History 101: Western Civilization The Late Middle Ages:  Study Questions

2. Among the economic problems during the late Middle Ages was/were
a. decrease in agricultural production
b. an overabundance of silver that caused prices to fall
c. lords and kings stopped fighting, thereby opening up western Europe to conquest from outsiders
d. all of the above

3. The carrier of the bubonic plague was
a. infected food
b. cats
c. fleas on rats
d. dead bodies killed in warfare

4. Flagellants were
a. military companies formed to fight in the later Crusades
b. a new order of monks
c. peasants who revolted against their lords
d. organized bands of religious zealots who whipped themselves

5. The peasant revolt in France may best be associated with the
a.  Lollards.
b.  Jacquerie.
c.  liberation of Orleans.
d.  Little Brothers.

6. Towns that experienced unrest in the 14th century included
a. Florence
b. Ghent
c. Paris
d. all of the above

7. The Hundred Years' War was fought between
a. Germany and Italy
b. Spain and Holland
c. France and England
d. Crusaders and Muslims

8. Which of the following was not an important battle of the Hundred Years' War?
a. Agincourt
b. Arc
c. Crecy
d. Poitiers

9. Which of the following is true about Joan of Arc?
a.  her story was thrilling, but her life had little impact on the French.
b.  in spite of her aristocratic birth, the peasants loved her.
c.  many believed that she was sent by God to help the French, but she never claimed that divine mission.
d.  she was imprisoned by the English.

10. Among the results of the Hundred Years' War was/were
a. a decline in the stature of the English Parliament
b. an increase in French nationalism
c. a rise in the standard of living of French peasants
d. all of the above

11. According to the authors of your text, the principal sign of the breakdown of the Late Middle Ages was
a.  the Hundred Years' War.
b.  widespread peasant rebellion.
c.  increasing problems facing the papacy.
d.  the end of the Cathars.

12. In his bull, Unam Sanctam, Pope Boniface VIII declared
a. his obedience to the German emperor
b. that the Church should pay taxes
c. his superiority to secular rulers
d. the Fourth Crusade

13. During the "Babylonian Captivity," the popes lived in
a. Rome
b. Constantinople
c. Paris
d. Avignon

14. One late medieval political theorist, Marsiglio of Padua, held that
a. the pope should rule all of Christendom
b. papal prerogatives must be maintained against the power of kings.
c. the state was independent from the so-called "higher authority" of Rome.
d. kings received their power from God.

15. From 1378 to 1417 there were two popes.  This is called the
a. Great Schism
b. House of Pain
c. Clericos Laicos
d. Double Indemnity

16. In the early 15th century Church councils were held at
a. Basel
b. London
c. Paris
d. all of the above

17. Followers of the English heretic John Wycliffe were called
a. Lutherans
b. Dosey-Does
c. Lollards
d. Cathars

18. The Bohemian heretic who advocated vernacular translation of the Bible was ___________________________.

19. Which philosophers argued that faith and reason were irreconcilable?
a. Anselm and Abelard
b. Adelard and Alcuin
c. Bernard of Clairvaux and Abbot Suger
d. Duns Scotus and William of Ockham

20. How did feudalism contribute to political liberty?
a. it placed obligations on kings as well as lords
b. by establishing some as bound serfs, feudalism allowed others to become lords
c. it provided for smooth relations with the Church
d. all of the above