Question 1
Followers of the Cathar (Albigensian) heresy believed that
A) sex is the purest expression of love for God.
B) the spirit is pure but the body is corrupt and evil.
C) women and married men should be allowed to be priests.
D) the true seat of Christ's church is Byzantium.
E) Islam and Christianity were two incarnations of the same truth.
Question 2
Which of the following is true about the Chinese who arrived in California in the 1850s?
A) They were familiar with the United States as a result of missionaries who had visited China.
B) Most arrived after 1852.
C) Many were familiar with the English language.
D) Most who arrived were men of some means.
E) All of these are correct.
Question 3
Saint Francis of Assisi stressed that
A) human beings should strive to dominate the natural world.
B) God could only be understood through rigorous contemplation of nature.
C) biblical precepts be rejected in organizing the new mendicant orders of the church.
D) his followers must accept strict vows of poverty and live by working and begging for food.
E) wealth aided believers in achieving salvation.
Question 4
The Foreign Miner's Tax of 1850 charged non-U.S. citizens a ___________________ fine for mining in California.
A) 10.00
B) 12.00
C) 15.00
D) 20.00
E) 25.00