Medieval Quiz Name(Required) First Last Email(Required) Who said it? "God wills their salvation; and to this belong both election and love:—love, inasmuch as He wills them this particular good of eternal salvation; since to love is to wish well to anyone—election, inasmuch as He wills this good to some in preference to others; since He reprobates some." John Calvin Thomas Aquinas Augustine Anselm Who repelled the Muslim invasion at the battle of Tours? Charles Martel Charlemagne Charles II Chuck If you lived in the year 1143 in Europe, what would your most likely occupation be? Merchant trading spices Farmer or peasant working the land Crushing your enemies, seeing them driven before you, and hearing the lamentation of their women. Scholar writing manuscripts If you were a child in a medieval village in 1300, what would you most likely spend your day doing? Studying Latin in a monastery Helping with chores like tending animals or fetching water Training as a squire for a knight Playing board games with friends What is the name of Gawain’s host as he searches for the Green Knight? Arthur Tristan Barliman Butterbur Bertilek What was a popular pastime in England during the 1400s for common folk? Watching or participating in archery contests Playing chess with nobility Attending courtly dances Questing for the Holy Grail What is the metal of King Jove? Gold Lithium Copper Tin How many arguments for the existence of God does Aquinas explain in Summa Contra Gentiles? 4 5 6 The number of arguments for the existence of God cannot be counted To which order did Bonaventure belong? Dominican Templar Franciscan The most high league of holy ones dedicated to the service of the Lord in acts of charity and mercy, having renounced all earthly goods to pursue the glory of God through contemplation, prayer, and fasting What is the name of Anselm's famous argument? Ontological argument Cosmological argument Uncaused Cause Call your opponent a cotton-headed ninny-muggins argument Which of the following is NOT a tale in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales? Knight Archbishop Wife of Bath Friar What is Thomas Aquinas’s nickname? Smart Bull Dumb Horse Smart Mule Dumb Ox What would you most likely eat for dinner in a typical household in Spain during the 1200s? A feast of roasted venison and exotic spices Bread, porridge, or stew with vegetables Churros Sweet pastries filled with honey What was the most likely cause of death for a Frenchman in 1483? Suspected of being English Executed for mispronouncing a French name Killed by Muslims Plague or infectious disease Who issued the papal bull, Unam Sanctam? Boniface VIII Pious XII Whatshisface II Leo XIV Who called for the first crusade? Innocent II John Paul I Urban II Guilty II Who is the commentator in Aquinas’s Summa Theologica? Avicenna Averroes Russet Aristotle Where was the first university? Oxford Bologna Cambridge Anselm's basement NameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Δ Retake the Quiz
