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Quiz for Source 10.2: The Crusades as Cultural Encounter

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Source 10.2 Jewish Experience of the Crusades

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Question 10.6

Which of the following best describes the author of these accounts?
Which of the following best describes the author of these accounts?
A. He was a Jewish eyewitnesses to the events.
B. He was the bishop who tried to protect the Jewish community.
C. He was a Crusader who felt remorse about his own actions.
D. He was a Christian historian who collected testimony about the First Crusade and wrote an account of it decades after it occurred.
Question 10.7

How did the Jewish community in Mainz seek to protect itself from the Crusaders’ attacks?
How did the Jewish community in Mainz seek to protect itself from the Crusaders’ attacks?
A. They bought arms and organized active military resistance.
B. They voluntarily converted en masse to the Christian faith.
C. They appealed to the pope.
D. They sought protection from the bishop of Mainz.
Question 10.8

How did Albert account for the Crusaders’ attacks on Jewish communities?
How did Albert account for the Crusaders’ attacks on Jewish communities?
A. The Crusaders believed that the Jews had allied with the Muslims to prepare for an invasion of Europe.
B. The Crusaders sought to seize the wealth of the Jews and wanted to avenge the death of Jesus at the hands of Jews.
C. The Crusaders believed that the Jewish community had cast a magical spell that, unless broken, would bring the failure of the Crusade.
D. They were encouraged to attack Jewish communities by Pope Urban II.
Question 10.9

The document provides evidence to support which of the following statements concerning why some Jews even killed their own loved ones?
The document provides evidence to support which of the following statements concerning why some Jews even killed their own loved ones?
A. Death by their own hand was preferred to death at the hands of Christian infidels.
B. Death saved them from facing trumped-up criminal charges fabricated by the bishop of Mainz.
C. Death stopped the Crusaders from forcing the Jews to join their expedition.
D. Death thwarted the Crusaders’ plan to sell their communities into slavery.
Question 10.10

Which of the following best characterizes the actions of the bishop of Mainz?
Which of the following best characterizes the actions of the bishop of Mainz?
A. He succeeded in protecting most of the Jewish community.
B. The bishop invited the Jews to his home as a pretext for making them available to the murderous Crusaders.
C. He tried but failed to protect Jews in his communities.
D. The bishop was responsible for encouraging the crusaders to attack the Jewish community.

Quiz for Source 10.2: The Crusades as Cultural Encounter

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