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8th Grade Ch 11 Test

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

By 1453 Muslim conquerors had taken over the great Christian city of Constantinople.

a)

True

b)

False, it was the great Christian city of Jerusalem.

2.

A major problem in the Church during the late Middle Ages was a lack of understanding of the papacy, which should be the center of every Christian's life.

a)

True

b)

False, the problem was a lack of understanding of the Eucharist, which should be the center of every Christian's spiritual life.

3.

Scientists today believe that most of those who died from the Black Death during the late Middle Ages had contracted a form of what we now call the bubonic plague.

a)

True

b)

False, it is now called Influenza.

4.

In 1305 Pope Clement V moved the papacy from Rome to Vienna, a city in southeastern France.

a)

True

b)

False,the papacy was moved from Rome to Avignon.

5.

During the plague, the Black Death, most Christians remained faithful to God and the Church.

a)

True

b)

False, many Christians did not remain faithful.

6.

Clement VII was an anti-pope who established a papal court in France in defiance of the true Pope, Urban VI, in Rome

a)

True

b)

False, Clement VII was the true Pope.

7.

The general council of the Church that met in the city of _____, Switzerland, from 1414 to 1418 decided to set aside three rival popes and elect a new pope.

a)

Constance

b)

Avignon

c)

Rome

d)

Constantinople

8.

The philosophy called _____ places an increased emphasis on the importance of the person.

a)

Humanism

b)

the Renaissance

c)

Catholicism

d)

Predestination

9.

The transitional period between the end of the Middle Ages and the start of the Modern Age is known as _____.

a)

the Renaissance

b)

the Black Death

c)

Humanism

d)

Latin

10.

_____ is the word used to describe a man who is not the true pope but who claims to be the pope.

a)

Anti-pope

b)

Papal

c)

Papacy

d)

Habemus Papam

11.

By the late Middle Ages, few laypeople spoke or understood _____, the language of the Mass

a)

Latin

b)

French

c)

Gaelic

d)

Swahili

12.

From the late 1300s until 1417, the Church was torn apart by a situation known as the _____.

a)

Great Schism of the West

b)

Great Schism of the North

c)

Great Schism of the East

d)

Great Schism of the South

13.

Of the following events, which happened FIRST?

a)

The cardinals met at a council in Pisa, Italy, to dethrone two rival popes and elect a new pope. Afterward, all three men claimed to be the true pope.

b)

A French cardinal was elected pope and moved the papacy to Avignon in France.

c)

Pope Gregory XI moved the papacy back to Rome from France and then died.

14.

Of the following events, which one happened LAST?

a)

The cardinals met at a council in Pisa, Italy, to dethrone two rival popes and elect a new pope, but all three men claimed to be the true pope.

b)

A French cardinal was elected pope and moved the papacy to Avignon in France

c)

Pope Gregory XI moved the papacy back to Rome from France and then died.

15.

Of the following events, which one happened FIRST?

a)

A general council of the Church met in the city of Constance to decide what to do about the three rival popes.

b)

Constantinople fell to the Turks.

c)

The council decided to set aside the three rival popes and elect a new pope, Martin V, to end the great Schism of the West.

16.

Of the following events, which one happened LAST?

a)

A general council of the Church met in the city of Constance to decide what to do about the three rival popes.

b)

Constantinople fell to the Turks

c)

The council decided to set aside the three rival popes and elect a new pope, Martin V, to end the Great Schism of the West.