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Which of the following relics has long been Chartres Cathedral's most cherished possession?
A) the helmet and skull of John the Baptist
B) the tunic which Mary wore at Jesus's birth
C) the cloak and staff used by St. Denis
D) the nails used to crucify Christ |
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| B) the tunic which Mary wore at Jesus's birth |
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The trivium and quadrivium are:
A) musical notations
B) the basic areas of study in the Medieval period
C) schools established by Pope Gregory the Great
D) architectural devices |
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| B) the basic areas of study in the Medieval period |
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During the Middle Ages, troubles withing the Church of Rome culminated and eventually led to:
A) the Treaty of Versailles
B) the Edict of Milan
C) the Great Schism
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The ambulatory is:
A) the part of the church one enters first (before the nave)
B) the area of the church where the monks sang the Office
C) the area high above the altar within a Gothic cathedral
D) an aisle around the apse and behind the altar |
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| D) an aisle around the apse and behind the high altar |
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In the Divine Comedy, Dante's two guides are:
A) Aristotle and Satan
B) Homer and Virgil
C) Beatrice and Socrates
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Which of the following is not a part of the Ordinary of the Mass?
A) Kyrie Eleison
B) Cimabue
C) Credo
D) Agnus Dei |
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of the typical Gothic cathedral?
A) arches
B) motets
C) stained-glass windows
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Dante's Divine Comedy is called a comedy because it is written:
A) as a metaphorical journey
B) in the vernacular and has a happy ending
C) in Latin and is funny
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| B) in the vernacular and has a happy ending |
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The liturgical music used throughout the Church of Rome during the Medieval period is known as:
A) Gregorian Chant
B) Melismatic Sequence
C) Song of Troubadors
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Stained-glass windows served two chief functions: the first was to experience God's illumination; the second was:
A) to appreciate the colors of God's universe
B) to have a mystical experience
C) to give work to glaziers
D) to "read" Bible stories |
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| D) to "read" Bible stories |
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Groundlings are associated with:
A) the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
B) the Reformation in Europe
C) the notebooks of Leonardo
D) the Globe Playhouse |
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The creator of the "Gates of Paradise" is:
A) Michelangelo
B) Durer
C) Brunelleschi
D) Ghiberti |
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Anti-Stratfordians are scholars who challenge:
A) the restoration of the Sistine Chapel
B) the appropriateness of nude sculpture
C) the existence of Shakespeare
D) the concept that the universe is heleocentric |
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| C) the existence of Shakespeare |
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Michelangelo's David was originally placed:
A) in a niche on Florence Cathedral
B) in front of the Palazza Vecchio
C) atop the Duomo in Florence
D) in the Uffizi Gallery |
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| B) in front of the Palazza Vecchio |
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This artist worked with engravings and woodcuts:
A) Michelangelo
B) Durer
C) Brunelleschi
D) Ghiberti |
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A triptych must include:
A) hinges
B) chiaroscuros
C) baptisteries
D) astrolabes |
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From 1434 until 1492, Florence was under the controlling influence of which single family?
A) Duomo
B) Florin
C) Piazzi
D) Medici |
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The most famous humanist printer and publisher of the fifteenth century is:
A) William Caxton
B) Desiderius Erasmus
C) Aldus Manutius
D) Pico della Mirandola |
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The creator of the Pieta is:
A) Durer
B) Michelangelo
C) Ghiberti
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Which of these works of art is a fresco that can be viewed in the refectory at Milan's Santa Maria della Grazie?
A) Raphael's School of Athens
B) Leonardo's The Last Supper
C) Michelangelo's The Last Judgement
D) van Eyck's Ghent Atlarpiece |
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| B) Leonardo's The Last Supper |
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The first five books of the Bible are known as:
A) the Torah
B) the Pentateuch
C) the Book of Moses
D) All of the above |
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The rectangular structure which served as the prototype for Christian houses of worship is:
A) the cloister
B) the basilica
C) the nimbus
D) the sanctuary |
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The most important concept of Christian teaching is the belief in:
A) the Beatitudes
B) the crucifixion
C) resurrection
D) baptism |
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The Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings combine to form:
A) the historical literature of the Bible
B) the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
C) the traditions of the great Hebrew teachers
D) the Bible of the Hebrews |
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| D) the Bible of the Hebrews |
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St. Andrew's Cross is associated with:
A) Scotland
B) Byzantium
C) Jerusalem
D) Constantinople |
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Which of these would not be associated exclusively with Jesus Christ?
A) Alpha and Omega
B) Chi Rho
C) Covenant
D) good shepherd |
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Another name for the "Sermon on the Mount" is"
A) the Gospel
B) the Pentateuch
C) the Incarnation
D) the Beatitudes |
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The belief that there is only one God is:
A) henotheism
B) monotheism
C) hedonism
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Which of the following-in it's Greek form, ichthus-is considered an acronym for the Greek translation of "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior."
A) dove
B) fish
C) good shepherd
D) olive branch |
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An inverted cross is most closely associated with:
A) Abraham
B) Paul
C) Peter
D) Mary |
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The following is associated with Judaism, Byzantium or Islam:
the Haj |
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The following is associated with Judaism, Byzantium or Islam:
Jehovah |
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The following is associated with Judaism, Byzantium or Islam:
Constantinople |
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The following is associated with Judaism, Byzantium or Islam:
Ten Commandments |
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The following is associated with Judaism, Byzantium or Islam:
Ravenna, Queen Elizabeth I, Pendentives, Tesserae, Chi Rho, Athos, Hagia Sophia, Emperor Honorius |
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The following is associated with Judaism, Byzantium or Islam:
Muhammad, Mihrab, Reconquista, Qur'an, The Thousand and One Nights, Rumi, House of Wisdom, Al-Khwarizmi, algorithm, Allah |
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The following is associated with Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Medieval Period, or the Renaissance:
Julius Caesar, Circus Maximus, Ides of March, Stoicism, Jus Civile, Mount Vesuvius, Horace, Concrete, Carpe Diem, Pantheon, Cylinder, Tube, Oculus, Khaznah, The Aenied, Virgil, Corinthian Column, Caesar Augustus, Aeneas |
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The following is associated with Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Medieval Period, or the Renaissance:
gothic architecture, Denier, Trivium, Quadrivium, Monastic, Melisma, Charlemagne's, Monastery, Cloister, Refectory, Scriptorium, Tympanums, Saint Denis, Chartres, stained glass, The Paraclete, Paris, Carl Orff, Moses Maimonides, St. Francis of Assisi, Stigmata, Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologica, Dante's Inferno, Chaucer, Giotto, Simone Martini, Guillaume de Machaut, Landini, the Great Schism, ambulatory, arches, flying buttresses, Gregorian chants |
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The following is associated with Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Medieval Period, or the Renaissance:
Leonardo da Vinci, Pope Julius II, Medici Family, Raphael, Madonna of the Meadow, Leonardo, Last Supper, Michelangleo, Tintoretto, Venice, Castiglione, Martin Luther, John Knox, Calvinism, Burin, Grunewald, Saint Anthony, King Henry VIII, Northener Hans Holbein, Christopher Marlowe, Blank Verse, Soliloquy, Hamlet, Shakespeare, Globe Theater |
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The following is associated with Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Medieval Period, or the Renaissance:
King Tut, Pharaoh, Horus, Osiris, Pyramids, Sphinx, Khafre, Akhenaton, Nefertiti, Howard Carter, Nile River |
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The following is associated with Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Medieval Period, or the Renaissance:
Odysseus, Odyssey, Homer, Kouros, Oedipus, Hubris, Arete, the Iliad, Athena, Athens, Achilles, Meander, Corinth, Hermes, Death of Sarpedon, Volute, Lyre, Philosophy, Herodotus, Pericles, Parthenon, Myron, Discoblos, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Aristophane, Columns |
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| The Prince of Denmark, son of Queen Gertrude, nephew of King Claudius. Studied at the University of Wittenberg. Indecisive and hesitant, prone to rash and impulsive acts: |
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| King of Denmark. Hamlet's Uncle. Married to Gertrude. Shows signs of guilt at play. |
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| The Queen of Denmark. Hamlet's mother. Married to King Claudius. Loves Hamlet deeply. |
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| The Lord Chamberlain of Claudius’s court, a pompous, conniving old man. Father of Laertes and Ophelia. Hamlet kills him from mistaken identity. |
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| Hamlet’s close friend, who studied with the prince at the university in Wittenberg. Always loyal and helpful to Hamlet. See's the Ghost. |
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| Polonius’s daughter, a beautiful young woman with whom Hamlet has been in love.who obeys her father and her brother, Laertes. Drowns in the river from apparent suicide after her father's death. |
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| Polonius’s son and Ophelia’s brother, a young man who spends much of the play in France. Is in the end scene, gets killed by Hamlet with sword. |
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| The young Prince of Norway, whose father the king (also named Fortinbras) was killed by Hamlet’s father (also named Hamlet).wishes to attack Denmark to avenge his father’s honor |
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| The specter of Hamlet’s recently deceased father. claims to have been murdered by Claudius, calls upon Hamlet to avenge him. |
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| Two slightly bumbling courtiers, former friends of Hamlet from Wittenberg, who are summoned by Claudius and Gertrude to discover the cause of Hamlet’s strange behavior. |
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| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern |
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| The foolish courtier who summons Hamlet to his duel with Laertes. |
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| Courtiers whom Claudius sends to Norway to persuade the king to prevent Fortinbras from attacking |
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| The officers who first see the ghost walking the ramparts of Elsinore and who summon Horatio to witness it. |
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| A soldier and guardsman at Elsinore. |
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| Polonius’s servant, who is sent to France by Polonius to check up on and spy on Laertes. |
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| Hero of the Odyssey. Struggles to return home to Ithica. King of Ithica. Penelope is his wife. Father of Telemachus. Cunning. Favored by Athena. Enemy of Poseidon. |
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| Odysseus's son. 20 years old. Travels to Pylos and Sparta. Never met his father. |
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| Wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus. True to her husband. |
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| Daughter of Zeus. Goddess of wisdom. Associated with an owl. Disguises herself as Mentor. Favors Odysseus. |
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| God of the sea. Despises Odysseus for blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus. |
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| King of gods and men, who mediates the disputes of the gods on Mount Olympus. |
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| The most arrogant of Penelope’s suitors. leads the campaign to have Telemachus killed. Unlike the other suitors, he is never portrayed sympathetically, and he is the first to die when Odysseus returns. |
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| A manipulative, deceitful suitor. His charisma and duplicity allow him to exert some influence over the other suitors. |
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| Among the dozens of suitors, the only decent man seeking Penelope’s hand in marriage. sometimes speaks up for Odysseus and Telemachus, but he is killed like the rest of the suitors in the final fight. |
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| The loyal shepherd who, along with the cowherd Philoetius, helps Odysseus reclaim his throne after his return to Ithaca. Even though he does not know that the vagabond who appears at his hut is Odysseus, he gives the man food and shelter. |
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| The aged and loyal servant who nursed Odysseus and Telemachus when they were babies. is well informed about palace intrigues and serves as confidante to her masters. She keeps Telemachus’s journey secret from Penelope, and she later keeps Odysseus’s identity a secret after she recognizes a scar on his leg. |
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| The brother of Melantho. is a treacherous and opportunistic goatherd who supports the suitors, especially Eurymachus, and abuses the beggar who appears in Odysseus’s palace, not realizing that the man is Odysseus himself. |
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| Sister of Melanthius and maidservant in Odysseus’s palace.abuses the beggar in the palace, not knowing that the man is Odysseus. She is having an affair with Eurymachus. |
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| The beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus when he lands on her island-home of Ogygia. holds him prisoner there for seven years until Hermes, the messenger god, persuades her to let him go. |
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| One of the Cyclopes (uncivilized one-eyed giants) whose island Odysseus comes to soon after leaving Troy. imprisons Odysseus and his crew and tries to eat them, but Odysseus blinds him through a clever ruse and manages to escape. Son of Poseidon |
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| The beautiful witch-goddess who transforms Odysseus’s crew into swine when he lands on her island. |
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| Odysseus’s aging father, who resides on a farm in Ithaca. |
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| Serves as Dante's guide through Hell. Famous Poet. |
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| Asks an angel to find Virgil to guide Dante through Hell. Dante was in love with her. |
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| Is an old man/steersman who ferries souls across the river Acheron to Hell. |
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| A giant beast who stands at the Second Circle of Hell, deciding where the souls of sinners shall be sent for torment. Upon hearing a given sinner’s confession, he curls his tail around himself a specific number of times to represent the circle of Hell to which the soul should be consigned. |
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| A lover condemned to the second circle of hell for her lover affair. |
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| A monstrous dog that guards the souls in Circle Three. |
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| The "great enemy" in Dante's Inferno is: |
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| An angel who is the celestial being who avenged the rebel's arrogance. |
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| What is the name of the swamp-visited by Dante and Virgil near the conclusion of Canto Seven-where the souls of the angry and sluggish are stationed? |
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| A boatman who provides passage across the swamp (Styx) for Dante and Virgil. |
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| What is the name of the city noted for "its stern citizens and great garrison". In Dante's Inferno. |
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| Three Furies call this person to their aid, hoping to change Dante to stone. |
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| Has three faces. Red face in front. Six wings like a bats. In his mouth are 3 men, Brutus, Cassius and Judas. |
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