1. Which of the following is NOT among the Saxon gods from whom the English names for days of the week are derived?
a. Tiw
b. Woden
c. Thor
d. Saturn

2. Which of the following terms refers to a free man who owned a farm of 90-1000 acres in Anglo-Saxon culture?
a. thane
b. kenning
c. churl
d. wergild

3. Which of the following terms refers to the "life-price" of an individual in Anglo-Saxon culture?
a. kenning
b. thane
c. churl
d. wergeld

4. Which of the following terms, commonly used in Old English literature, refers to the substitution of a compound phrase for the usual name of a person or thing (such as "ring- giver" for king, and "whale-path" for sea)?
a. kenning
b. thane
c. churl
d. wergild

5. Who established a monastery on the Scottish island of Iona?
a. Augustine
b. Columba
c. Eadfrith
d. Patrick

6. Who built a cathedral at Canterbury and a church dedicated to St. Paul in London?
a. Augustine
b. Columba
c. Eadfrith
d. Patrick

7. Who designed the Lindisfarne Gospels?
a. Augustine
b. Columba
c. Eadfrith
d. Patrick

8. According to an ancient legend, who created the first Celtic cross by making the mark of a Latin cross through the circle on an ancient standing stone monument?
a. Augustine
b. Columba
c. Eadfrith
d. Patrick

9. From which material was Roland's horn constructed?
a. elephant tusk
b. conch shell
c. brass
d. copper

10. Which of the following is NOT among the strict, though unwritten, code of conduct that guided a knight?
a. courage in battle
b. loyalty to his lord and peers
c. generosity to the poor
d. courtesy verging on reverence toward women

11. Whose "Rule" (set of guidelines) was imposed on all monasteries throughout Charlemagne's Frankish kingdom?
a. Gregory
b. Benedict
c. Leo III
d. John XII

12. In a typical monastery, which of the following is the dining hall, where monks ate their meals?
a. refectory
b. scriptorium
c. novitiate
d. infirmary

13. Which of the following refers to a musical note used in Gregorian chant?
a. wergild
b. kenning
c. churl
d. neum

14. Which of the following documents the Norman invasion of England in 1066?
a. Domesday Book
b. Bayeux Tapestry
c. Song of Roland
d. Beowulf

15. Which of the following resulted from a call by William I of Normandy for a complete survey of England so that he could more accurately determine how much tax he could raise to provide a new army?
a. Domesday Book
b. Bayeux Tapestry
c. Song of Roland
d. Beowulf

16. Which of the following claimed as its relic the bones of Mary Magdalene?
a. Vézelay
b. Chartres
c. Rome
d. Santiago de Compostela

17. Which of the following Romanesque architectural terms refers to the elongated arched masonry structure spanning an interior space and shaped like a half cylinder?
a. trumeau
b. archivolt
c. barrel vault
d. voussoir

18. Which of the following architectural terms refers to wedge-shaped stones that form the arch in a Romanesque church?
a. trumeau
b. archivolt
c. barrel vault
d. voussoir

19. Which of the following terms refers to an almond-shaped oval of light signifying divinity, imported from the Far East through Byzantium and commonly used by Romanesque artists?
a. tympanum
b. mandorla
c. trumeau
d. voussoir

20. Which of the following provides an accurate translation for memento mori?
a. reminder of death
b. reminder of life
c. reminder of happiness
d. reminder of wisdom

21. Who is the author of On the Misery of the Human Condition, whose message was adopted as official doctrine of the Western Catholic Church?
a. St. Benedict
b. St. Augustine
c. Pope Innocent III
d. Odo of Cluny

22. Who is often credited with developing one of the first effective systems of musical notation--a method which used the letters A through G to name the seven notes of the Western scale?
a. Bernard of Clairvaux
b. Guido of Arezzo
c. St. Benedict
d. Odo of Cluny

23. Who introduced the idea of depicting notes on a staff of lines so that the same note always appears on the same line--resulting in the birth of modern musical notation?
a. Bernard of Clairvaux
b. Guido of Arezzo
c. St. Benedict
d. Odo of Cluny

24. Who composed "Cruel are the pains I've suffered," in which she expresses her regret for having chosen to remain true to her husband, rather than share her life with the knight with whom she has fallen in love?
a. Anne of Amiens
b. Chrétien de Troyes
c. Marie de France
d. Beatriz de Dia

25. What is the significance of the Song of Roland? How does it demonstrate the chivalric code?

26. What benefits were used to entice men to participate in the Crusades?