Describe the psychological impact of the Black Death. How did Europeans respond to the devastation caused by the epidemic?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Association of the plague with moral decline
2. Sexual promiscuity in plague-stricken areas
3. Art and literature of death and despair
4. Various remedies tried by physicians and laypeople
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A) authors. B) musicians. C) painters. D) sports figures. E) poets.
Which of the following statements most aptly characterizes the Albigensian philosophy?
A. The Old Testament is sacrosanct. B. To understand God we must understand Jesus, for God was incarnated in him. C. A church is an invisible spiritual force, not a real-world institution. D. God is love and forgiveness. E. Christianity holds the answers to all of life's problems.
What happened to Progressivism in the 1920's?
What will be an ideal response?
Roman histories are
a. derived from oral performance b. performed on stage in Athens c. performed and read for a particular audience, but draws on a wealth of myth d. rooted in the development of Rome, but collects early myths and mythologizes history