What originated in the third century, when devout Christians retired to the desert?
A) iconoclasm
B) monasticism
C) orthodoxy
D) pilgrimage.
Answer: B) monasticism
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The kinds of Greek drama that most resemble today's television situation comedies are
a. tragedy and old comedy b. tragedy and new comedy c. new comedy and satyr play d. new comedy and mime e. mime and old comedy
Which of the following terms refers to the poorer class who were the craftspeople, merchants, and laborers in ancient Rome?
A. patricians B. equites C. plebeians D. pietas
The type of copyist writing favored by the Carolingian monks and nuns is the direct ancestor of modern typography and is called which of the following?
A. the minuscule B. Roman script C. illumination D. block lettering
Because Raga Sindhi-Bhairavi is a morning raga, which of the following would occur if it was played with mistakes at sunrise?
a. The player would be banished. b. It was thought to cause inclement weather. c. It was believed to throw off the entire day because the musical vibrations would be "out of synch" with the vibrations of the universe. d. all of the above