Renaissance and Reformation

Using movable type for printing in Europe led to increased

• participation in the government

• wealth of peasants

• rates of literacy in Europe

• land ownership for nobles

The humanists' purpose for educating people was to

• prepare people for religoius lives

• produce scholars of ancient literature

• make people more artistic

• create more well-rounded citizens

Why did Dante write his masterpiece, the Divine Comedy, in vernacular?

• Vernacular was the language of princes

• The work was intended for only scholars to read

• Ordinary citizens could read and understand it

• He could not read and write Latin

Renaissance painters wanted to imitate nature so that people who viewed their works would:

• consider their subjects to be real

• prefer them to music or other art forms

• want to become artists themselves

• imitate them in their own works

Leonardo da Vinci was a good example of Renaissance Italy's social ideal because he:

• came from a wealthy family

• was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician

• wrote elegant romantic poetry and insightful political treatises

• was a politician who initiated important public works projects

In which was were the Catholic and Protestant groups similar during the Reformation?

• Both groups shared the SAME Christian rites

• Both groups sold indulgences

• Both groups ignored political alliances

• Both groups believed in only one God

How did Luther communicate his concerns about the Catholic Church?

• He discussed his concerns with his students.

• He talked to the other monks and the pope.

• He published the Ninety-five Theses.

• He persuaded John Tetzel to speak for him.

The English Reformation differed from the Reformation in the rest of Europe because it:

• gave the state no control over religious doctrine (law)

• maintained an alliance with the pope in England

• was rooted in politics rather than religion

• departed radically from traditional Catholic teachings

The Italian states played a crucial role in politics because of:

• their economic power

• their allegiance to the Pope

• the high demand for Middle Eastern goods

• their rule by hereditary monarchs

What does the word renaissance mean?

• recreate

• reemerge

• rebirth

• reinvent