HIEU 201 MINDTAP CHAPTER 9 QUIZ
1. Which of the following contributed to tensions between the Eastern and
Roman churches during the Middle Ages?
a. the pope's claim to authority over all Christians
b. the use of holy images in worship
c. the power of the Byzantine emperor
d. all of the above
2. The Byzantine emperor Justinian's most lasting achievement was the
a. permanent addition of Spain to the Byzantine Empire.
b. collection and codification of Rome's ancient laws.
c. sound financial footing on which he placed the Byzantine government.
d. permanent addition of eastern Italy to the Byzantine Empire.
3. Muslims regard Mohammad as
a. the final prophet.
b. entirely divine, not human.
c. part human and part divine.
d. the only prophet.
4. ________ means both an internal striving by the individual for moral self-
improvement and a collective military struggle to defend Islam against its
enemies.
a. Hegira
b. Jihad
c. Hadith
d. Umma
5. Christians and Jews who lived in Islamic lands
a. were protected and tolerated but had fewer rights than Muslims.
, b. had greater rights than Muslims.
c. had the same rights as Muslims.
d. had no rights at all.
6. In the eighth and ninth centuries, under the Abbasid caliphs, Muslim
civilization
a. reached the height of its political dominance of the Near East, but at the
cost of intellectual stagnation and sterility.
b. creatively integrated Arabic, Byzantine, Persian, and Indian cultural
traditions.
c. was beset by a series of long and bloody civil wars.
d. lost the vitality it had enjoyed under Mohammed's leadership and slipped
into decline.
7. Cassiodorus (c. 490-575) was
a. a Roman administrator who sought to revive the Republic in the dying
days of the Empire.
b. a scholar who established a monastic library containing Greek and Latin
texts and advocated education for the clergy.
c. a bishop of Rome who burned some of the last remaining copies of
Aristotle's philosophical works.
d. an Ostorgoth king who sought to blend Germanic and Roman legal
principles.
8. Irish and English monasteries
a. collapsed for lack of financial support and had to be reestablished by
missionaries from Italy.
b. preserved learning, but played no role in converting the population of
Europe to Christianity.
c. were critical to attracting new converts, but neglected scholarship.
d. played an important role in attracting converts and a critical role in
preserving classical learning.
1. Which of the following contributed to tensions between the Eastern and
Roman churches during the Middle Ages?
a. the pope's claim to authority over all Christians
b. the use of holy images in worship
c. the power of the Byzantine emperor
d. all of the above
2. The Byzantine emperor Justinian's most lasting achievement was the
a. permanent addition of Spain to the Byzantine Empire.
b. collection and codification of Rome's ancient laws.
c. sound financial footing on which he placed the Byzantine government.
d. permanent addition of eastern Italy to the Byzantine Empire.
3. Muslims regard Mohammad as
a. the final prophet.
b. entirely divine, not human.
c. part human and part divine.
d. the only prophet.
4. ________ means both an internal striving by the individual for moral self-
improvement and a collective military struggle to defend Islam against its
enemies.
a. Hegira
b. Jihad
c. Hadith
d. Umma
5. Christians and Jews who lived in Islamic lands
a. were protected and tolerated but had fewer rights than Muslims.
, b. had greater rights than Muslims.
c. had the same rights as Muslims.
d. had no rights at all.
6. In the eighth and ninth centuries, under the Abbasid caliphs, Muslim
civilization
a. reached the height of its political dominance of the Near East, but at the
cost of intellectual stagnation and sterility.
b. creatively integrated Arabic, Byzantine, Persian, and Indian cultural
traditions.
c. was beset by a series of long and bloody civil wars.
d. lost the vitality it had enjoyed under Mohammed's leadership and slipped
into decline.
7. Cassiodorus (c. 490-575) was
a. a Roman administrator who sought to revive the Republic in the dying
days of the Empire.
b. a scholar who established a monastic library containing Greek and Latin
texts and advocated education for the clergy.
c. a bishop of Rome who burned some of the last remaining copies of
Aristotle's philosophical works.
d. an Ostorgoth king who sought to blend Germanic and Roman legal
principles.
8. Irish and English monasteries
a. collapsed for lack of financial support and had to be reestablished by
missionaries from Italy.
b. preserved learning, but played no role in converting the population of
Europe to Christianity.
c. were critical to attracting new converts, but neglected scholarship.
d. played an important role in attracting converts and a critical role in
preserving classical learning.
