The Middle Ages 1

1. Which of the following best describes the time period occupied by the Middle Ages?

• 4th Century BC - 4th Century AD
• 5th Century - 15th Century
• 1490 - 1527
• 1960 - 1972

2. Which of these important buildings is thought to epitomize Byzantine architecture?

• Hagia Sophia
• Notre-Dame de Paris
• Church of the Holy Sepulchre
• Windsor Castle

3. Which famous Norseman is said to have been the first European in North America, 500 years before Columbus?

• Ragnar Lothbrok
• Egil Skallagrimsson
• Leif Erikson
• Erik the Red

4. According to the United Nations, what is the median age of the world's population in 2020?

• 26
• 31
• 36
• 41

5. Dante's Divine Comedy was a literary work divided into three parts. Which of the following is NOT the title of one of its parts?

• Inferno
• Terra
• Purgatorio
• Paradiso