Renaissance Review

Which of the following words describe the art of the Middle Ages?

• realistic
• three-dimensional
• religious
• not religious

How did Italian cities like Florence and Milan become wealthy at the start of the Renaissance?

• they were mercenaries
• trade and manufacturing
• they created religious art
• trade with the Americas

Which of the following people was an artist, scientist, inventor, and philosopher?

• Leonardo da Vinci
• William Shakespeare
• Miguel de Cervantes
• Dante Aligheri

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Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

• Cervantes
• Machiavelli
• da Vinci
• Michelangelo

Who was the most important English playwright?

• William Shakespeare
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Niccolo Machiavelli
• King Richard I

What invention helped spread Renaissance ideas around Europe?

• the cotton gin
• the printing press
• the steam engine
• the typewriter

Who invented the printing press?

• Martin Luther
• King Henry VIII
• Johann Gutenberg
• George Washington

The Renaissance movement that is based on the values of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, such that individuals and human society were important is known as: 

• Humanity
• Humanism
• Homo Sapienism
• Hajj

The Renaissance is a rebirth of which cultures? 

• Greek and Byzantine
• Roman and Chinese
• Islam and Greek
• Greek and Roman

Which Renaissance artist was famous for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and creating a sculpture of The David.

• Michaelangelo

• Rafael

• Leonardo

• Donatello