Renaissance Unit

What was less focused on in the Renaissance?

• Culture

• farming

• art

• wealth

Machiavelli believes in what statement below?

• It does not matter if you do good or bad things

• Always do the morally right thing

• As long as more good is achieved you can do bad things to get there.

• As long as some good is achieved it doesn't matter how much bad you do to get there.

What did the Printing Press allow people to do with knowledge?

• They could keep knowledge easier.

• They could share knowledge easier.

• They could increase knowledge easier.

• none of ABOVE

Who is associated with the invention of the Printing Press?

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Erasmus

• Jan van Eyck

• Nicolo Machiavelli

What is something a humanist would likely say?

• Learn about this world and the people in it and make life better.

• Be good and you will be rewarded in next life.

• Only faith will bring you peace.

• none of the above

What is true about Dante's Inferno?

• It was written in Latin.

• It was mostly read by priest in the Church.

• It was written by Eramus.

• It is about a specific underworld based on peoples behaviors or sins.

What is true about William Shakespeare?

• He was a lone genius without a teacher

• He faced many horrible challenges.

• He told stories that are relevant today.

• He was unhappy.

• He put words together incredibly well.

What is an indulgence in the Catholic Church?

• It is a prayer to escape sins.

• It is a prayer to help loved ones escape sins.

• It is a payment to the church to escape punishment for past sins.

Who was the priest that criticized the Church with a desire to improve it?

• Erasmus

• Thomas More

• Martin Luther

• King Henry VII

Who wrote the Utopia about a perfect world?

• Erasmus

• Thomas More

• Martin Luther

• King Swift

• Adam Shrek