Question 1
The Hessians were ________________ who fought for the British crown against the colonies.
A) German mercenary soldiers
B) former slaves
C) frontier native peoples
D) soldiers recruited from the British Caribbean.
E) French soldiers.
Question 2
Justinian's military conquests under the great general Belisarius
A) included both Spain and Gaul.
B) solved the eastern Empire's economic problems.
C) helped Italy economically.
D) were short-lived.
E) permanently returned control of the Mediterranean to the eastern Empire.
Question 3
The draft of the Declaration of Independence that was revised by the Continental Congress was written by
A) John Adams.
B) George Washington.
C) Patrick Henry.
D) Thomas Jefferson.
E) Thomas Paine.
Question 4
According to Cassiodorus, the trivium includes which of the following subjects?
A) grammar, rhetoric, and music
B) geometry, music, and astronomy
C) grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic or logic
D) arithmetic, logic, and astronomy
E) history, literature, and mathematics
Question 5
Common Sense was written by
A) Benjamin Franklin.
B) Thomas Paine.
C) Patrick Henry.
D) Samuel Adams.
E) Richard Henry Lee.
Question 6
The seventh-century nun who founded the monastery of Whitby was
A) Saint Catherine.
B) Saint Joan.
C) Saint Hilda.
D) Saint Jesmine.
E) Saint Theodora.
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