Question 1

In which ways could aristocratic women exercise power in Merovingian society?

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Question 2

When did Islam emerge as a religion?

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A)   Before the birth of Jesus Christ
B)   Around the same time as Christianity
C)   In the early seventh century
D)   During the fifth centuryE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Why did Islam expand in the course of the seventh and eighth centuries at a pace far more rapid than that of Christianity in its first two centuries? Where did Islam make its conquests?

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Question 4

Which of the following statements regarding Christian bishops is true?

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A)   Bishops performed the secular (nonreligious)  role of state administrators in their cities.
B)   Bishops never engaged in military campaigns, having taken vows of pacifism.
C)   The most senior bishops in the western empire were called patriarchs.
D)   The bishops exercised absolute control over the monks in the monasteries.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

The conflict over Christian orthodoxy that raged in England during the early seventh century was fought between the Roman Catholic church and

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A)   the Greek Orthodox church.
B)   independent Christian groups averse to following the dictates of Rome.
C)   Anglican bishops who were opposed to Roman Catholicism's emphasis on ritual.
D)   the Irish church.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

The holy book of Islam is called the Qur'an, meaning "recitation," because

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A)   Muhammad recited the words given to him by the archangel Gabriel.
B)   Muhammad recited the text to his brother, who recorded it.
C)   women were allowed to recite the words but were prohibited from learning to read them.
D)   the text was compiled from dreams in which Muhammad heard the suras recited aloud.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Following a number of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon invasions, England

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A)   became largely pagan.
B)   became Christian wherever Anglo-Saxons ruled.
C)   was gradually Christianized, as the conquerors intermarried with the British elite.
D)   allied with Celtic tribes on the continent.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 8

Aristocratic marriage during the Merovingian period was

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A)   sometimes relatively informal when wealthy men arranged to support their concubines.
B)   formal and ceremonial and always involved the blessing of the church.
C)   relatively unimportant because children born out of wedlock could inherit property.
D)   expensive for the bride's father, who supplied a dowry of land and livestock.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Describe how the Roman church won over its Irish rival in England and its Arian rival in Spain. Which was the greater triumph for the Roman church?

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Question 10

Between 630 and 730, the Byzantine Empire

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A)   revived the urban lifestyle of the Roman Empire.
B)   lost much of its territory to invading armies.
C)   recognized the bishop of Rome as the leader of all Christendom.
D)   ordered all official documents to be written in Latin instead of Greek.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Muhammad perceived Allah as

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A)   the true God who had been rejected by Jews and Christians.
B)   the same God worshipped by Jews and Christians.
C)   the author of the Qur'an.
D)   the exclusive god of the Arabs.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

Which of the following regions was part of the Merovingian kingdoms in the seventh century?
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A)   England
B)   Burgundy
C)   Kingdom of the Visigoths
D)   Kingdom of the LombardsE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 13

How did Islam, a monotheistic religion like Christianity and Judaism, differ from its predecessors?

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Question 14

Explain the role that religion and the church played in the lives of seventh-century western European nobles and kings.

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Question 15

What facilitated the rapid spread of Islam in the seventh and eighth centuries?

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A)   The exhaustion of the Byzantine Empire after Pyrrhic victories over the Ostrogoths and Vandals
B)   The capitulation of Jewish and Christian leaders
C)   Direct military assistance from the Sasanid state
D)   The unification of previously fractious and divided Arab tribesE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 16

How was it that many bishops were married even though church councils demanded that the clergy be celibate?

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A)   Rules that applied to the general clergy did not apply to bishops.
B)   Bishops were usually appointed late in life, after they had raised a family.
C)   Bishops refused to obey the pope or church councils.
D)   Exceptions were made for clerics who married before the ruling.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 17

Which mayoral family displaced the Merovingian dynasty and established a new royal line?

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A)   The Byzantines
B)   The Carolingians
C)   The Austrasians
D)   The SasanidsE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 18

The monk and historian Bede (673-735) , a student of Benedict Biscop, taught

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A)   many royal advisers.
B)   his own students to read Greek.
C)   Irish missionaries to convert pagans in Germany.
D)   history to students in monastery schools.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 19

What was the Hijra?

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A)   A tax levied on nonbelievers living in an Islamic state
B)   The chief religious official of Islam
C)   Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina
D)   The religious court that decided cases of alleged blasphemyE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 20

In the seventh century, the Byzantine Empire was divided into military units, each of which was commanded by a general called the

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A)   strategos.
B)   coloni.
C)   metropolitan.
D)   ctesiphon.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Exam 8: The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, and Europe, 600-750

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In which ways could aristocratic women exercise power in Merovingian society?

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The conflict over Christian orthodoxy that raged in England during the early seventh century was fought between the Roman Catholic church and

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Explain the role that religion and the church played in the lives of seventh-century western European nobles and kings.

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When did Islam emerge as a religion?

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How did Islam, a monotheistic religion like Christianity and Judaism, differ from its predecessors?

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Which mayoral family displaced the Merovingian dynasty and established a new royal line?

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