Chapter Chronology

Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 11

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1. According to Boccaccio (see Document 11-1), which of these best described the response of the people of Florence to the plague?

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Correct. The answer is b. While Boccaccio described a number of different responses to the plague, all involved the abandonment of the sick and an effort to save oneself.
Incorrect. The answer is b. While Boccaccio described a number of different responses to the plague, all involved the abandonment of the sick and an effort to save oneself.

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2. Which of these did both Giovanni Boccaccio and Angelo di Tura (see Document 11-1 and Document 11-2) observe as the plague ravaged their respective communities?

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Correct. The answer is a. Boccaccio described survivors as doing everything they could “to avoid the sick,” and Di Tura lamented that in the wake of the plague “fathers abandon their sons, wives their husbands, and one brother the other.”
Incorrect. The answer is a. Boccaccio described survivors as doing everything they could “to avoid the sick,” and Di Tura lamented that in the wake of the plague “fathers abandon their sons, wives their husbands, and one brother the other.”

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3. Who did the participants in the English Peasants’ Revolt blame for the country’s ills (see Documents 11-3)?

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Correct. The answer is c. The peasant rebels blamed social and economic elites for the hardships endured by ordinary Englishmen.
Incorrect. The answer is c. The peasant rebels blamed social and economic elites for the hardships endured by ordinary Englishmen.

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4. Which group did the artist who created The Social Order envision as the base of European society (see Document 11-4)?

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Correct. The answer is d. The groups of people in the tree are arranged, to a large degree, by status, with peasants climbing out of the roots at the base of the tree.
Incorrect. The answer is d. The groups of people in the tree are arranged, to a large degree, by status, with peasants climbing out of the roots at the base of the tree.

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5. Why did Catherine of Sienna think it imperative that the pope return to Rome (see Document 11-5)?

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Correct. The answer is c. Catherine linked the decline of the Church’s reputation to the establishment of the Avignon papacy.
Incorrect. The answer is c. Catherine linked the decline of the Church’s reputation to the establishment of the Avignon papacy.

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6. On what essential point did the authors of De mirabili victoria and De bono et malo spiritu differ (see Document 11-6)?

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Correct. The answer is c. While the author of De mirabili victoria believed it was appropriate for Joan to wear men’s clothing while acting as God’s warrior, the author of De bono et malo spiritu argued that the performance of “manly acts— by a woman could lead only to sin and social confusion.
Incorrect. The answer is c. While the author of De mirabili victoria believed it was appropriate for Joan to wear men’s clothing while acting as God’s warrior, the author of De bono et malo spiritu argued that the performance of “manly acts” by a woman could lead only to sin and social confusion.