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The Life of Charlemagne Trivia Quiz

This is an examination of the life and history of Charlemagne.

A multiple-choice quiz by socratessoul. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
socratessoul

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
6,874

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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1. We know most of what we know about Charlemagne due to the biography or biographies that we have about him. Who wrote this or these biographies? Hint

Einhard

Both of these men

Notker the Stammerer

Neither of these men

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2. Who crowned Charlemagne in 800 AD? Hint

He crowned himself

His father

The Pope

His uncle

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3. What does Charlemagne mean? Hint

Charles the Fat

Charles the Enlightened

Charles the Conqueror

Charles the Great

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4. Who was Charlemagne's father? Hint

Einhard

Charles Martel

Pepin the Short

Charles the Fat

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5. When was Charlemagne born? Hint

c. 730 AD

c. 742 AD

c. 755 AD

c. 768 AD

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6. Pope Stephen II crowned Pepin the Short as king of the Franks in 754 AD, because Pepin promised to support the church. The current king was Childeric III, last of which dynasty? Hint

Merovingian

Aquitainian

Capetian

Carolingian

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7. Who was Charlemagne's brother? Hint

Charles

Louis

Notker

Carloman

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8. What is the name of Charlemagne's efforts to improve education and literacy in his kingdom? Hint

The Carolingian Renaissance

The Capetian Rule

The Enlightenment

The Capetian Renaissance

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9. Which French dynasty later claimed, through the church, to have found documents tracing their line back to Charlemagne himself? Hint

The Capetians

The Aquitainians

The Bourbons

The Carolingians

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10. Charlemagne had three sons and three daughters by his second wife Hildegard. The daughters were named Rotrude, Bertha and Gisela. What were the names of the three sons? Hint

Charles, Carloman and Pepin

Charles, Pepin and Louis

Charles, Peter and Devon

Charles, Einhard and Stewart

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. We know most of what we know about Charlemagne due to the biography or biographies that we have about him. Who wrote this or these biographies?

Answer: Both of these men

2. Who crowned Charlemagne in 800 AD?

Answer: The Pope

Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne in 800 AD on Christmas Day.

3. What does Charlemagne mean?

Answer: Charles the Great

Charles the Fat was Charlemagne's epileptic great grandson, who commissioned the Monk of St. Gall, Notker the Stammerer, to write a biography of his father.

4. Who was Charlemagne's father?

Answer: Pepin the Short

Again, Charles the Fat was Charlemagne's great grandson. Einhard worked in Charlemagne's court and wrote a glowing biography of Charlemagne, and Charles Martel was Charlemagne's grandfather.

5. When was Charlemagne born?

Answer: c. 742 AD

6. Pope Stephen II crowned Pepin the Short as king of the Franks in 754 AD, because Pepin promised to support the church. The current king was Childeric III, last of which dynasty?

Answer: Merovingian

7. Who was Charlemagne's brother?

Answer: Carloman

Carloman was weak of character, and Charlemagne was the opposite. When their father Pepin the Short died he divided his kingdom between his two sons, but Charlemagne was quickly able to take control of much of it. Carloman died suddenly in 771, giving Charlemagne complete and undisputed control of his family's kingdom. Charlemagne had also had a brother named Pepin, but this brother died very young.

8. What is the name of Charlemagne's efforts to improve education and literacy in his kingdom?

Answer: The Carolingian Renaissance

Charlemagne himself was illiterate!

9. Which French dynasty later claimed, through the church, to have found documents tracing their line back to Charlemagne himself?

Answer: The Capetians

The Capetian monks, almost three hundred years after Charlemagne was crowned, claimed to have found documents showing this descendency from in the walls of a church during renovation. It is generally held that these documents were forged by monks in an attempt to approve public opinion toward the Capetian dynasty.

10. Charlemagne had three sons and three daughters by his second wife Hildegard. The daughters were named Rotrude, Bertha and Gisela. What were the names of the three sons?

Answer: Charles, Pepin and Louis

Source: Author socratessoul

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