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1
Fourteenth-century Europe was characterized by plague, famine, and war.
A)True
B)False
2
The "Dance of Death" refers to the grotesque contortions made by the bodies of people dying from the Black Death.
A)True
B)False
3
The Wife of Bath was a famous woman painter who was invited to paint in all the courts in Europe.
A)True
B)False
4
Christine de Pizan wrote appeals for peace and for the recognition of women's contributions to culture and social life.
A)True
B)False
5
The Flamboyant style of architecture is so named because of its flame-like effects.
A)True
B)False
6
A campanile is a bell tower; Florence's was designed by Giotto.
A)True
B)False
7
New art (ars nova) refers to the new developments in European painting in the late Middle Ages.
A)True
B)False
8
The Great Schism refers to the difficult time in the Church when there was more than one pope, and pious Christians were understandably confused and disillusioned.
A)True
B)False
9
During the plague years, some extreme ascetics known as flagellants staged public ritual whippings in an attempt to draw divine wrath from others.
A)True
B)False
10
"Ockham's razor" refers to the use of logic.
A)True
B)False
11
Robert Grosseteste is credited with having devised the scientific method of step-by-step procedures for investigating natural phenomena.
A)True
B)False
12
The rise of literacy produced a growing middle class who learned to read and write the local languages rather than Latin, and a shift to vernacular literature began to occur.
A)True
B)False
13
Cimabue is known for painting lifelike, relaxed figures with emotional content.
A)True
B)False
14
The Perpendicular was the late Gothic architectural style in England.
A)True
B)False
15
Woodblock, engraving, and drypoint are all forms of artistic prints made in the late Middle Ages in Europe.
A)True
B)False





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