Renaissance & Reformation Test

Who was the German Monk who wrote 95 arguments against the Catholic Church? 

• Martin Luther King Jr. 
• King Edward
• Martin Luther
• Christopher Columbus 

When the Protestants broke away from the Catholic Church, it was called...

• The Protestant Reformation 
• The English Purification
• The Protestant Restoration 
• Paradise Lost

What does Renaissance mean? 

• Creativity
• Restoration
• Rebirth 
• Knowledge 

The writer of "The Prince," who wrote that leaders should do whatever it takes to keep power and protect their city, even lie and kill was...

• Petrarch
• Erasmus
• Machiavelli
• Shakespeare

Leonardo da Vinci's most famous contributions to Renaissance art were

• The "Last Supper" and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 
• The "Pieta" and "David"
• "David" and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
• The "Mona Lisa" and the "Last Supper"

The "rebirth" of interest in learning and art after the Middle Ages, particularly in the ideas of ancient Greece and Rome was

• humanism
• the Renaissance
• the Enlightenment
• secularism

Which was NOT a characteristic of humanism?

• an emphasis on the individual and society
• gaining knowledge through reason and not just religious faith
• an emphasis on the Catholic Church
• It was based on Greek and Roman ideas

During the Renaissance, people began to become more interested in more worldly events-not just religious ones. This was known as

• secularism
• urbanization
• the vernacular
• humanism

The Renaissance first began in the city-state of

• Florence
• Rome
• Venice
• Milan

The English writer of plays, sonnets, and poems...

• Erasmus
• Machiavelli
• Durer
• Shakespeare