Medieval Europe Quiz

Which of the following was a main activity of a monastery?

• educating all the children in a village

• providing defense for the local manor

• training young men to become knights

• providing safe places for travelers to stay

Community life in western Europe during the Middle Ages centered on

• the school.

• the theater.

• the church.

• the town hall.

Who decreed that Rome would stop persecuting Christians?

• Benedict

• Constantine

• Gregory VII

• Charlemagne

What group of clergy members belongs on the blank row?

• Monks

• Parishes

• Mendicants

• Archbishops

Which of the following is a main reason why the clergy were recorders and advisers to kings?

• They could read and write.

• They were honest and wise.

• They owned most of the land.

• They made all the people obey.

The actions below are examples of what process?

• developing a hierarchy of Church officials

• strengthening the power of the Church

• improving efficiency in government

• protecting the wealth of monarchs

Which of the following describes the plot of the 'Canterbury Tales'?

• The Holy Roman emperor apologizes to the pope.

• St. Francis starts the Franciscan order.

• A group of people goes on a religious pilgrimage.

• A group of knights goes on a quest for a holy relic.

Which of these is a sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church?

• birthday

• marriage

• graduation

• pilgrimage

What was a main goal of the Crusades?

• to teach Christians how to read

• to set up monasteries in Germany

• to take Jerusalem from the Muslims

• to spread Christianity to the Byzantines

Most Gothic cathedrals had all these features EXCEPT

• stained-glass windows.

• broad ditches called moats.

• arches called flying buttresses.

• roof sculptures called gargoyles.