(Summer 2023) Herman Ch. 12, 13

Question 1

10. Which of the platonic solids is the symbol of divine oneness and unity?

Accepted Answer

the cube

Question 2

Life is bound to be stormy for the virtuous man Boethius wrote. "In those rough waters, we want ­­­­­­___ on our bridge"

Accepted Answer

Socrates

Question 3

4. What was Bernard&#x27;s rationale for prefering faith over reason?

Accepted Answer

Augustine&#x27;s teaching that faith is superior to reason

Question 4

It wasn’t until the twelfth century and ____’s translation of 1187 that this crucial text finally entered the mainstream

Accepted Answer

Gerard of Cremona

Question 5

6. Who was St. Dionysius?

Accepted Answer

St. Dionysius, No one has a clue.

Question 6

Which additional member of the three retained in question #1 was left out of his nomination in his writings as the...

Accepted Answer

Socrates

Question 7

7. ___ ‘s famous “ontological proof” of the existence of God is a model of clarity and simplicity

Accepted Answer

Anselm

Question 8

11. Which of the platonic solids when tipped at a 45 degree angle produces a hexagon...

Accepted Answer

the cube

Question 9

demonstrated that by linking one valid syllogism to another regarding a single subject would lead to the highest truths

Accepted Answer

Aristotle

Question 10

4. Herman quotes Boetheius as saying: “This was the real Plato not the yeasty concoction of ___________.”

Accepted Answer

the Neoplatonists

Question 11

8. "The first Latin translation of Celestial Hierarchy" appeared at the court of Charles the Bald. Who authored it?

Accepted Answer

Pseudo-Dionysius

Question 12

3. Who was the acknowledged leader of Europe&#x27;s most dynamic new monastic order, the Cistercians?

Accepted Answer

Bernard

Question 13

5. Who wrote The Consolation?

Accepted Answer

Boethius

Question 14

The two adversaries at the Council of Sens held in the famous Sens Cathedral "a clash between innovation and tradition":

Accepted Answer

Bernard, Abelard

Question 15

9. Aristotle showed that every valid syllogism fits one of ______ basic patterns. His followers claimed to discover more

Accepted Answer

four

Question 16

7. Why is he called "Pseudo-Dionysius"?

Accepted Answer

It&#x27;s a case of "forged identity

Question 17

3. What, according to Boetheius, caused Plato’s Academy to close its doors after it had lasted for 900 years?

Accepted Answer

An executive order from the emperor Justinian

Question 18

9. 9. Who was the head of the famous Abby of Denis that launched a thoroughgoing architectural reform with the use of...

Accepted Answer

Abbot Sugar

Question 19

Which of the following was not among the three philosophers Boethius singled out as vital to our connection to our roots

Accepted Answer

Plotinus

Question 20

5. Who put the image of the Virgin Mary at the center of the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

Bernard

Question 21

8. “Berenger died in ________ and never earned a sainthood. Anselm, who died at Canterbury in 1109 did.”

Accepted Answer

1088

Question 22

2. What building does Herman refer to as "probably the first Gothic church"?

Accepted Answer

Sens Cathedral

Questions 22