
11
Approximately, what percentage of hospitals actually cured the sick?
15%
5%
20%
10%
12
Which invention in the middle-ages improved communications?
The printing press
The ink pen
the bicycle
The postal service
13
True or false - Galen's ideas were accepted by the Church because he believed in a soul
True
False
14
What is the common name of this picture
The dying man
The wound man
The diseased man
The magic man
15
In which year did the Black Death first appear in England?
1350
1347
1348
1349
16
how did Galen demonstrate that the brain controlled the body?
He proved it through his theory of the 4 humours
He cut the nerve endings of a live pig
He dissected a human to show the nervous system.
He performed dissections on numerous monkeys.
17
True or false - there was a lot of change in medicine during the middle -ages
False
True
18
What is the name of the more deadly form of the Black Death
Trumonic Plague
Tubonic Plague
Pnuemonic Plague
Bubonic Plague
19
True or false - People believed that leprosy was only spread through very close contact
False
True
20
What was the main role of a monk in medieval hospitals?
To support the physician
To heal the sick
To give medical advice
To pray for the soul of the sick
21
Which is the odd one out?
God
Germs
Miasma
Superstition
22
Another name for a leper house was...
A lazy house
A lazar house
A laser house
A Liza house
23
How many hospitals were built in Baghdad by 1100?
5
20
60
100
24
What medieval procedure does the image show?
Surgery
Blood letting
Purging
Tattooing
25
What was the main role of a nun in medieval hospitals?
To translate books by Galen and Hippocrates
To provide support for the physician
To pray for the soul of the sick
To care for the sick
26
Who was Hippocrates?
A Greek Surgeon
A Medieval Monk
A Roman Doctor
A Greek Doctor
27
Galen was a Greek Doctor during which period?
Medieval
Ancient Rome
Ancient Greece
Anglo-Saxon
28
True or false - mercury, although toxic, was used in medieval medicine
False
True
29
Why might a doctor look at a star chart before diagnosing a patient?
Because this was one of Galen's recommendations
Because he needed an accurate reading of the the humours
Because believed the alignments of planets effected health
Because he was insane
30
True or false - people thought the Black Death was caused by God, non-Christians, corrupted air
True
False
