PART 1

Put all answers to Part 1 on the answer sheet. Read the instructions on the answer sheet. Guess if you don't know the answer!

What type of wine do you typically serve with "ΙΧΘΥΣ?" [Don’t' get fancy, just what is the general rule?]

A. White

C. Merlot

B. Red

D. Lambic

Where is Nag Hammadi?

A. Upper Egypt

C. Nile Delta

B. Lower Egypt

D. Alexandria

What did the brothers who found the Nag Hammadi codices eat from the body of their father's enemy?

A. liver

C. calf muscle

B. brain

D. heart

In general, for a Gnostic Christian, what will ultimately release the divine spark that is trapped in some or all human bodies?

A. faith

C. fire

B. knowledge

D. money

When did the Western Roman Empire officially fall, according to most history textbooks?

A. 509 BC

C. 476 AD

B. 79 AD

D. 1453 AD

Identify this script. [It is the letter "a."]

A. Uncial

C. Carolingian

B. Trebuchet

D. Dingbats

When did Constantinople finally fall to the Ottomans?

A. 509 BC

C. 476 AD

B. 79 AD

D. 1453 AD

When did the Hijrah take place? [Read the choices closely.]

A. 128 AD

C. 1 AH

B. 622 AD

D. 622 AH

What is the Islamic year based on?

A. sun

C. Mercury

B. moon

D. wheat harvest

What shape is the Ka'aba?

A. Tetrahedron

C. Octahedron

B. Hexahedron

D. Icosahedron

Which is not one of the 5 Pillars of Islam? [Spellings may vary.]

A. Charity

C. Salat

B. Hajj

D. Jihad

Guido of Arezzo invented the modern notational system. We know it as Do, Re, Mi...etc, but "Do" was originally what syllable?

A. Ut

C. Hoc

B. Ab

D. Id

What sect is Al Qaeda?

A. Shi'ia

C. Janist

B. Al Jazera

D. Sunni

What is the dominant sect in present-day Iran?

A. Shi'ia

C. Janist

B. Al Jazera

D. Sunni

Which one is a type of divination from calculations based on names?

A. Chiromancy

C. Oneiromancy

B. Palmistry

D. Onomancy

What does Muhammad ride on his journey to Mecca, Jerusalem, and Heaven?

A. Pegasus

C. Quraysh

B. Buraq

D. Raqtor

According to tradition, what was the religion of the original builder the Ka'aba? [Choose the best answer from the list.]

A. Jewish

C. Muslim

B. Christian

D. Hindu

Ali, the 4th Sunni Caliph and the First Shi'a Imam, was related to Muhammad in what two ways? [This will require two letters.]

A. father-in-law

C. cousin

B. nephew

D. son-in-law

In the traditional western Medieval "feudal" system, serfs were wedded to the __________.

A. noble

C. land

B. local bishop

D. price of grain

In the 8th and 9th centuries horseshoes, padded collars, and stirrups came into Europe? Where did this tech likely develop initially?

A. Asian Steppes

C. Mycenae

B. Nile Delta

D. Meso America

When was the first major outbreak of the Black Death in Europe?

A. 1066/7

C. 1347/8

B. 1274/6

D. 1491/2

Charles the Great ruled form 768 to 814. What is the name of his dynasty?

A. Hapsburg

C. Carolingian

B. Berber

D. Draconian

What city was the ultimate goal for the First Crusade?

A. Antioch

C.Constantinople

B. Nicaea

D. Jerusalem

Urban II commanded that those who successfully return from the holy pilgrimage shall put the cross on the body. Where?

A. on arm

C. on chest

B. on back

D. on forehead

Davies mentions many things done to lepers in the Middle Ages. Which is not mentioned in the "Leper" box in ch. 4?

A. burned with Jews

C. "L" on clothing

B. body parts sold

D. wear bells

In the Maalouf reading, the smith tried to dig the eyes out of the old man. What made this so difficult?

A. hands injured

C. old man had no eyes

B. blood is slippery

D. Viscount stopped it

In the Maalouf reading, how is the man who is found guilty in the ordeal by water torture punished?

A. drowned

C. blinded by silver

B. burnt at stake

D. decapitated

In the Maalouf reading, what "spurted out" of the knight who had the abscess on his leg that caused him to die almost instantly?

A. marrow

C. blood

B. vomit

D. pus

In the Maalouf reading, what shape did the Frankish doctor cut into the woman's head?

A. heart

C. pentagram

B. cross

D. fish

Who threatened Constantinople the most in 1092?

A. Seljuk Turks

C. Ottoman Turks

B. Persians

D. Arabs

A Crusader combined two main ideas. Which two? [Your answer will have 2 letters.]

A. holy war

C. vacation

B. sacrament

D. pilgrimage

In 1097 what geographical characteristic made Nicaea so hard to surround in a siege?

A. high cliffs

C. open desert

B. lake

D. swamp

What did Peter Bartholomew find in Antioch that rallied the troops and inspired their daring escape/attack from Antioch?

A. Holy Grail

C. Holy Matrimony

B. Holy Lance

D. Holy Grenade

When challenged, how did Peter Bartholomew prove that his holy relic was genuine?

A. jury trial

C. trial by fire

B. water test

D. by ballot

Who was the commander of the Frankish forces who disassembled and then reassembled their siege tower in a different location, a major tactical maneuver in the siege of Jerusalem in 1099?

A. Godfrey of Bouillon

C. Raymond of Toulouse

B. Bohemond of Taranto

D. Peter the Hermit

What was traditionally used to put out Greek Fire?

A. baking soda

C. vinegar

B. volcanic ash

D. a solution of lye and water

What is the name of the Island where Hayy is born (or where he washes up on shore)?

A. Buraq Din

C. Waqwaq

B. Memphis

D. Irkuq

Which organ is not one of the initial three organs generated in the radiated mud in Ibn Tufail's story?

A. heart

C. liver

B. brain

D. stomach

What is the approximate latitude of the island where Hayy grows up?

A. 45º S

C. 45º N

B. 5º S

D. 90º N

Where were Averroës and Ibn Tufayl from?

A. Arabian Peninsula

C. Iberian Peninsula

B. Persia

D. Po River Basin

Who fought the 100 Years War? [This answer will have two letters in it.]

A. Aragonese

C. English

B. Moors

D. French

In the Galenic heart [assignment 10], where does the Nutritive Spirit (or the nourishing blood) come from?

A. heart

C. rete mirabile

B. lungs

D. liver

Who is generally credited with fully describing the Venetian technique of "double-entry book-keeping?"

A. Fibonacci

C. Lucas Pacioli

B. Leonardo da Vinci

D. Leonardo da Pisa

What approximate range of years does the sudden drop in population, indicated by a "?," in the linked image correspond to? 44-PopulationGraph.jpg

A. ca. 1325-29

C. ca. 1424-29

B. ca. 1347-52

D. ca. 1510-14

What happened to worker's wages immediately after the Black Death?

A. decreased

C. no change

B. increased

D. manna from heaven

Due to religious and civil restrictions what group of people were often the money lenders in Medieval European society?

A. Muslims

C. Lepers

B. Jews

D. Gypsies

What city in the mid-14th century, while under siege by Tartars, is often considered the source of the plague in Europe? The Tartars supposedly catapulted dead, plague-ridden bodies into this city. [See Plague Docs. in Ass. 11.]

A. Tana

C. Caffa

B. Genoa

D. Pisa

Osama Bin Laden comes from what sect of Islam? [This is not to say that he is representative of this sect.]

A. Shi'a

C. Omvart

B. Sunni

D. Lollard

When did Mehmet II take Constantinople?

A. 1492

C. 1542/3

B. 1453

D. 1621

Who was Hürrem Sultan?

A. Suleiman

C. Gypsy Rose

B. Mehmet II

D. Roxelana

In what century did Muslim Berbers successfully invade and conquer the majority of the Iberian Peninsula?

A. 8th

C. 10th

B. 9th

D. 11th

What fashion accessory is indicated in this painting from 1565? 52-AntonioNavagero1565-byMoroni.jpg

A. cornadu

C. codpiece

B. braguette

D. poulaine

According to Grant, universities grew out of what legally recognized economic structure?

A. slave trade

C. craft/trade guilds

B. clerical cooperatives

D. feudal cooperatives

In the medieval university the students were legally classified as what?

A. clerics

C. lepers

B. bishops

D. serfs

What is not a traditional topic in the quadrivium, (the mathematical arts)?

A. arithmetic

C. astronomy

B. music

D. geography

What language was used in the medieval university?

A. Greek

C. English

B. Latin

D. French

Which form of print making utilizes acid?

A. woodcut

C. etching

B. engraving

D. dry point

What shape is a lateen sail, the sails at the back of all of Columbus' boats on his first expedition to the Americas?

A. square

C. triangular

B. hexagonal

D. cylindrical

Generally speaking, Columbus road the _________ winds to the Americas and returned using the _____________. [Answer with two letters in the correct order.]

A. Westerlies

C. Scurvy

B. Polar

D. Trade

Which of Columbus' three ships did he leave behind on his first voyage to the Americas?

A. Niña

C. Santa Maria

B. Pinta

D. Mayflower

In what type of weapon did gun powder first prove to be effective in Europe?

A. rifles

C. catapults

B. hand guns

D. cannons

Vlad the Impaler [15th c.] was a hostage in the court of Sultan Murad II. During this time it is suspected that he was exposed to what sexual practice, that may have paved the way for his brutal impalings later in life.

A. Anal fistula

C. Cross dressing

B. Buggery

D. Dropsy

Vlad the Impaler [15th c.] impaled his victims, tens of thousands of them, by inserting a greased _____ in the anus and out the mouth.

A. pala

C. pluma

B. acus

D. pasta

The kingdom of Aragon is in what region?

A. Gaul

C. Iberia

B. Balkans

D. Thule

What year was the line drawn on an incomplete map that ended up inadvertently creating a Portuguese speaking Brazil?

A. 1398/9

C. 1521/2

B. 1493/4

D. 1587/8

Which continent did the Portuguese sail around to get to Asia in the late 15th and early 16th centuries?

A. South America

C. Africa

B. Eurasia

D. Australia

Where do all the lines intersect in the perspective of this painting by Piero della Francesca, the Flagellation [of Christ], from the 1460s.

Where do all the lines intersect in the perspective of this painting by Paolo Uccello, the Deluge, from the 1450s.

Where do all the lines intersect in the perspective of this painting by Leonardo, the Annunciation, from the late 1470s.

When was syphilis first recorded in Europe?

A. ca. 1358

C. ca. 1494

B. ca. 1401

D. ca. 1867

What innovation really made portable, handheld firearms accurate?

A. smokeless powder

C. rifling

B. cast iron forging

D. ballistic charts

On the top of the Assignment 14 page, what is my "cheeky pun."

A. Loot

C. Fire

B. Booty

D. Roll

What are the earliest dates given for "Old Europe?"

A. 12,000 BC

C. 5000 BC

B. 10,000 BC

D. 3000 BC

What is a flat, unforested grassland in the general region of Eurasia called?

A. steppe

C. mesa

B. prairie

D. plains

What grain has been dominant throughout European history?

A. wheat

C. truffle

B. rice

D. quadrotriticale

Dating a piece of wood by studying tree rings is called...

A. Arthroscopy

C. Vendage

B. Radio Carbon

D. Dendrochronology

Carbon 14 dating is reliable up to about _______ years.

A. 400

C. 40,000

B. 4000

D. 4,000,000

Which Indo-European language branch is English from?

A. Albanian

C. Celtic

B. Italic

D. Germanic

Who killed the Minotaur in the labyrinth?

A. Hercules

C.Theseus

B. Pericles

D. Paris

The invention of written Greek and the life of Homer not so coincidentally occurred at about the same time. When?

A. 13th C. BC

C. 3rd C. BC

B. 8th C. BC

D. 2nd C. AD

The Euphronios Krater depicting the Death of Sarpedon from the Iliad, was found in a tomb built by whom?

A. Romans

C. Etruscans

B. Greeks

D. Trojans

What Roman symbol is clearly depicted on the back of a dime?

A. virgae

C. fasces

B. clavicula

D. faggot

In Plato's Republic, how were the best put together with the best so that they might have superior offspring?

A. athletic contest

C. rigged lottery

B. academic prize

D. personal choice

Athenian democracy lasted approximately how long?

A. 50 years

C. 350 years

B. 150 years

D. 550 years

Upon the founding of Rome by Romulus, what did he soon realize he was in short supply of?

A. arms

C. slaves

B. men

D. women

The Peplos was a garment worn by .....

A. Roman women

C. Etruscan children

B. Roman men

D. Emperors only

Both Lucius Junius Brutus (ca. 6th century BC) and Marcus Junius Brutus (ca. 1st century BC) were diehard _______.

A. Plebs

C. Royalists

B. Republicans

D. Dictators

Who was given unprecedented power as a response to the attacks by pirates on the Roman port city of Ostia in 68 BC?

A. Octavian

C. Caesar

B. Crassus

D. Pompey

What was the Emperor Augustus' common name before he chose Augustus?

A. Lucius

C. Flavian

B. Marcus

D. Octavian

Who was the Emperor when Jesus was crucified?

A. Augustus

C. Caligula

B. Tiberius

D. Nero

The name "Colosseum" refers to a gigantic nude statue of ______ that once stood at that site. It's no longer there.

A. Nero

C. Julius Caesar

B. Augustus

D. Caligula

Who was the famous teacher of Alexander the Great?

A. Aristotle

C. Archimedes

B. Galen

D. Plato

Where is Nag Hammadi?

A. Upper Egypt

C. Nile Delta

B. Lower Egypt

D. Alexandria

Where did Archimedes live, what language did he speak/write, who killed him?

A. Syracuse/Greek/Romans

C. Rome/Latin/Greeks

B. Rome/Latin/Carthaginians

D. Syracuse/Latin/Greeks

What are shown in this image?

A. remnants of toilets

C. bath house apparatus

B. flour mills

D. olive oil containers

What are the men in this image called?

A. Dragoons

C. Pikemen

B. Cavalry

D. Sappers

What weapon made a big splash at the battle of Agincourt in 1415 and is generally considered the decisive factor in the British victory over the French?

A. halberd

C. crossbow

B. longbow

D. cannon

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