Following is a sample exam. The daytime sections of Western Civ follow this format and there are three or four of them during the course, depending on the section. The evening section exam normally omits the essay and includes more multiple choice. Of course, this is subject to change. CIV 100-01, 02, 03, & 04 NAME_________________________ EXAM I - February 20, 1995 PART I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. (COUNTS 1/2 OF EXAM). For each of the following items, circle the letter that corresponds to the response that best completes the sentence or answers the question. 1. Which is unrelated to the others in Socrates' view? a. virtue b. faith c. knowledge d. happiness 2. Platonic love involves a. disgust with sex. b. paternal affection. c. love of the state. d. soul halves. 3. The school of philosophy that preceded Socrates was a. Sophists. b. Albigensians. c. Mithraic. d. Ptolemaic. 4. Socrates wrote a. the Republic. b. Poetics. c. Confessions. d. nothing. 5. Jesus thought people should a. work hard to accumulate wealth. b. defy Rome by refusing to pay taxes. c. earn money to contribute to Hebrew causes. d. be indifferent to wealth. 6. Which does not belong? a. Epicureanism b. Zoroastrianism c. Christianity d. Judaism 7. The covenant involved a. God's promise to favor his chosen people. b. an alliance among the 12 tribes of Israel. c. the pope's authority. d. the heirarchy of bishops in the early church. 8. The Germanic strain in the Middle Ages contributed a. a strong literary tradition. b. the ideal of personal loyalty to a lord. c. a sophisticated political structure. d. matriarchal organization of society. 9. St. Thomas Aquinas was a. an important philosopher. b. a hermit. c. the founder of a monastic order. d. a defender of the supremacy of the pope. 10. Land in return for military service is a. manorialism. b. feudalism. c. functional theory of society. d. militia organization. 11. Individuals of which social group profited most from the expansion of the Roman territorial empire? a. plebeians b. patricians c. centuries d. Carthaginians 12. The official responsible for the administration of Roman law was the a. censor. b. oracle. c. praetor. d. senator. 13. Which of the following was not a characteristic of Roman law? a. It was grounded on earlier religious principles. b. Rights and punishments depended on social status. c. It was based on natural law. d. It was universal. 14. The concept of "paterfamilias" originates with a. the Greeks. b. the Romans. c. early Christians. d. the Roman Catholic Church. 15. The two ancient authors who define what we call the "epic" are a. Homer and Cicero. b. Homer and Virgil. c. Virgil and Ovid. d. Sophocles and Virgil. 16. Rome's aqueducts were made possible by which of the following architectural innovations? a. post-and-lintel columns b. semicircular arch c. the flying buttress d. embankment 17. Which of the following is an inaccurate statement? a. Greek architecture perfected the post-and-lintel construction. b. The Discus-Thrower is an ideal representation of the male figure. c. The Parthenon shows the harmony between the spiritual and the secular. d. The Homeric epics were composed during the Athenian age. 18. The Greek audience would have viewed Sophocles' play Antigone as a. an argument for dictatorship. b. an argument for moderation. c. an argument against obeying the gods. d. an argument for a woman ruler. 19. The conqueror who wanted to fuse the best features of Greek culture and Middle Eastern culture was a. Alexander of Macedonia. b. Pericles of Athens. c. Zoroaster of Persia. d. Hector of Troy. 20. In the medieval functional view of society, a. Christianity wages a holy war against Islam. b. peasants can rise to be nobility through hard work. c. each individual is born into an assigned social class. d. all peasants are tied to the land. 21. The distinguishing characteristic of manorialism was a. development of a banking system. b. emergence of the middle class. c. development of specialized labor. d. self-sustaining agricultural barter system. 22. The following was an important innovation in medieval agriculture: a. replacing the three-field system with a two-field system. b. replacing oxen-drawn plows with horse-drawn plows. c. increasing the ratio of serfs to rent-paying tenants. d. using fences to enclose the open fields. 23. Gothic architecture is noted for a. rounded arches. b. bulky entrances. c. height and light. d. few statuary works. 24. The Song of Roland is best described as a. a troubador's love song in Italian. b. an expression of the medieval saintly ideal. c. an English madrigal. d. a warrior epic in vernacular French. 25. The following two are the greatest depictions of life as a pilgrimage in Medieval literature: a. The Aeneid and The Divine Comedy. b. The Song of Roland and The Book of the Duke of True Lovers. c. The Divine Comedy and The Canterbury Tales. d. The Canterbury Tales and the Arthurian tales. PART II. ESSAY (COUNTS 1/2 OF EXAM) DIRECTIONS: Answer the essay question on this and the following pages. Your answer should include: 1) a well-defined thesis statement and a direct answer to the question; 2) specific examples of historical data and evidence to illustrate and prove your thesis; 3) fully developed paragraphs, including a clear introduction and conclusion; 4) correct grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. CHOOSE ONE OF FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. (Please circle the number of your choice.) 1. Explain the conflict between rationalism and revelation and trace its history from the Greeks through the Middle Ages. OR 2. By comparing and contrasting the Greek city-state, the Roman Empire, and the Medieval feudal contract illustrate the Zeitgeist of the respective ages.