Medieval Europe and Renaissance Quiz

The most powerful force in medieval Europe was

• the Roman Catholic Church.

• the manor.

• the Roman Empire.

• Hellenistic culture.

Martin Luther believed that

• good deeds were necessary for salvation.

• the pope was the sole religious authority.

• the Bible should not be translated into the vernacular.

• salvation could be achieved through faith alone.

Why did England’s Henry VIII break away from the Catholic Church?

• He was converted to Protestantism by Martin Luther’s teachings.

• He was angry that the pope refused to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

• He was hurt that the pope refused to baptize his son, Edward.

• He was offended by the formation of the Jesuit order.

The most important scientific development during the Renaissance was the

• introduction of the scientific method.

• adoption of Chinese acupuncture in medicine.

• adoption of Egyptian mummification for burials.

Unlike Francis Bacon, René Descartes believed that the best road to understanding was through

• human reasoning.

• experimentation.

• observation.

• hypothesis testing.

In the 1600s, Robert Boyle’s work transformed the field of

• medicine.

• astronomy.

• chemistry.

• philosophy.

The age of great change marked by renewed interest in classical learning and the arts is called the

• Reformation.

• Middle Ages.

• Renaissance.

• Medieval Enlightenment.

The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa were the work of the great artist

• Michelangelo Buonarroti.

• Leonardo da Vinci.

• Piero della Francesca.

• Sandro Botticelli.

The inventor who perfected the microscope and was the first person to see cells and microorganisms was

• Ambroise Paré

• Andreas Vesalius

• Robert Boyle

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

The calculations of astronomer Johannes Kepler showed that

• Earth spins alone at the center of the universe.

• the planets move around the sun in oval orbits.

• the four moons of Venus move slowly around that planet.

• the heavens are in a fixed position in relation to Earth.