Renaissance in European History

Who was the Florentine author known as Petrarch?

• A) A painter

• B) A writer

• C) A musician

• D) A sculptor

What did Petrarch call the era in which he lived?

• D) The Golden Age

• B) The Middle Ages

• C) The Renaissance

• A) The Dark Ages

What was the focus of the Renaissance scholars' study of the humanities?

• D) The natural environment

• C) Mathematics and astronomy

• B) Human speech and logic

• A) The heavens and saints

Which Italian city-state was the headquarters of the early Renaissance?

• D) Rome

• C) Florence

• B) Milan

• A) Venice

Who dominated the second half of the fifteenth century in Florence?

• A) The Medicis

• D) The Viscontis

• B) The Borgias

• C) The Sforzas

What did the rise of Roman legal thinking lead to?

• D) The rise of individual rights

• C) The rise of communal living

• B) The rise of the Matriarch

• A) The rise of the Pater Familias

What did Laura Cereta write a famous letter about?

• D) The impact of Roman legal thinking

• C) The power of the Medici family

• B) The decline of the Renaissance

• A) The importance of women's education

What did the artists of the Renaissance focus on?

• B) Anatomical accuracy

• A) Religious themes

• D) Abstract art

• C) Mythical creatures

What did the Medicis make huge sums in?

• A) Agriculture

• B) Banking and investing

• D) Trading spices

• C) Manufacturing

What did the Renaissance thinkers believe they were experiencing?

• D) A shift towards religious themes

• C) A decline in intellectual pursuits

• B) A dramatic change

• A) A continuation of the medieval world