4th Quiz

After Thomas Becket was nominated by King Henry II to be Archbishop of Canterbury, he dutifully served the king by approving the crown's authority over the church.

False

The Concordat of Worms (1122) attempted to settle the struggle between the Empire and the papacy. The king would invest the bishop with temporal powers and the church would give the spiritual authority.

True

Which of the following describes the Cistercians?

All of the above

Bernard of Clairvaux was so persuasive in persuading men to enter the monastery that it is said that mothers hid their sons, and wives their husbands, when he came fishing for men.

True

Which of the following founded a movement dedicated to apostolic poverty, preaching, and caring for the poor and sick?

Francis of Assisi

Which of the following orders of medieval friars was known as "the watchdogs of the Lord"?

Dominicans

Which of the following Crusades is deemed by the author as the most successful?

First Crusade

Which two issues gained the Waldensians the descriptions of heretics?

The unauthorized preaching of the gospel and rejection of the intermediary role of the clergy

Which of the following is not true regarding the Inquisition?

Inquisitors could only judge a person's actions, not their intentions.

Which of the following is not a sacrament according to Peter Lombard's list?

Tithing

Which of the following does the author describe as the greatest scholastic theologian of the Middle Ages?

Aquinas

Which of the following characterized popular religion during the Middle Ages?

All of the above

In the Cluny monastery, almost the whole of the monk's day was taken up with church services.

True

According to the author, biblical interpretation "never became so clear as in the Middle Ages."

False

Which of the following wrote 86 sermons on the Song of Solomon?

Bernard of Clairvaux

What did Cyril and Methodius contribute in their translation of the Bible to the Slavic language?

All of the above

According to tradition, what led Vladimir to adopt Byzantine Christianity thus leading Orthodoxy to become the state religion of Russia?

The aesthetic forms of worship

Which city was declared to be the "Third Rome"?

Moscow

For most of the fourteenth century, no pope lived in Rome.

True

What problem was raised after the Council of Constance elected one pope to represent all Western Christians?

If the council which had created him was superior to the pope

Which of the following is not true of Jan Hus?

He diminished the status of preaching in church services

How did the character of the papacy change during the later Middle Ages?

all of the above

Which group of followers arose around John Wyclif at Oxford, and stood for the idea that the main task of a priest was to preach?

The Lollards

What issue divided the Franciscans into 'Spirituals' and 'Coventuals'?

The rule of poverty

Chantries were part of the reform movement that discouraged people from paying a sum of money for a priest to sing mass for the souls of its benefactors.

False