Renaissance and Reformation Quiz

What change happened in Europe as a result of Gutenberg’s innovation?

• Decline in literacy rates

• Spread of ideas and knowledge via books

• Decrease in book production

• Isolation of European cultures

What caused the destruction of feudalism and the growth of urban workshops during the 1300s?

• The Renaissance

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Black Death

• The Enlightenment

Money to support the arts in Renaissance Italy came primarily from what economic venture?

• Agriculture

• Mining

• Trade and commerce

• Fishing

Which Renaissance artist was most famous for his painting the “Mona Lisa”?

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Donatello

What did humanist writers such as Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio emphasize?

• Divine intervention

• Human potential

• Military conquest

• Economic prosperity

Indulgences, considered a sign of church corruption, were what?

• Taxes on the poor

• Pardons that reduced punishment for sins

• Donations to the church

• Religious relics

Which reformer said that any Christian could read the Bible and understand God’s message?

• Martin Luther

• John Calvin

• Henry VIII

• Thomas More

The Council of Trent was part of which movement?

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

• Counter-Reformation

• Industrial Revolution