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The Heirs to the Roman Empire: Byzantium and the West in the Early
Middle Ages
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Compared with the Roman Empire, European governments from 600 to 1000 in both the
East and West
A. lost all traces of earlier Roman institutions.
B. became increasingly centralized and unified.
C. provided more services, which required more employees.
D. depended more on the personal relationships between rulers and aristocrats.
2. Byzantine soldiers were paid through the theme system, which consisted of
A. the right to sell captured enemies into slavery.
B. grants of land in specific zones.
C. precious metals pillaged from conquered territories.
D. payments from the Byzantine emperor's personal purse.
3. Which seventh-century emperor won brilliant victories over the Persians but lost North
Africa, Palestine, and Syria to the Arabs?
A. Leo III
B. Basil II
C. Heraclius
D. Justinian
4. Who convoked a Council at Nicaea in 787 which restored the veneration of icons?
A. Leo III
B. Irene
C. Heraclius
D. Constantine V
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7. Clovis was the most important member of which influential Frankish dynasty?
A. the Carolingians
B. the Merovingians
C. the Ottonians
D. the Capetians
8. In 733, Charles Martel defeated a Muslim raiding party in a battle fought near
A. Anjou.
B. Rome.
C. Kent.
D. Poitiers.
9. For over a century the family of Charles Martel dominated which office that served as a
sort of "prime minister" to the Frankish court?
A. Patriarch
B. Missi Dominici
C. Mayor of the Palace
D. Capitulary
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10. Who became the first Carolingian king of the Franks in 751?
A. Pippin III
B. Charlemagne
C. Charles Martel
D. Otto the Great
11. The Papal States emerged in the mid-eighth century following the defeat of which
people?
A. Arabs
B. Seljuk Turks
C. Visigoths
D. Lombards
12. On Christmas Day, 800, Leo III made which man emperor?
A. Pippin III
B. Otto the Great
C. Charlemagne
D. Hugh Capet
14. The development of Carolingian minuscule was an important advance in the field of
A. writing.
B. weaponry.
C. architecture.
D. agriculture.
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15. A student trained in the seven liberal arts would have learned about all of the following
subjects EXCEPT
A. astronomy.
B. geometry.
C. chemistry.
D. arithmetic.
16. The seven liberal arts taught at Carolingian schools included the acquisition of basic
grammatical skills in which language?
A. Greek
B. German
C. Latin
D. French
19. Who was the greatest Neoplatonist in the Byzantine literary tradition?
A. John of Damascus
B. John Moschus
C. Photius
D. Maximus the Confessor
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20. What was the subject matter of The Spiritual Meadow by John Moschus?
A. the split between the Eastern and Western churches
B. the conquest of Byzantine lands by Arab invaders
C. the lives of famous eastern ascetics
D. the evil of worshipping religious icons
24. Which tenth-century emperor wrote the two treatises On Ceremonies and On the
Administration of the Empire?
A. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
B. Maurice
C. Alexius I Comnenus
D. Otto I
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26. Which influential bishop of Seville attempted to write an encyclopedia arranged around
the origins and meanings of words?
A. Isidore
B. Alcuin
C. Benedict
D. Theodulf
27. The principles of Benedict's Rule included all of the following EXCEPT
A. obedience.
B. solitude.
C. stability.
D. conversion.
28. The accomplishments of Theodulf of Orlans included all of the following EXCEPT
A. designing the chapel at Germigny-des-Prs.
B. composing the finest poetry of his age.
C. applying mathematical perspective to painted art.
D. writing learned treatises about a variety of theological subjects.
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32. The works of the female author Dhuoda are significant primarily because
A. of the stunning originality of her philosophical ideas.
B. they provide evidence that she was highly educated.
C. they provide the only first-hand account of life in a ninth-century convent.
D. she was one of the first women to argue publicly that women were the equals of men in all
things.
33. All of the following statements about Hrotsvitha are true EXCEPT that
A. she wrote six surviving plays.
B. she is the only laywoman from her period whose writings are known.
C. she is considered Germany's first female poet.
D. she celebrated the virtues of female ascetics and martyrs.
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35. The most significant military innovations in the early medieval West were related to
A. mounted infantry.
B. sailing vessels.
C. artillery.
D. metal armor.
38. Which church commissioned by Justinian was profoundly influential, due both to its sheer
size and for being the ideal example of a dome placed on a square or elongated nave?
A. San Vitale in Ravenna
B. Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
C. Sant' Apollinare in Classe
D. Dafni near Athens
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39. What significant Byzantine architectural innovation allowed round domes to be placed
atop straight walls?
A. columns
B. vaults
C. pendentives
D. arches
40. One of the main features of the West after the collapse of Rome was its
A. centralized government from Paris.
B. economy based on international trade.
C. witnessing of the collapse of the early Christian church.
D. primarily agricultural economy.
43. The Byzantine churches of Hagia Sophia and San Vitale differed from the churches of
Rome and the catholic West primarily in that these Byzantine churches
A. incorporated large sections of stained glass windows.
B. innovated the westwork for ceremonial and practical purposes.
C. remained faithful to the basilican architectural form.
D. added an element of verticality that distinguished them from the horizontality of Roman
and Western churches.
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Essay Questions
46. What role did the Orthodox religion play in Byzantine society and culture? Compare and
contrast Orthodox religion with the Roman Catholic faith.
Answers will vary
47. Compare the Byzantine Empire to the kingdom of the Franks. Which of the two polities
was strongest at the beginning of the early Middle Ages? Which was strongest as the early
Middle Ages came to a close?
Answers will vary
48. Did Charlemagne deserve the title of emperor? In what ways was his kingdom an heir to
the Roman Empire, and in what ways did it depart from its predecessor?
Answers will vary
49. Why did Charlemagne's kingdom disintegrate shortly after his death? How had he
managed to hold it together for as long as he had?
Answers will vary
50. What were the major characteristics of the Carolingian Renaissance? Was it a real rebirth
of learning or a heroic interlude between two dark periods?
Answers will vary
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51. Compare the literary works of early medieval Byzantine to those of the early medieval
West. What concerns did they share? In what ways were they different?
Answers will vary
52. Who preserved more of the legacy of the Roman Empire, the Byzantines or the Franks?
Answers will vary
53. How did the subject matter of vernacular literature differ from contemporary Latin and
Greek literatures? Can vernacular works be assumed to have had more appeal to the average
reader? Why or why not?
Answers will vary
54. Compare architectural trends in the East and the West during the early Middle Ages. How
did architectural developments in the two regions differ, and in what ways were they similar?
Answers will vary
55. What do innovations in military technology suggest about warfare in the early medieval
West? How did warfare there seem to differ from warfare in the East?
Answers will vary
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