Renaissance/Reformation

Which one of these did NOT help cause the Renaissance?

• Invention of the printing press
• the fall of Constantinople (1453)
• the decline of church-sponsored universitites
• the decline of feudalism

Humanism was the idea that

• salvation was not important for humans
• studying the ancient works could help people improve their lives
• humans were predestined as saints or sinners
• humans had a sinful nature

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

• a wealthy merchant class promoted education and art there
• its cultural ties were to Xerxes of Persia
• John Calvin banned Catholic practices there
• Istanbul had fallen to the Byzantines and Muslims began moving to Italy

Which Renaissance writer mocked medieval monasteries/convents in his novel, Gargantua and Pantagnuel?

• Francois Rabelais
• Francesco Petrarch
• Baldassare Castiglione
• Geoffrey Chaucer

Which Renaissance writer wrote the first modern novel which contrasted the Middle Ages to the Renaissance through the two main characters?

• William Shakespeare
• Niccolo Machiavelli
• Miguel de Cervantes
• Francesco Petrarch

Who painted this famous Renaissance work?

• Isabella d'Este
• Raphael
• Dante
• Donatello

Which Christian humanist wrote a new version of the Bible in Greek and questioned church rituals such as relic worship?

• Jan Hus
• Martin Luther
• John Calvin
• Desiderus Erasmus

Which northern Renaissance painter was called the "German Leonardo"

• Jan van Eyck
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Albrecht Durer
• Pieter Bruegel

With which would Niccolo Machiavelli most agree?

• making false promises is okay
• people should love you as a leader
• people should respect you as a leader
• Christian ideas should guide leaders

What event is considered to be the beginning of the Protestant Reformation?

• nailing of complaints on the door of the church by Martin Luther
• the fall of Constantinople in 1453
• John Calvin took over as leader of Zurich, Switzerland
• Henry VIII of England got a divorce