Episode 108 Quiz
Welcome to the quiz for Episode 108: Isidore of Seville. See what you remember about the Visigothic polymath Isidore of Seville, and the period in which he lived, by clicking START, below!
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Late Antique science, by Isidore’s age, was becoming increasingly:
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This Visigothic King ruled from 586-601 and pushed for broad religious changes on the Iberian Peninsula:
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By 660, the Hispano-Roman and Visigothic populations of the Iberian Peninsula were:
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Who held much of the Andalusian coast during Isidore’s lifetime?
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Which of the following was NOT a major influence on Isidore’s style of writing history?
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After the fourth century, this increasingy became a tool to help Christian exegesis.
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Visigothic Spain, on an official level, switched from Arianism to Catholicism in which year?
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Isidore invented the period.
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How many manuscripts of the Etymologies have survived?
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Isidore and his generation of scientific writers:
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An old Latin term for punctuated clauses.
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Which of the following best describes Isidore’s Etymologies?
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What was scriptio continua?
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Isidore had an almost equally famous and influential:
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Which Visigothic King attained control over almost all of the Iberian Peninsula between 570 and 578?
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