It's interesting to me that there is a similar discussion on a medieval
list.  This other discussion concerns problems with a textbook's choices on
a test.

It's not the same as the topic of Johanna's message about grammar, but both
messages do concern materials for k-12 students.

Christine Gray 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Larsen
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 11:59 PM
To: Mediev-L
Subject: [MEDIEV-L:44245] Re: High Schools and the Middle Ages

The mistake here is in confusing the Avignon Papacy prior to 1378 with the
Great Schism. Even worse is the confusion between a schism, which is a
dispute over leadership, with heresy, which is about doctrine.

Andrew E. Larsen 


On 9/29/05 10:40 PM, "Skip Knox" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I recognize the limitations of multiple choice, and I recognize the
necessity
> of them in certain circumstances. But questions like this one bother me.
> 
> The Great Western Schism was finally resolved
>     A. by the Protestant Reformation.
>     B. by returning the pope to Rome, but Catholicism's political power
was
> broken.
>     C. by the Fourth Crusade against Constantinople.
>     D. when the pope in Avignon died.
> 
> Obviously it cannot be A or C. Perhaps if there was some grave
> misunderstanding, the answer might be D, but plenty of popes died in
Avignon
> and that didn't end the Schism. Then again, B can't be reight either,
though
> that appears to be the "correct" answer. Yet, there had been a pope in
Rome
> for well over 30 years by the time the Schism ended. I'm baffled to
imagine
> what is actually being taught here, or how the information might be worded
in
> the text.
> 
> As for Catholicism's political power being broken, I reckon that would
have
> been news to Julius II!
> 
> Perhaps I'm being too fussy.
> 
> 
> 
> Skip Knox
> Boise State University
> [log in to unmask]
> 

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