Renaissance Lesson

Multiple Choice

A "rebirth" or renewal in the classical art of Europe is known as the...

• Indulgence

• Renaissance

• Reformation

• Honeymoon

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Choose the 3 different Italian city-states where the Italian Renaissance began.

• Rome

• Genoa

• Venic

• Florence

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How did the Medici family contribute to the Renaissance?

• They were patrons of the arts

• They killed off anyone who challenged their power

• They went on a crime spree

• They formed the first government that collected taxes

Multiple Choice

A financial supporter of the arts

• Donor
• Patron
• Endorser

Multiple Choice

What was the chief source of Florence's wealth?

• architecture

• sea trade

• textiles

• banking

Multiple Choice

What inspired the interest in learning during the Renaissance?

• Scientific discoveries

• Humanism

• Technological advancements

• Exploration

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What did Humanism place an emphasis on?

• Economic growth

• Individual dignity and interest in nature and human society

• Military conquest

• Religious authority

Match

Match the word to its correct definition

• Religious Art

• Secular Art

• Medieval Art

Art that depicts religious themes and subjects

Art that is not religious and often reflects everyday life

Art produced during the Middle Ages

• Art that depicts religious themes and subjects

• Art that is not religious and often reflects everyday life

• Art produced during the Middle Ages

​La Pieta
(Ms. Carter's favorite)

Located in St. Peter's Cathedral in the Vatican

Multiple Select

Which of the following are works of art created by Michelangelo? (Choose all correct answers)

• Statue of David

• La Pieta

• Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

• Mona Lisa

Multiple Choice

Because of da Vinci's immense curiosity and interest in various fields of study, he was called this name:

• The Renaissance Man

• The Man of All Talents

• Jack of All Trades

• The Vitruvian Man

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Choose which works of art were created by Leonardo Da Vinci? (choose all correct answers)

• The Last Supper

• Vitruvian Man

• Statue of David

• Mona Lisa

Multiple Choice

 The early leader of the Humanist movement, an Italian poet and scholar.  One of the first thinkers to stress the value of classical learning, teachings of Greece and Rome.

• Shakespeare
• Michelangelo
• Raphael
• Petrarch

Multiple Choice

"Father of Humanism" who wrote sonnets to Laura and preserved Greco-Roman manuscripts.

• Petrarch

• Johann Gutenberg

• Erasmus

• Sir Thomas More

Multiple Choice

What term is used to describe the blending of Christianity and humanism in the Northern Renaissance?

• Christian Humanism

• Religious Synthesis

• Secular Christianity

• Humanistic Christianity

Multiple Choice

This Christian Humanist wrote Utopia.

• Erasmus

• Sir Thomas More

• Francesco Petrarch

• Leonardo Da Vinci

Multiple Choice

Dutch Scholar and writer who wrote "The Praise of Folly" in which he criticized the Catholic Church's lack of spirituality

• Desiderius Erasmus

• Hans Holbein

• Pieter Brueghel

• Albrecht Durer

Multiple Choice

What was a remarkable new process that helped spread Humanism and other ideas of the Renaissance?

• The printing press

• The steam engine

• The assembly line

• The telegraph

Multiple Choice

Who was the first European to use moveable type to print books?

• Johannes Gutenberg

• William Caxton

• Aldus Manutius

• Laurens Janszoon Coster

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was the MOST profound effect of the printing press?

• Books became cheaper
• News spread
• Increased Literacy Rates
• Books could be produced in mass

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was the first printed/published book?

• Encyclopedia Britannica
• The Bible
• Webster's Dictionary
• The Epic of Gildamesh