Renaissance Quiz

What year did Christopher Columbus reach the Americas?

• 1492

• 1534

• 1609

• 1620

Which event of major importance happened in 1534 in Wittenberg, Germany?

• The Norman Conquest

• The Romans fell out of power

• Protestant Reformation began

• The Renaissance began

What are the general years of the Renaissance?

• 1500-1660

• 1066-1500

• 450-1066

• 1785-1837

What does the term "Renaissance" signify?

• A) A decline in artistic expression

• B) A "rebirth" of learning and a return to the literature and humanistic studies of the ancient world

• C) The end of merchant class influence

• D) characterized by advances in medical, scientific and technological knowledge to changes in population growth and location.

During the Renaissance, humanists focused their studies on which ancient civilizations to find answers about beauty, the meaning of life, and the value of the individual?

• A) Egypt and Mesopotamia

• B) Greece and Rome

• C) China and India

• D) The Aztecs and the Mayans

What year was the Globe Theater built in London?

• 1903

• 1599

• 1805

• 1066

During whose reign did the Gunpowder Plot by Guy Fawkes take place?

• Elizabeth I

• King James I

• William Shakespeare

• Nicolaus Copernicus

What significant event happened in 1564?

• Scotland left the European Union

• Macbeth sought to overthrow King Duncan

• The birth of William Shakespeare

• the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock

Which is not a significant event of the Renaissance era?

• new technology such as the telescope

• King James Bible first published

• the transition from the reign of Elizabeth I to James I

• the conquest of French King William the Conquorer

• the Protestant Reformation

Which work was published by John Milton in 1658?

• The Sistine Chapel

• The Mona Lisa

• The King James Bible

• Paradise Lost