Chapter 34(29) Quiz-Florence: The Cradle of the Renaissance

Why was Florence called "the cradle of the Renaissance"?

• A. The Renaissance developed there.

• B. The Renaissance required a lot of money.

• C. Most artists in Florence were young.

• D. Most children in Florence had many talents.

How were Florence's industries related to the city's culture?

• A. Industry owners studied art and music in Florence.

• B. Great artists became bankers and traders.

• C. Wealthy patrons sponsored many artists.

• D. Brilliant scholars got rich writing books.

What technique did Renaissance painters discover?

• A. the use of perspective

• B. the use of colors

• C. attention to abstract images

• D. attention to unusual shapes

Below are three elements of Renaissance culture. What do they have in common?

* painting

* architecture

* sculpture

• A. They were all pursued only by the wealthy.

• B. They were all influenced by classical ideas.

• C. They all depended on engineering breakthroughs.

• D. They all required lengthy periods of training.

Whose work influenced Michelangelo?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Danta Alighieri

• Raphael

• Donatello

What important change made literature more popular during the Renaissance than it had been before?

• A. Writers wrote about religious topics.

• B. People believed that reading led to salvation.

• C. Writers wrote in their own dialects.

• D. People believed that reading led to financial success.

What place did Virgil not take Dante in the poem The Divinie Comedy?

• A. Inferno

• B. Paradise

• C. Sheol

• D. Purgatory

According to the book, what did Leonardo da Vinci not write about in his notebooks?

• A. Engineering

• B. Sound

• C. Architecture

• D. Algebra