CLEP WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1 EXAM VERIFIED
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ During the period of the late Merovingians, the most powerful
office in the Frankish realm was that of the:
Answer: (C) mayor of the palace.
◉ The cause of ecclesiastical reform in western Europe before the
twelfth century was led by the:
Answer: (A) Cluniacs.
◉ Which of the following was NOT one of the achievements of
Charlemagne?
Answer: (C) He crowned himself emperor.
◉ "At first an unremarkable pastoral society, the people of this city-
state expelled their kings early in their history and established a
form of government consisting of elected public offices. Its
domination by a few wealthy families led to tumultuous periods of
class struggle. The society's favorable geographical position, in
combination with the development of an innovative form of military
organization and a toughminded refusal to be discouraged by
setbacks, enabled it to take a dominant role in international politics."
,The society described above was that of the:
Answer: (D) Romans.
◉ Which is true of Richard I the Lion-Hearted (1189-1199) during
the Third Crusade?
Answer: (A) He captured the coastal city of Acre and executed
Muslim prisoners of war.
◉ "He was renowned as a charismatic teacher, and his decision to
lecture on theology in Paris added to its reputation as a center of
learning. He agreed to tutor a young woman of keen intelligence;
they had a love affair with disastrous consequences, and in
repentance he became a monk. Other monks considered his theology
heretical, and he died shortly after a condemnation of his teaching."
The passage above describes the career of:
Answer: (B) Peter Abelard
◉ Which of the following had the fewest theological differences with
the Roman Catholic Church?
Answer: (E) Henry VIII
◉ Italian politics during the Renaissance (c. 1400-c. 1600) was
dominated at one time or another by all of the following EXCEPT:
, Answer: (E) The Lombard League.
◉ In the map of the western Mediterranean below, the shaded areas
indicate (look at the book for map):
Answer: (E) areas colonized by the Phoenicians.
◉ The Old Babylonian kingdom of the Amorites in Mesopotamia
disintegrated around 1600 B.C.E. because:
Answer: (D) it was invaded by Hittites from the north and Kassites
from the east.
◉ The religion of the Sumerians, with its gloomy view of the afterlife
and its pantheon of capricious gods, is most fully described in which
of the following ancient texts?
Answer: (B) The Epic of Gilgamesh
◉ Which of the following was true of ancient Greek tyranny?
Answer: (D) It sometimes benefited a polis by preventing anarchy.
◉ All of the following are true of the Athenian political reformer
Solon EXCEPT:
Answer: (D) He established a Council of 500 members.
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ During the period of the late Merovingians, the most powerful
office in the Frankish realm was that of the:
Answer: (C) mayor of the palace.
◉ The cause of ecclesiastical reform in western Europe before the
twelfth century was led by the:
Answer: (A) Cluniacs.
◉ Which of the following was NOT one of the achievements of
Charlemagne?
Answer: (C) He crowned himself emperor.
◉ "At first an unremarkable pastoral society, the people of this city-
state expelled their kings early in their history and established a
form of government consisting of elected public offices. Its
domination by a few wealthy families led to tumultuous periods of
class struggle. The society's favorable geographical position, in
combination with the development of an innovative form of military
organization and a toughminded refusal to be discouraged by
setbacks, enabled it to take a dominant role in international politics."
,The society described above was that of the:
Answer: (D) Romans.
◉ Which is true of Richard I the Lion-Hearted (1189-1199) during
the Third Crusade?
Answer: (A) He captured the coastal city of Acre and executed
Muslim prisoners of war.
◉ "He was renowned as a charismatic teacher, and his decision to
lecture on theology in Paris added to its reputation as a center of
learning. He agreed to tutor a young woman of keen intelligence;
they had a love affair with disastrous consequences, and in
repentance he became a monk. Other monks considered his theology
heretical, and he died shortly after a condemnation of his teaching."
The passage above describes the career of:
Answer: (B) Peter Abelard
◉ Which of the following had the fewest theological differences with
the Roman Catholic Church?
Answer: (E) Henry VIII
◉ Italian politics during the Renaissance (c. 1400-c. 1600) was
dominated at one time or another by all of the following EXCEPT:
, Answer: (E) The Lombard League.
◉ In the map of the western Mediterranean below, the shaded areas
indicate (look at the book for map):
Answer: (E) areas colonized by the Phoenicians.
◉ The Old Babylonian kingdom of the Amorites in Mesopotamia
disintegrated around 1600 B.C.E. because:
Answer: (D) it was invaded by Hittites from the north and Kassites
from the east.
◉ The religion of the Sumerians, with its gloomy view of the afterlife
and its pantheon of capricious gods, is most fully described in which
of the following ancient texts?
Answer: (B) The Epic of Gilgamesh
◉ Which of the following was true of ancient Greek tyranny?
Answer: (D) It sometimes benefited a polis by preventing anarchy.
◉ All of the following are true of the Athenian political reformer
Solon EXCEPT:
Answer: (D) He established a Council of 500 members.
