Quiz  /  Medieval History Quiz: Part One

  • 1. 
    Who was the first archbishop to rule the whole English church?

  • Anselm of Canterbury
  • Theodore of Canterbury
  • Honorius of Canterbury
  • Wilfrid of York

  • 2. 
    Which king of Wessex prevented England from falling to the Danes in the 9th century?

  • Guthrum
  • Aethelwulf
  • Charlemagne
  • Alfred

  • 3. 
    Which king of England began his reign in 1042 and was eventually made a saint because of his reputation for piety?

  • William I
  • Ethelred II
  • Edward
  • Aethelred I

  • 4. 
    Which of these kings defended the Holy Roman empress Matilda’s rights to the English throne?

  • Stephen
  • Henry Plantagenet
  • Malcolm III
  • David I

  • 5. 
    Which king of Scotland gained independence from English overlordship in 1189?

  • Malcolm I
  • William I
  • Malcolm IV
  • Richard I

  • 6. 
    Which Crusade leader’s death while attempting to swim a stream was regarded by Muslims in the Holy Land as an act of God?

  • Philip II
  • Conrad III
  • Frederick I
  • Richard I

  • 7. 
    Which group propagated the views of the 14th-century theologian John Wycliffe, considered one of the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation in England?

  • Lollards
  • Freemasons
  • Quakers
  • Protestants

  • 8. 
    The teachings of which Roman Catholic saint were condemned in 1277 by the university masters of Paris?

  • Thomas Aquinas
  • Bernard of Clairvaux
  • Ignatius of Loyola
  • Benedict of Nursia

  • 9. 
    Which author of a popular English medieval travel book made up many of the tales in his work and may never have traveled at all—if, in fact, he himself existed?

  • Paul Theroux
  • John Mandeville
  • Marco Polo
  • Odoric of Pordenone

  • 10. 
    What theologian, historian, and chronologist helped popularize the practice of dating events relative to the birth of Jesus Christ?

  • Bede
  • Augustine of Hippo
  • Adhémar de Chabannes
  • Dionysius Exiguus
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