2.5 Quiz: The Church and Medieval Culture

The Franciscans were known as a mendicant order because they (Pg. 93)

• did not own property.

• lived in wealthy monasteries.

• cut off contact with the outside world.

• cared about all living creatures.

The first medieval universities grew out of schools attached to (Pg. 96)

• monasteries.

• castles.

• manors.

• cathedrals.

Thomas Aquinas believed that natural law

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• violated church teaching.

• was unknowable.

• does not change over time.

• could only be understood through faith.

Mystery plays were popular entertainments based on

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• Roman myths.

• Greek learning.

• tales of chivalry.

• stories from the bible.

What was one way that Gothic cathedrals differed from churches of the early Middle Ages?

• They had thicker walls.

• They had larger windows.

• They had lower ceilings.

• They had simpler decorations.