What resulted from the Battle of Adrianople?

The Germanic invasion of the West

What is a characteristic of early medieval Western books?

Made from vellum or parchment and often other costly materials

What description of medieval feudalism in Europe is true?

It involved the exchange of land for military service

What was a goal of the Crusades?

To rescue Jerusalem from the Muslims

Which of the following was NOT among the landmarks of Tang and Song China?

The creation of a simplified Chinese writing system

Which of the following statements about twelfth-century troubadours is FALSE?

They were usually of lowly birth

What was a feature in the tradition of medieval courtly love?

Women were objects of reward for the performance of brave deeds

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1
What resulted from the Battle of Adrianople?
A lasting alliance between Roman and Germanic peoples
The Germanic invasion of the West
The Germanic tribes were kept out of the West
The Roman emperor was replaced with a Germanic one
2
Which of the following was NOT essential to the medieval synthesis
Germanic culture
Roman culture
Christian culture
Chinese culture
3
From where did medieval liturgical drama originate?
Troubadour poetry
Instrumental music
Greek tragedy
Embellishment of the Mass
4
8th century landmark work, features interlace design, a unique pattern seen often in Germanic art from this era?
The Song of Roland
Beowulf
Book of Kells
Diamond Sutra
5
What is a characteristic of early medieval Western books?
Simple and unadorned
Prepared and designed by laypeople
Made from vellum or parchment and often other costly materials
Machine decorated and ornamented
6
What was the primary subject of a chanson de geste?
The social happenings of an aristocratic court
Illicit romance
Heroic deeds
The pleasures of rural life
7
What description of medieval feudalism in Europe is true?
It involved the exchange of land for military service
It was modeled on that of Japan
It lasted only through the reign of Charlemagne
It allowed serfs to own a small amount of property
8
What was a goal of the Crusades?
To save the younger sons of the feudal nobility
To rescue Jerusalem from the Muslims
To hurt the economy of Italy
Religious freedom for all worshippers
9
The Bayeux Tapestry recorded which historical event?
The ambush at the "Gate of Spain"
The Fourth Crusade
The coronation of Charlemagne
The Norman Conquest of England
10
What were games of combat imitating medieval warfare called?
Jousts
Primogeniture
Investiture
Chivalry
11
What form did the landmark literature of the Germanic tribes take?
Troubadour poetry
Love songs
Comedic plays
Epics
12
What cultural aspect deeply influenced the intellectual elite of Tang and Song China?
The code of bushido
Confucian traditions
The Carolingian renaissance
Military imperialism
13
Which of the following was NOT among the landmarks of Tang and Song China?
The perfection of porcelain
Excellence in landscape painting
The creation of a simplified Chinese writing system
The use of gunpowder
14
What practice enjoyed a Golden Age during the Tang and Song eras?
Maritime expansion
Novel writing
Reformation of Chinese characters
Landscape painting
15
Which of the following statements about twelfth-century troubadours is FALSE?
They were usually of lowly birth
Their art was influenced by Arabic traditions
They accompanied their singing with the playing of a lute
Their songs often focused on passionate affection and physical pleasure
16
What work, considered the world's first novel, tells a detailed story of aristocratic daily life?
The Tale of Genji
The Diamond Sutra
Great Books of Song
A Solitary Temple Amid Clearing Peaks
17
The Battle of Hastings is famously recorded in what landmark work?
Bayeux Tapestry
Beowulf
The Song of Roland
The Song of the Nibelungs
18
What was a feature in the tradition of medieval courtly love?
Realistic portrayals of courtly behavior
Women were objects of reward for the performance of brave deeds
Elevated the warrior as the object of romantic desire
Involved an illicit affair between a noble woman and a lower-class man
19
On what did the Carolingian renaissance greatly depend?
The Crusades
Troubadours
Benedictine monasteries
Civil servants
20
Where were the world's first printed books produced?
Babylon
China
India
Japan
21
An important center of learning in Charlemagne's time was the palace-school at ______.
Lindisfarne
Novgorod
Hastings
Aachen
22
Japanese samurai abided by a warrior code known as ______.
Heian
Daoism
Bushido
Genji
23
Who was the medieval serf?
A literary monk
An unfree rural laborer
The vassal of a wealthy lord
A member of the fighting class

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