Question 1
The church figure who tried to reconcile faith with reason in his Summa Theologica was
A) Peter Abelard.
B) Saint Augustine.
C) Boethius.
D) Thomas Aquinas.
E) Peter Lombard.
Question 2
Which of the following is true about the election of 1860?
A) It was a four-way race.
B) Lincoln won every northern state except New Jersey.
C) Lincoln won a plurality in the popular vote.
D) Lincoln won a decisive victory in the electoral college.
E) All of these are correct.
Question 3
The medieval theological debate between the scholastic realists and nominalists
A) was finally resolved by Thomas Aquinas.
B) centered around the problem of universals and the nature of reality.
C) was a philosophical issue that only lasted as long as the thirteenth century.
D) had little to do with earlier traditions of Greek thought.
E) was ended by papal decree.
Question 4
John Brown's Raid took place in
A) 1849.
B) 1852.
C) 1854.
D) 1859.
E) 1860.
Question 5
Peter Abelard's most famous work was
A) the Confessions.
B) Sic et Non (Yes and No).
C) Summa Theologica.
D) chansons de geste.
E) Song of Roland.