Renaissance Quiz

Leonardo da Vinci personifies the Renaissance ideal of being a “Renaissance Man,” meaning someone who

• Was not interested in religion or spiritual questions.

• Was motivated primarily by the desire for economic gain.

• Practiced and excelled in a variety of activities or crafts.

• Spoke and read many different languages.

Who was the Renaissance artist who created the Last Supper & Mona Lisa

• Michelangelo

• Donatello

• Raphael

• Leonardo

English diplomat & statesmen during the Northern Renaissance and who wrote Utopia (the book about the perfect/ideal society)?

• Chaucer

• Cervantes

• Castiglione

• More

1. One of the dominant features of Renaissance thought was a 

• 1. study and revival of ancient Greek & Roman culture

• 1. distrust of all government and political authority.

• 1. hostility to all forms of Christian religion.

• 1. admiration for Chinese Philosophy

1. • Leonardo DaVinci used movement and perspective in his work.

• Machiavelli’s The Prince advised rulers on how to gain and maintain power.

• Humanist scholars examined worldly subjects and classical culture.

Which period is associated with these statements?

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

• French Revolution

• Early Middle Ages

1. What event led the Renaissance to spread from Italy to N. Europe?

   
   

• The popes took more power

• Enlightenment accepted by Pope

• the European Monarchs took more power

• Da Vinci visited French Court at the request of King Francis I

1. The Renaissance in Western Europe is best described as a period marked by

• an advance in Muslim culture

• Christian unity throughout the region

• great intellectual and artistic creativity

• unquestioned reliance on the teachings of Aristotle

1. Which Italian city-state is identified by a “star” on the map and is known for being the wealthiest city-state with the most Renaissance artists working there for the Medici family?

   
   

• Milan

• Venice

• Florence

• Papal States

1. A major reason that the Renaissance began in Italy was that

• merchants supported the Green Revolution

• many European scholars migrated to this area

• Italian city-states had grown wealthy from trade

• farmers produced great agricultural surpluses on vast plains

1. Machiavelli wrote the Prince in the hope that-

• 1. The French would restore political order in Italy.

• 1. The Spanish would remove the French from Italy.

• 1. The pope would actively promote a worldly order of Christians.

• 1. An Italian ruler would emerge from the Medici family of Florence.