Question 1
How did the Poles, Czechs, and Hungarians respond to German incursions?
a. They ignored all efforts of German kings to Christianize them.
b. They were united by their cultural links to the Byzantine Empire.
c. They were greatly influenced by assimilation into the Catholic church and Latin culture.
d. They rejected western Christianity and became increasingly antagonistic toward Christianity.
e. They became Orthodox Christians, unlike most of the other Slavic peoples.
Question 2
Scholars would agree with each of the following statements EXCEPT
a. the climax of Roman development occurred under the Republic.
b. the old sense of Roman virtue had been lost by the first century B.C.
c. the old threat of foreign enemies such as Carthage had encouraged stability and cooperation for the good of the state.
d. by the first century, soldiers gave their loyalty to commanders rather than to Rome.
e. despite the influence of Greek rationalism, the city-state constitutional of the Republic was unable to manage Rome's empire.
Roman Empire
Ratings of Perceived Contradictions in Political Statements
Apollo Belvedere (detail), Roman copy after a 4th-century BCE Greek original.
The Laocoön Group, Roman copy, perhaps after Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus of Rhodes.
The Ancient Roman World
ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE: Roman Architectural Orders