A Time of Discovery and Rediscovery

Which sentence expresses a main idea of the selection?

• A The plague nearly destroyed Italy’s economy.

• B Renaissance women had less freedom than men.

• C Both arts and sciences flourished during the Renaissance.

• D Italy prospered when it began selling different products.

Which detail is important to include in a summary of the selection?

• A The plague killed more than one third of the population.

• B The Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily were in the southern part of Italy.

• C The poet and scholar Petrarch spent hours studying ancient texts.

• D Leonardo da Vinci studied the anatomy of human bodies.

According to paragraph 2, why is a 1347 Crimean ship historically important?

• A It created a route between Crimea and Sicily.

• B It carried rats that spread the plague to Europe.

• C It shipped wine and oil from Italy to Crimea.

• D It introduced Europeans to luxury goods.

What can the reader infer from paragraph 3 of the selection?

• A The Renaissance led to widespread education throughout Italy.

• B Education was limited to the city-states in northern Italy.

• C Religious studies were a primary focus of the Renaissance.

• D Wealthy Italians placed great value on education.

What can you infer about the Renaissance from the section below?

“Renaissance Italians turned to ancient Rome as the model for a great civilization. Before long, scholars were rediscovering Greek and Roman art, science, and literature.”

• A The Renaissance made Italians wish they had lived in a different time.

• B The Renaissance helped the Italian people become more civil and cultured.

• C The Renaissance in Italy introduced new and old ideas from the Greeks and Romans.

• D The Renaissance in Italy was influenced by ancient Greek and Roman ideas.

What is the main idea of paragraph 5?

• A Some of the new inventions of the Renaissance include music, sports,and games.

• B The Church taught a different message in the Renaissance than it did in the Middle Ages.

• C In the Renaissance, people lost interest in the Church’s teachings about the afterlife.

• D Changing values led Renaissance people to seek out various ways to entertain themselves.

In paragraph 5, what is the meaning of enthusiasm ?

• A interest

• B skill

• C demand

• D participation

According to the selection, why was Leonardo da Vinci a perfect example of a “Renaissance man”?

• A He had a great enthusiasm for games and sports.

• B He was skilled in all areas of the arts and sciences.

• C He designed and built a famous flying machine.

• D He wanted more people to study anatomy and science.

Based on paragraph 7, what is the meaning of the word realism?

• A colors that are intensely bright

• B images of what things look like in life

• C a focus on the process of creating

• D stylized, simplified images

How did the printing press change people’s lives?

• A It had little effect, as most people never learned how to read.

• B More people could afford to read books, and Renaissance ideas spread.

• C It had a positive effect on people who studied human anatomy.

• D More people were exposed to printed songs, and Renaissance music spread.