Question 1
The staple food in the Carolingian diet was
A) bread.
B) fish.
C) beef.
D) pork.
E) vegetables.
Question 2
Which of the following is true about the role of women in the Civil War?
A) They played a relatively insignificant role.
B) Southern women formed the United States Sanitary Commission early in the war.
C) Northern women were generally inexperienced at organizing and conducting relief efforts.
D) As nurses, they took lessons from Florence Nightingale and her service in the Crimean War.
E) None of these are correct.
Question 3
In the Middle Ages, monastic hospitality to travelers was
A) forbidden because monks were to be secluded from any contact with the outside world.
B) offered occasionally, but only with royal permission.
C) offered occasionally, but only with the permission of the abbot.
D) offered to men but not to women, as the latter were potentially too sexually threatening to the celibate monks.
E) a sacred duty.
Question 4
Which of the following is true about the Peninsular Campaign?
A) It was led by George Meade.
B) It took place in Virginia.
C) It took place in 1864.
D) It was a decisive victory against Robert E. Lee
E) None of these are correct.
Question 5
Socially and culturally, the church's advocacy of indissoluble marriage resulted in
A) more bachelors who never married.
B) the development of the nuclear family at the expense of the extended family.
C) a great proportion of widows in communities.
D) the birth of fewer children in medieval times.
E) a rapid increase in Europe's population.
Question 6
The westernmost battle of the Civil War was
A) Vicksburg.
B) Antietam.
C) Glorieta Pass.
D) Chattanooga.
E) Chickamauga.