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-Trinity

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Peter Abelard's colorful life included all of the following except

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A)  an affair with his student Héloise who as a result entered a convent after giving birth to their child.
B)  castration after his scandalous affair.
C)  a position as teacher of theology at the Cathedral School of Notre Dame.
D)  execution as a heretic.
E)  condemnation by the Church and confinement in a monastery.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). 
-Label the location where the following was written or flourished: The Song of Roland, the troubadours, the Nibelungenlieb, and the Divine Comedy.

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Question 4

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-Synthesize the relevant material from Chapters 10 and 11 into a coherent overview of European civilization during the High Middle Ages.

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During the High Middle Ages, European ci...

Question 5

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-How might Aristotle's philosophy imperil Christian thought? How successful was the Church in banning Aristotelian ideas?

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Question 6

The Divine Comedy presents all the following except

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A)  a hierarchical vision of the afterworld.
B)  a hell in which Lucifer burns eternally for his treachery.
C)  a purgatory where the dead destined to go to heaven undergo punishment.
D)  a heaven bathed in loving, divine light.
E)  a mystical vision of God.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). 
-Locate and clearly label the institutions where the following worked or taught: St.Anselm, Peter Abelard, St.Thomas Aquinas, and Robert Grosseteste.

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Question 8

The work of the Dominican Albert the Great

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A)  included a study of nature using empirical evidence.
B)  drew on views of the universe based on his mystic experiences.
C)  rested on philosophy and a belief that to study nature was an arrogant attempt to understand the mind of God.
D)  was lost because he never had the opportunity to teach.
E)  furthered the influence of the Inquisition.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 9

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-geocentric theory

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Question 10

Which of the following persons was a conservative churchman who decried university scholars' excessive reliance on dialectical argument?

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A)  Peter Abelard
B)  Saint Anselm
C)  Bernard of Clairvaux
D)  Adelard of Bath
E)  Francis of AssisiF) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

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-troubadours

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Troubadours were medieval poet-musi...

Question 12

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). 
-Locate and label the earliest medieval center of the study of Roman law and the home of Dante.

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The earliest medieval center of the stud...

Question 13

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-Redemption

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Question 14

St.Augustine has a strong hold on the medieval mind.However, St.Thomas Aquinas disagreed with St.Augustine's view that

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A)  philosophy could aid in faith.
B)  humanity had sinned and needed God's grace to be saved.
C)  knowledge of society and the physical world was of little importance since it is of the City of Man which must pass.
D)  ultimate truth comes from God.
E)  Jesus Christ was God.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

The chansons de geste are best associated with

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A)  love poetry.
B)  songs of troubadours.
C)  heroic deeds.
D)  ribald peasant tales.
E)  satire.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

The Corpus Juris Civilis is recognized as

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A)  a response to the disorder of barbarian invasions.
B)  the root word for an early jury system.
C)  a compendium of Roman law and various commentaries.
D)  a classical text that remained from the period of the Republic.
E)  the Church's canon law.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 17

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-To what extent did the concept of a Great Chain of Being influence medieval thought?

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Question 18

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-Define the term geocentric theory and explain its origins.Why was the geocentric theory compatible with the Christian view of the Middle Ages?

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Question 19

The Jewish Maimonides

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A)  was born in Muslim Spain
B)  tried to reconcile philosophy and religion.
C)  was respected by Christian and Muslim thinkers.
D)  achieved fame in his lifetime and became physician to the Muslim sultan in Egypt.
E)  All of theseF) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 20

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-ether

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Exam 11: The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

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Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. -Synthesize the relevant material from Chapters 10 and 11 into a coherent overview of European civilization during the High Middle Ages.

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