Assignment
Question 1
The Jewish philosopher, Moses Maimonides, explored the proper relationship between faith and reason in his Guide for the Perplexed.
True
False
Question 2
The sacraments which were firmly regulated by the Church, guided people through the stages of life.
True
False
Question 3
Many sects were anti-clerical, which meant that they rejected the special privileges of the clergy.
True
False
Question 4
St. Dominic was the key figure in the expansion of the Cistercian movement.
True
False
Question 5
Some women, known as beguines, entered informal religious communities that were temporary and did not practice claustration.
True
False
Question 6
The first of several reform-minded popes, Leo IX, opened his pontificate with a synod condemning the practice of simony.
True
False
Question 7
The differences between secular and papal leaders were finally resolved in the Concordat ofWorms in 1122.
True
False
Question 8
Urban II called the first Crusade in 1095, adding the fervor of Christian militancy to the movement for reform.
True
False
Question 9
Francis founded an order of theologians and preachers; his contemporary, Dominic, founded another order devoted to the imitation of Christ.
True
False
Question 10
Clare of Assisi founded a female order to complement the absolute poverty of the men with the absolute claustration of the women.
True
False
Question 11
Jewish rabbis built an authoritative tradition based upon
rabbinical responsa and the Talmud.
pietism.
cabbalism.
Aristotle.
Question 12
Which of the following statements was not true of the sacraments?
They guided people through the stages of life.
They established the Church as
intermediary between God and humanity. They could only be administered by priests. C them.
Lay people were permitted to administer
Question 13
Which of the following statements does NOT accurately represent the beliefs of the Cathars?
They opposed ecclesiastical power and wealth.
They believed in a dualistic theory derived from Persian Zoroastrianism.
All members practiced a strict ethic forbidding all material things, including sex.
They rejected material things, but not all members followed the strict rejection of these things.
Question 14
Dissenting groups generally escaped condemnation by the Church unless they
privately disagreed with Church theology. thought for themselves.
denied the authority of the Church.
gave up their possessions and lived in apostolic poverty.
Question 15
By binding different monastic houses together, the Cluniac movement created
the first mendicant order. the first monastic order.
the reestablishment of the monastic monopoly on education.
an exemplary but impoverished monastic house.
Question 16
The greatest monastic force of the twelfth century was the
Carthusian order.
C Premonstratensian order. - Cistercian order.
Gilbertine order.
Question 17
Bernard of Clairvaux was the key figure in the twelfth century expansion of the Cistercians for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
he was a gifted and prolific writer.
he was able to persuade most theologians
and philosophers to embrace Christian rationalism.
he was Europe's leading arbiter of political and ecclesiastical disputes.
he was widely regarded as a saint in his own lifetime.
Question 18
Why did the new orders limit women's participation or exclude them completely?
Women were less interested than men in new spiritual directions.
Women's houses were more prosperous than men's.
Women were more likely to enter grassroots communities even when monastic houses were opened to them.
Women's houses were expensive and men thought their presence was a threat to chastity.
Question 19
Which statement best describes the Church in the early eleventh century?
Priestly power overshadowed that of nobles, kings, and emperors.
The Church was controlled by aristocrats.
The Church was shamelessly corrupt.
The papacy alone was free of lay influence.
Question 20
The purpose of reform within the Church was to
eliminate all heresy and improve the moral character of the clergy.
maintain the status quo.
limit lay influence over Church matters and improve the moral character of the clergy.
establish mendicant orders.
Question 21
All of the following individuals were proponents of papal reform EXCEPT
The bishop of Milan.
Humbert of Silva Candida. Peter Damian.
Hildebrand.
Question 22
All of the following resulted from the Gregorian Reform EXCEPT
the regularization of papal appointment and its removal from lay involvement.
the establishment of priestly celibacy as the rule of the Church.
the full realization of Gregory VII's vision of a papal monarchy.
the control of ecclesiastical offices by the papacy.
Question 23
The goals of the Dominican order included
poverty, prayer, and service to the poor. poverty, preaching, and teaching.
poverty, pilgrimage, and almsgiving.
poverty, austerity, and idealism.
Question 24
Which of the following describes the lives of Dominican and Franciscan nuns?
Strict claustration.
Active practice of apostolic poverty.
Preaching, teaching, and mendicancy. - The imitation of Christ.
Question 25
In the eleventh and twelfth centuries, Marion devotion grew because of all of the following reasons EXCEPT
the influence of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
popular sentiment.
the increasing power of women within the Church.
the preaching of Bernard of Clairvaux.