Early Middle Ages Test True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ____
1. The Vikings often chose to attack monasteries because they were poorly defended and contained valuable items.
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2. One significant achievement during the reign of Charlemagne was the development of lower-case letters
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3. During the reign of Clovis, a type of early French language was developed.
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4. Louis the Pious’ skillful leadership greatly improved and enlarged the Holy Roman Empire.
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5. Peasants were not required to attend church unless they had free time.
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6. Most monks lived solitary, uncomfortable lives in monasteries.
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7. A boy seeking to become a knight would begin his training as a squire at the age of 7.
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8. A squire officially became a knight at a chivalry ceremony
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9. Freemen were generally noble by birth.
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____ 15. Which fo the following was NOT true of Clovis? a. He brought all Franks under one rule. b. He made Paris the capital of his kingdom. c. He overthrew the Roman Empie. d. He made Latin the official language of his court. ____ 16. Which of the following was NOT true of Charles Martel? a. He was known as “The Hammer.” b. He led the Franks in the Battle of Tours. c. He served as Mayor of the Palace. d. He was King of England. ____ 17. Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor? a. Pepin b. Charlemagne c. Louis the Pious d. Clovis ____ 18. What was the significance of the Battle of Tours? a. It united all the Franks under one king. b. It reestablished the Roman Empire. c. It prevented Islam from spreading further into Europe. d. It created the modern nation of France. ____ 19. What institutions preserved ancient literature and Greco-Roman cultural achievements during the Middle Ages? a. Code of Chivalry b. Monasteries c. Minstrels d. Manors ____ 20. The rules for acceptable conduct by monks were called a. The Benedictine Rule b. The code of chivalry c. The Gregorian Rule d. Fealty ____ 21. The compound in which monks lived and worked was called a. Manor b. Castle c. Monastery d. Cottage ____ 22. The Franks lived in the area of what two present-day countries? a. Spain and Germany b. England and France c. France and Germany d. Germany and Denmark ____ 23. The Frankish kings who immediately followed Clovis a. Were great warriors. b. Were weak rulers. c. Conquered Italy d. Invaded the British Isles.
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____ 24. What was the name of the treaty which divided the Holy Roman Empire? a. Treaty of Versailles b. Treaty of Paris c. Treaty of Verdun d. Treaty of Nicea ____ 25. Which king divided his empire among his three sons upon his death? a. Charlemagne b. Clovis c. Louis the Pious d. Pepin ____ 26. A source of division within the Catholic Church was the selling of church offices, called a. Simony b. Chivalry c. Fealty d. Excommunication ____ 27. Around the year 1000, Europe was swept by a movement of _______, or religious devotion. a. Benedictine Rule b. Piety c. Simony d. Chivalry ____ 28. What monk converted the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity? a. Augustine b. Gregory c. Benedict d. Patrick ____ 29. Which monk converted the Irish Celts to Christianity? a. Patrick b. Paul c. John d. Augustine ____ 30. Viking-controlled areas of Britain were called a. Normandy b. Viking towns c. Danelaws d. Thorvilles ____ 31. Vikings mixed with _______ to help found early Russia. a. Franks b. Poles c. Romans d. Slavs ____ 32. The Viking god of the sky, thunder, and war was a. Thor b. Oden c. Vishnu d. Hermes
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____ 33. Which Germanic tribes settled in Britain? a. Lombards and Jutes b. Franks and Celts c. Goths and Huns d. Angles and Saxons ____ 34. What is another name for Norsemen? a. Vikings b. Goths c. Celts d. Saxons ____ 35. Which Norman leader invaded Britain in 1066? a. Clovis b. Augustine c. William d. Rurik ____ 36. Alfred the Great is known for defeating the a. Angles and Saxons b. Franks c. Vikings d. Magyars ____ 37. Which factor was by far the most important influence in a person’s life during the Middle Ages? a. The Church b. Government c. Family Values d. Education ____ 38. The Magyars, a mounted nomadic tribe from Central Asia, settled in what modern-day country? a. Spain b. Hungary c. Russia d. Italy ____ 39. A page was a. a young boy who helped a knight care for his warhorse b. a teenage male who was studying to be in the clergy c. an entertainer who travelled to different manors d. an overseer of the noble’s manor ____ 40. Which of the following was NOT true about the life of a serf? a. serfs could own their land or house b. serfs were peasants c. serfs had to have the noble’s permission to marry d. serfs were mainly farmers ____ 41. Which of the following was NOT part of the code of chivalry a. honoring the church b. showing bravery c. helping people d. speaking Latin
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____ 42. Nobles who owed loyalty to a higher lords were called a. serfs b. vassals c. monks d. bishops ____ 43. A piece of land, given in exchange for loyalty and protection, was called a. a fief b. a danelaw c. an estate d. a manor ____ 44. The purpose of the act of homage was a. for a lord to grant a fief to his vassal b. to grant lords a higher rank than a vassal c. to make ties of loyalty between a lord and his vassal official d. to make a noble an official member of the clergy ____ 45. A large, self-sufficient estate on which a lord lived, surrounded by serfs and freedmen, was called a(n) a. Manor b. Danelaw c. Plantation d. Grazing land ____ 46. While a noble woman was called a lady, a non-noble woman was often called a(n) a. Maiden b. Girl c. Lass d. Wench ____ 47. The mandatory payment of 10% of one’s earnings to the church was called a. chivalry b. panhandling c. clergy-giving d. tithing ____ 48. The church threatened people who did not attend mass or give to the church with a. an eternity in Hell b. sitting in the corner at church c. a personal visit from the priest d. a beating from a monk ____ 49. One of a monk’s most important duties was the preservation of a. historic texts b. church bells c. church grazing lands d. simony ____ 50. Which Frankish king was the first to be annointed by the pope? a. Pepin b. Charlemagne c. Louis the Pious d. Clovis
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