Renaissance and Reformation Review

Which was not true of the Renaissance?

• People believed in their power as an individual

• People desired new knowledge

• People refused to question the authority of the Church

• People inquired into science and other learnings

Even though Florence was a republic, in reality it was dominated by __________ during the Renaissance.

• the Medici

• the Borgias

• the Lancasters

• the Tudors

Which statement best summarizes John Calvin’s political philosophy?

• A government run by the elect will best uphold Biblical teachings and divine law.

• An absolute monarch rules by divine right.

• The Pope is the representative of God on Earth and thus the highest ruling authority.

• All earthly governments are corrupt and should be rejected.

*Emergence of humanist philosophy

*Questioning political and religious norms

*Diminishing power of the Pope

Which of the following would be the best title for the above graphic?

• Catholic Art Accepts Renaissance Changes

• Renaissance Governments Establish Overseas Empires

• Impact of the Printing Press on Western Europe

• Renaissance Power Shifts from the Catholic Church to Secular Leaders

Which of the following is not true of Raphael’s painting The School of Athens?

• it exemplifies the Catholic response to the Protestand Reformation

• it demonstrates the connection between the Renaissance and the Classical Greeks

• it demonstrates perspective as an artistic technique because it has a vanishing point

• it exemplifies humanism because it focuses on the people in the image

Which of the following pieces of art is from the Classical Period and why?

• A, because of its vivid use of colors

• B, because it is a religious painting

• C, because of the realistic detail of the hands

• D, because of it is a free-standing statue depicting a realistic human form

Image A is a painting from the Renaissance. How do we know this to be true?

• The figures are perfectly formed.

• The characters are rigid and stiff.

• The use of perspective and the clearly developed background.

• The people are draped with clothing.

In what time period did image B originate?

• Medieval

• Renaissance

• Classical

• Ancient River Valley Civilizations

In his work The Prince, what is meant by Machiavelli’s belief that the “end justifies the means”?

• Leaders may use any method to achieve what is best for the state

• The general public always acts in its own best interest

• Pleasing all of the people at any given time is possible

• Leaders must always act for the common good

How did Johann Gutenberg’s invention of a printing press with movable type affect Europeans?

• It discouraged the use of vernacular languages in books.

• It led to widespread unemployment among the monks who had once copied manuscripts by hand.

• It allowed the mass production of printed books, which encouraged the spread of new

  ideas.

• It unified the German states behind the Roman Catholic Church.