Renaissance & Reformation

Humanists would encourage someone to _____.

• learn, read, and enjoy life

• become a Christian monk

• live a simple life

• commit crimes

What artist painted the Mona Lisa?

• Michaelangelo

• Botticelli

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Raphael

In what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man?

• He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist.

• He was only a painter.

• He lived in Italy during the 1500s.

• He challenged the church by writing the 95 theses.

The best synonym for secular is ____.

• new

• worldly

• humane

• religious

A person who produces work "in the vernacular" is one who _____.

• relies on realism

• uses only natural light

• uses a verse form of writing

• writes in local, rather than a classical, language

What kind of person represented the ideal of the "Renaissance Man"?

• someone who enjoyed worldly pleasures

• someone who excelled in many areas of study

• someone who specialized in a particular field of study

• someone who supported and appreciated the arts without creating art

For what is the Medici family famous?

• for being artists

• for being writers

• for being rulers, patrons, and supporters of the arts

• for being religious reformers

Who is Lord Farquaad?

• fictional character from Shrek who looks similar to Lorenzo de Medici

• ruler of Florence during the Renaissance

• patron of the arts

• fictional character from Shrek who sends people to the swamp

The intellectual and cultural movement known as humanism arose from the study of ____.

• medieval scholarship

• original Christian writings

• classical Greek and Roman culture

• the contributions of the Tang and Song dynasties

What book did Machiavelli writh about how to be a powerful writer?

• Tao Te Ching

• The Agony & the Ecstacy

• The Prince

• Makavelli