Renaissance Quiz Review

What invention had the greatest influence on the spread of ideas in the Northern Renaissance?

• gunpowder

• movable type (printing press)

• the compass

• the rudder

The Renaissance began in the city-states of--

• France

• Italy

• Greece

• England

Erasmus's The Praise of Folly attacked--

• the spread of humanist ideas

• the Medici family rule

• corruption of the church

• Medieval artistic traditions

Humanism incorporated all of the following beliefs EXCEPT:

• an admiration for classical culture

• people should live a life preparing for the afterlife

• every individual had dignity and worth

• the ideal person participates in a variety of activities

The painting Mona Lisa was created by--

• Donatello

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

• Leonardo da Vinci

This "Renaissance man" was an artist, engineer, and scientist...

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Sir Thomas More

• De Medici

What German inventor developed the printing press?

• Van Eyck

• Erasmus

• Gutenberg

• More

The English Renaissance produced some of the world's greatest dramas. Works such as Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth were written by one of the English playwrights. Who was this individual?

• More

• Chaucer

• Dante

• Shakespeare

The English translation of the French word "renaissance" is--

• rebirth

• restoration

• revival

• new style

The Prince by Machiavelli--

• encouraged honesty and fair play by political leaders

• provided a set of rules for rulers to take and hold power

• was the story of an English prince from the Middle Ages

• firmly established democracy as the government in Italy