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Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 11

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Quiz for Chapter 11: The Flowering of the Middle Ages, 1150–1215

Document Links:

Document 11-1: Peter Abelard, The Story of My Misfortunes

Document 11-2: Medieval University Life

Document 11-3: Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart

Document 11-4: St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, Selected Writings

Document 11-5: Annals of Niketas Choniates

Question 11.1

1. In Abelard’s view (Document 11-1), what should be the basis of all knowledge?

Reason and understanding

Words of authority

Church law

Secular literature

Question 11.2

2. According to the kings’ privileges and student poems (Document 11-2), what characteristic set students apart from other groups in medieval society?

Gender

Christian piety

Legal status

Poverty

Question 11.3

3. Which of the following trends in medieval society explicitly shaped the content of the Rule of St. Francis (Document 11-4)?

The rise of new learning

The growth of vernacular culture

The institutionalization of rulership

The profit-based economy

Question 11.4

4. The Testament of St. Clare (Document 11-4) provides evidence that her contemporaries thought women in general were

more pious than men.

frail and weak.

natural-born leaders.

good manual laborers.

Question 11.5

5. What clearly separated the chivalric ideal embodied in Lancelot from the actions of the crusaders in Constantinople as described by Niketas Choniates (Document 11-5)?

Lancelot refrained from indiscriminate violence, whereas the crusaders attacked with impunity.

Lancelot was a horseman, the most prestigious of warriors, whereas the crusaders were foot soldiers.

The crusaders fought for an ideal, whereas Lancelot fought for his own enrichment.

The crusaders had a leader, whereas Lancelot acted as an independent agent.