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Gr 7 L5 Quiz English

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

Community life in western Europe during the Middle Ages centered on

a)

A. the school.

b)

B. the theater.

c)

C. the church.

d)

D. the town hall.

2.

Historians sometimes call the Middle Ages in western Europe the

a)

A. Age of Faith.

b)

B. Age of Reason.

c)

C. Age of Exploration.

d)

D. Age of Enlightenment.

3.

Who decreed that Rome would stop persecuting Christians?

a)

A. Benedict

b)

B. Constantine

c)

C. Gregory VII

d)

D. Charlemagne

4.

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

a)

A. educating all the children in a village

b)

B. providing defense for the local manor

c)

C. training young men to become knights

d)

D. providing safe places for travelers to stay

5.

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

a)

A. They could read and write.

b)

B. They were honest and wise.

c)

C. They owned most of the land.

d)

D. They made all the people obey.

6.

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

a)

A. birthday

b)

B. marriage

c)

C. graduation

d)

D. pilgrimage

7.

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

a)

A. The Holy Roman emperor apologizes to the pope.

b)

B. St. Francis starts the Franciscan order.

c)

C. A group of people goes on a religious pilgrimage.

d)

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

8.

Who would have been most likely to make the following statement?:

"I am traveling to Jerusalem to show God how sorry I am for having sinned. I pray we have a safe journey."

a)

A. a monk

b)

B. a priest

c)

C. a pilgrim

d)

D. a king

9.

What was a main goal of the Crusades?

a)

A. to teach Christians how to read

b)

B. to set up monasteries in Germany

c)

C. to take Jerusalem from the Muslims

d)

D. to spread Christianity to the Byzantines

10.

Most Gothic cathedrals had all these features EXCEPT

a)

A. stained-glass windows.

b)

B. broad ditches called moats.

c)

C. arches called flying buttresses.

d)

D. roof sculptures called gargoyles

11.

In the Middle Ages, many universities grew out of

a)

A. pilgrimage sites.

b)

B. cathedral schools.

c)

C. Charlemagne's court.

d)

D. convent schools.

12.

Saint Benedict is best known for starting

a)

A. the monastic way of life.

b)

B. the Roman Catholic Church.

c)

C. the pilgrimage to Canterbury.

d)

D. the conflict between church and state

13.

Saint Francis of Assisi founded an order of mendicant friars. How did they differ from monks?

a)

A. They promised not to marry.

b)

B. They owned no personal property.

c)

C. They raised their own food.

d)

D. They lived among ordinary people.