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The author claims that the rule under Pope Gregory VII was particularly rife with nepotism (promotion of family members).

A) True
B) False

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Pope Leo IX instituted a number of lasting church reforms.

A) True
B) False

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According to the author, there were four major crusades to the Holy Land.

A) True
B) False

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What did Pope Leo III do to Charlemagne?


A) Declare him Universal Overlord
B) Declare him Pontifex Maximus ("Greatest Bridge-builder")
C) Declare him Imperator Romanorum ("Emperor of the Romans")
D) He gave Charlemagne the right to choose popes

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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What do you think are the assets and liabilities integrating church and state?

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Charlemagne built his capital in modern-day Munich.

A) True
B) False

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What does the author believe about Pope Gregory I?


A) He was one of the most outstanding popes of the late patristic age
B) He was the most scandalous popes of the late patristic age
C) He seems to have wanted to be pope to check the emperor's power
D) He was one of the weakest popes in the late patristic age

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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How was early Irish Christianity different from the rest of Christianity?


A) It did not have bishops or priests
B) It had a different set of scriptures
C) It centered on monasteries
D) It lacked a hierarchical structure

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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The Carolingian dynasty lasted three hundred years.

A) True
B) False

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What strategy did the Romans have from about 100-400 to keep the Germanic peoples at bay?


A) The Romans fed them during various famines
B) Intermarriage with Roman princes
C) Divide and conquer
D) The Romans educated them

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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What was symbolic about the Synod of Whitby's decision when to celebrate Easter?


A) It allowed the faithful to take on the Julian calendar
B) It signaled they would be aligned with the practices of the universal church
C) It meant that bishops from Gaul (France) would be welcomed to England
D) It ultimately allowed England to become part of the Roman Empire

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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What collective name did the Romans give to the Goths, Vandals, Lombards, and Burgundians?


A) Germans
B) Barbarians
C) Pagans
D) Outsiders

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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Visigothic king Reccared refused to accept the bishops' insistence of taking on a Catholic Christianity.

A) True
B) False

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When Pope Urban II preached the first crusade, he literally said that Christ commanded it.

A) True
B) False

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Under Pope Leo IX, the Eastern and Western churches formally broke communion with each other.

A) True
B) False

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While the author says that the papacy got mired in conflicting interests and political machinations, he also seems to defend, at least in some way, the papacy acting as a monarch in the Papal States. What are his reasons, and do you think his position is defensible?

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Does Islam have a just war tradition?


A) Yes, it is virtually identical to Christianity's
B) Yes, though it is framed very differently than Christianity's
C) No, the author said they do not have the theological resources
D) No, every Muslim nation made up its own rules

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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What did the Donation of Constantine include?


A) The bishop of Rome was to be named articulator of orthodoxy
B) The bishop of Rome was to have universal jurisdiction over the church
C) The bishop of Rome was to have universal jurisdiction and was temporal ruler over all of Italy
D) The bishop of Rome was to be the Holy Roman Emperor

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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Which great theologian and religious reformer enthusiastically preached the second crusade?


A) Thomas Aquinas
B) Martin Luther
C) Aldous of Huxley
D) Bernard of Clairvaux

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Pippin III gave the pope rule over northern Italy.

A) True
B) False

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