World History - Middle Ages - MCQs with answers - Part 1

World History - Middle Ages - MCQs with asnwers - Part 1


1. Who was the first historian to use tripartite periodisation?

a) Bernardo Rossellino
b) Coluccio Salutati
c) Leonardo Bruni
d) Lorenzo Valla

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ANSWER: c) Leonardo Bruni

Bruni's 'History of the Florentine People' was widely imitated by humanist historians for two centuries after its official publication by the Florentine Signoria in 1442. This edition makes it available for the first time in English translation.



2. Who made tripartite periodisation standard?

a) Andreas Cellarius
b) Christoph Cellarius
c) Flavio Biondo
d) Genseric

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ANSWER: b) Christoph Cellarius

The library of the University of Applied Sciences in Schmalkalden bears his name. It is called the "Cellarius Bibliothek", in honor of Cellarius.



3. When was America discovered?

a) 1491
b) 1492
c) 1493
d) 1494

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ANSWER: b) 1492

Christopher Colombus discovered America.



4. Who pioneered Christian cenobitic monasticism?

a) Anthony the Great
b) Athanasius of Alexandria
c) Basil of Caesarea
d) Pachomius the Great

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ANSWER: d) Pachomius the Great

Cenobitic monasticism is a monastic tradition that stresses community life.



5. Who won the Battle of Poitiers in 732?

a) Carloman
b) Charles Martel
c) Pepin of Herstal
d) Pepin the Short

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ANSWER: b) Charles Martel

The Battle of Tours is also called as the Battle of Poitiers. It was fought in an area between the cities of Poitiers and Tours.



6. Who took control of the kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria in a coup of 753?

a) Carloman
b) Charles Martel
c) Pepin of Herstal
d) Pepin the Short

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ANSWER: d) Pepin the Short

He was the first of the Carolingians to become King.



7. When did Charlemagne conquer the Lombards?

a) 752
b) 753
c) 757
d) 774

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ANSWER: d) 774

It freed the papacy from the fear of Lombard conquest and marked the beginnings of the Papal States.



8. Who brought the education available in the monasteries of Northumbria?

a) Alcuin
b) Bede
c) Einhard
d) Rabanus Maurus

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ANSWER: a) Alcuin

Alcuin is also called Ealhwine, Albinus or Flaccus. He was an English scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher from York.



9. Who was the successor of Charlemagne?

a) Charles the Bald
b) Lothair I
c) Louis the German
d) Louis the Pious

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ANSWER: d) Louis the Pious

Louis the Pious is also called the Fair, and the Debonaire. He was the King of Aquitaine from 781. He was also King of the Franks and co-Emperor with his father from 813.



10. When did Louis the Pious die?

a) 813
b) 814
c) 864
d) 840

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ANSWER: d) 840

Louis was buried in the Abbey of Saint-Arnould in Metz.


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