Stats: Chapters 5-11 Humanities Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Which emperor united most of Western and Central Europe?	Charlemagne	83%
True or false: Polyphony describes music with a single "part", whereas monophony describes music with multiple "parts"	False	78%
The Holy Land is located in modern ________ (two possible answers)	Israel/Palestine	72%
The first sacrament, ______, involves dipping one in Holy Water at birth to free them from Original Sin	Baptism	67%
The Protestant Reformation was put into motion by ___________, the namesake of the 1960's civil rights leader	Martin Luther	67%
The Taming of the Shrew is an example of a Shakespearean _______,	comedy	61%
______________, the harshest formal punishment in Catholicism, forbids believers from attending communion and considers them 'exiled' from the Catholic Church	Excommunication	61%
A social system in Medieval Europe where land was exchanged for military service	Feudalism	61%
Expressing belief contrary to Catholic religious doctrine was referred to as ______	Heresy	61%
The Crusades were religious wars initiated by __________...	Christians	56%
If someone allegedly committed the above, Catholic judges could open a formal investigation known as an ___________	Inquisition	56%
True or false: Rousseau and Locke both believed that people were born uncorrupted	True	56%
Which infectious disease, nicknamed "The Black Death", killed more than 50 million Europeans, even temporarily stopping some wars?	Bubonic plague	50%
The second sacrament, __________, allows a baptized person full church privileges	Confirmation	50%
The invention of the mechanized printing press is credited to the German craftsman __________ (full name)	Johannes Gutenberg	50%
The fourth sacrament, _________, consists of a union between man and woman	Matrimony	50%
whereas Hamlet is an example of a Shakespearean _______	tragedy	50%
His second wife, __________, initially refused the king's advances and was later executed on charges of adultery and incest	Anne Boleyn	44%
The above ruled the __________ Empire	Carolingian	44%
His sixth and final wife, ___________, was the most married queen of England and helped restore Henry's court for his children before his death	Catherine Parr	44%
One of the best known musicians of the Medieval era, as well as a prolific polymath, who composed "Kyrie Eleison/Lord Have Mercy"? (Hint: She appeared in our last music test)	Hildegard von Bingen/Bingen	44%
... who intended to reconquer Jerusalem and the Holy Land from ______ rule	Muslim	44%
_____________ describes a practice in medieval times where the firstborn legitimate child, typically the son, inherits their parents estate or throne	Primogeniture	44%
The act of selling religious offices and roles, or sacred/spiritual things	Simony	44%
His fourth wife, ___________, didn't look like her portrait in Henry's estimation, and their marriage was quickly annulled	Anne of Cleaves	39%
Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel were all composers during the ______ era.	Baroque	39%
The sixth sacrament, __________, joins humans to God through the body and blood of Chris	Eucharist	39%
Which London theater, built by Shakespeare's playing company, is most associated with his work?	Globe/Globe Theater	39%
Methods by which one could reduce their punishments for committing sinful acts— often by donating money to the Church	Indulgences	39%
Henry VIII's third wife, ___________, died shortly after giving birth to a male heir	Jane Seymour	39%
Henry's fifth wife, ____________, was about 16-18 years old and beheaded on the grounds of committing adultery	Catherine Howard	33%
Henry VIII had six wives. He divorced his first, ___________, because she failed to produce a male heir	Catherine of Aragon	33%
__________ reasoning involves using established rules to draw conclusions that must be true. Example: "All people are mortal, Plato is a person, therefore Plato is mortal"	Deductive	33%
__________ reasoning involves using a body of observations to draw broad conclusions that are most likely true. Example: "Traffic in South Miami has always been heavy at 5pm, so there will be heavy traffic in South Miami at 5pm today"	Inductive	33%
An economic system in Medieval Europe where lords lived in manors and managed peasant labor	Manorialism	33%
_____ is a musical genre that includes an orchestra and vocal soloists, as well as costumes and props	Opera	33%
The word 'utopia' was satirically invented by this statesman, who served under Henry VIII	Thomas More	33%
What is the name of a type of wooden xylophone created in 12th century West Africa?	Balafon	28%
Which Enlightenment thinker popularized the theory of 'tabula rasa', meaning humans are born with no innate knowledge or a 'blank slate'?	John Locke	28%
An Italian Renaissance political philosophy in which rulers prioritize the stability of the state over ethical concerns; "the ends justify the means" and "it is better to be feared than loved, if you can't have both"	Machiavellianism	28%
The above created a list of grievances with the Catholic Church, commonly referred to as the "_____________"	Ninety-Five Theses	28%
The third sacrament, _________, formally gives a clergyman priestly authority	Ordination	28%
The fifth sacrament, _________, involves confessing one's sins and seeking absolution for them	Penance	28%
Popularly reproduced as the 'kalimba', which Zimbabwean instrument involves plucking metal lines on a wooden board?	Sansa/sansu/mbira	28%
Idols of the _____ describes errors and logical fallacies introduced by the outside world (identified by Bacon as the introduction of religion into science)	Theater	28%
The four composers from the First Viennese School are (last names only, alphabetical order):	Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert	22%
Idols of the _____ describes how we are limited by our worldviews and biases	Cave	22%
The seventh and final sacrament, _____________, provides final absolution from sins right before death	Extreme Unction	22%
Which statesman with a yummy last name created a theory of the mind centered around four "idols"?	Francis Bacon	22%
Described as "Germany's greatest portraitist", who was King's Painter under Henry VIII?	Hans Holbein/Holbein the Younger	17%
A catholic court order forbidding believers from participating in certain holy things	Interdict	17%
Idols of the _____describes how our words do not always communicate our thoughts	Marketplace	17%
Idols of the _____ describes our tendency to assume our beliefs are always the correct ones	Tribe	17%
King Henry VIII desperately wanted a male heir. Which civil conflicts over control of the English throne prior to his reign influenced Henry VIII's anxiety?	Wars of the Roses	17%
Jean-Jacques Rousseau strongly believed in prioritizing the general ____ of the people over individual rights	will	17%

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