Humanities: Naturalism

Question 1

_________ was considered the center of the cult of the Virgin throughout the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

Answer 1

Chartres

Question 2

The _______________ was considered the most cherished relic at the Chartres Cathedral.

Answer 2

tunic Mary wore at Jesus’ birth

Question 3

The chief purpose of the stained-glass programs in all Gothic cathedrals was

Answer 3

to tell the stories of the Bible.

Question 4

One of the stained glass windows at the Chartres Cathedral shows the

Answer 4

genealogy of Christ

Question 5

The window called ________ depicts the Virgin Mary as descended from Jesse, the father of King David, Thus fulfilling a prophecy in the book of Isaiah.

Answer 5

“Tree of Jesse”

Question 6

In a gothic church, the ________ was traditionally built against an exterior wall to provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds.

Answer 6

flying buttress

Question 7

The figure of Saint Theodore found on the jamb of Chartres’ south transept portal stands in a ________ position.

Answer 7

contrapposto

Question 8

The _________________ is a collection of musical works created by many composers which provided music for all the feast days of the Church calendar.

Answer 8

Magnus Libri Organi

Question 9

___________ is a four-part polyphonic composition intended to be sung in the middle of the Christmas Mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Answer 9

Viderunt Omnes

Question 10

The minimum number of voices included in a motet is …

Answer 10

three

Question 11

The trivium consisted of:

Answer 11

Grammar, Rhetoric, Dialectic

Question 12

_____ was the first city to found a university, establishing itself as a center for the study of law.

Answer 12

Bologna

Question 13

______ was mandatory, and students studied ______ in all courses of their first four years of study.

Answer 13

Latin

Question 14

____________ played a significant role in organizing theology students in Paris.

Answer 14

Robert de Sorbon

Question 15

_________ a logician and author of the treaties Sic et Non taught by the dialectical method.

Answer 15

Peter Abelard

Question 16

Peter Abelard, a logician and author of the treaties __________ taught by the dialectical method.

Answer 16

Sic et Non

Question 17

Trotula is widely recognized as the author of ____________

Answer 17

On the Diseases of Women

Question 18

_________ wrote the Summa Theologiae and was one of the prominent spokesmen for Scholasticism.

Answer 18

Thomas Aquinas

Question 19

The Gothic church at _______ features the highest ratio of glass to stone.

Answer 19

Sainte-Chapelle

Question 20

___________ is credited with painting the fresco known as the Allegory of Good Government.

Answer 20

Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Question 21

By the twelfth century, _______ was the center of textile production in the Western world and played a central role in European trade markets.

Answer 21

Florence

Question 22

Florentine bankers introduced Europe’s first single currency, __________

Answer 22

the gold florin

Question 23

The gold florin was considered the most important contribution of Florence’s bankers and money lenders to ______________

Answer 23

world trade

Question 24

_____________ formed the Opera del Duomo, or Department of Works of the Duomo, a committee in charge of building a new cathedral.

Answer 24

Arte dei Lana

Question 25

The _____________ and _____________ were both mendicant orders: that is, they neither held property nor engaged in business, relying for their support on contributions from their communities.

Answer 25

Dominicans and Franciscans

Question 26

The accomplishments of Pope Innocent III consisted of:

Answer 26

Formalized the Church hierarchy
Gave full sanction to the doctrine of transubstantiation
Made annual confession and Easter communion mandatory for all adult Christians.

Question 27

____________ is credited with painting the Maseta (Virgin and Child), which once hung in the council chamber of SIena’s Palazzo Pubblico.

Answer 27

Simone Martini

Question 28

According to an old story, one day Cimabue discovered a talented shepherd boy by the name of ___________ and tutored him in the art of painting. The pupil soon surpassed the teacher.

Answer 28

Giotto di Bondone

Question 29

___________ is credited for being the author of the Divine Comedy.

Answer 29

Dante Alighiere

Question 30

When Dante and Virgil reach the lowest level of Hell, they found Satan himself chewing on the worst of all traitors;

Answer 30

Judas, Cassius, and Brutus

Question 31

__________ the love of his life, serves as Dante’s guide through Paradise.

Answer 31

Beatrice

Question 32

____________ provides a startling description of Florence during an outbreak of the plague.

Answer 32

The Decameron

Question 33

__________ is composed of heroic couplets.

Answer 33

The Canterbury Tales

Question 34

__________ is credited with being the author of The Canterbury Tales.

Answer 34

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 35

Charcer’s characters come from all three estates, or social ranks:

Answer 35

the nobility, the clergy, the common people

Question 36

___________ is credited with being the author of Book of the City of Ladies.

Answer 36

Christine de Pizan