The Renaissance Unit Test

The image below depicts which famous painting?

• Transfiguration

• The Wedding at Cana

• The Pieta

• The Last Supper

Most artistic commissions were for -  

• nature works

• family portraits

• religious portraits

• government related works

18. Which figure developed new banking techniques that greatly improved the banking system?

• Dante

• Machiavelli

• Erasmus

• Lorenzo de Medici

What was the definition of the “humanism” concept?

• the concept of separation between church and state

• an education concept that put children's learning at the forefront

• an intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements

• the idea that humans are more important than religion

As the Renaissance spread north to England, which writer became the most prominent of the Northern Renaissance?

• Charles Dickens

• Jane Austen

• William Shakespeare

• Jane Eyre

Which of the following was one of the first works of political philosophy during the Renaissance?

• Erasmus' "Liberalism and Religion"

• Angomorro's "Democracy and Freedom"

• Dante's "The State of Man"

• Machiavelli's "The Prince"

The quote below comes from which Renaissance figure that has been described as the perfect “Renaissance Man”?                                                                   “To develop a complete mind, Study the science of art; Study the art of science; Learn to see; Realize that everything connects to everything else.”    

• Dante

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

Who were the Trinity of Great Masters of the Renaissance period?

• Erasmus, Medici, and Dante

• Botticelli, Petrarch, and Erasmus

• Raphael, Botticelli, and Borromini

• Da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo

What was one of the major impacts of the Renaissance?

• reunited Christianity with Islam

• marked the birth of the "modern world"

• the creation of spice trade routes

• the first ever discovery of mathematics

Which humanist scholar has been called “the first tourist” because of how often he traveled just for pleasure?

• Botticelli

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Petrarch

• Raphael