Literary Focus: Renaissance Review

Vernacular can best be described as

• Slang

• the language of a particular group of people

• Accent

Which of these figures is not a Renaissance era notable figure?

• Shakespeare

• Sophocles

• Jesus

• Da Vinci

According to the text, the printing press impacted the Renaissance mainly because it made it possible....

• to print books in color

• for more people to have access to books

• to print books in Latin

• for scholars to self-publish

Which of the following statements about the Renaissance is best supported by the text?

• The Renaissance depicted human topics in disrespectful ways.

• The Renaissance depicted human topics in religious ways.

• The Renaissance depicted religious topics in realistic ways.

• The Renaissance depicted religious topics in disrespectful ways.

Pray tell, who hath penned the celestial tale of The Divine Comedy?

• Henry V

• Dante

• Shakespeare

• Michelangelo

What is the best summation of the sacred and profane during the Renaissance era?

• Gods determined our fates and artists portrayed this.

• People are more divine than the Gods.

• Artists represented sacred concepts as human and realistic.

• Religious figures were two dimensional and untouchable.

In the age of the Renaissance, akin to the time of the Bard himself, what did the philosophy of humanism place great value upon?

• Strict adherence to the doctrines of the Church

• The worth of an individual's accomplishments and potential

• A life of solitude and avoidance of cultural exchange

• Resistance to artistic expression and creativity