Renaissance and Humanism Quiz

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The Renaissance may be described as an age of

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D. All the Above

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The dominant intellectual movement of the Renaissance was called

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D. humanism

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The intellectual movement called humanism

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B. focused on human life and its accomplishments

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Spain reclaiming all the lands of the Iberian Peninsula and expelling Muslims and Jews is better known as the ____________________.

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D. Reconquista

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Which Renaissance figure is the best example of a polymath or “Renaissance Man”?

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B. Leonardo De Vinci

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What war was Joan of Arc associated with?

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C. 100 years War

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Who fostered a balance between reason and faith?

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B. Thomas Aquinas

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Secularism would go with which idea or belief?

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C. Everyday people doing everyday things are worth celebrating

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Machiavelli wrote the “Prince” which is about _______________.

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B. Politics

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I was born at Stratford upon Avon and wrote many classic plays, sonnets, and tragedies. I was buried in Westminster’s Abby along with Queen Elizabeth I. Who was I?

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D. William Shakespeare