Renaissance and Humanism Quiz

Who is credited with the invention of the moveable type printing press?

• William Shakespeare

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Johannes Gutenberg

In what year did the first printing press arrive in Venice?

• 1532

• 1500

• 1469

• 1440

Which artist's painting 'Dutch Proverbs' exemplifies the differences between Northern Renaissance art and Italian Renaissance art?

• Donatello

• Pieter Brueghel

• Raphael

• Leonardo da Vinci

Who is known as the 'Prince of the Humanists' in the Northern Renaissance?

• Christine de Pizan

• Desiderius Erasmus

• Thomas More

• Niccolo Machiavelli

Which Renaissance thinker wrote 'The Prince' and emphasized the importance of being feared by the people?

• Christine de Pizan

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Thomas More

• Desiderius Erasmus

Who wrote the book 'Utopia' which imagined a society without private property?

• Thomas More

• Desiderius Erasmus

• Christine de Pizan

• Niccolo Machiavelli

Which female author wrote 'Book of the City of Ladies' advocating for women's leadership?

• Virginia Woolf

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Margaret Cavendish

• Christine de Pizan

What was the main subject matter taught by humanists in the Renaissance?

• Mathematics

• Rhetoric

• Science

• Philosophy