Renaissance Reading

Leonardo da Vinci was the...

• Sculptor of the Pieta and David & Painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

• Painter of Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

• Architect of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence

• Writer of Don Quixote

Michelangelo was the...

• Sculptor of the Pieta and David & Painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

• Painter of Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

• Architect of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence

• Painter of Madonna and the Grand Duke & The School of Athens

Botticelli was the…

• Sculptor of St. George

• Painter of the Birth of Venus

• Architect of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence

• Painter of Madonna and the Grand Duke & The School of Athens

A growing middle class, more people reading, and looking back in history all caused the start of the ____________.

Who is the author of 'The Prince', a significant political treatise from the Renaissance period?

• A) Niccolò Machiavelli

• B) Thomas More

• C) William Shakespeare

• D) Geoffrey Chaucer

Which of the following works is a famous play by William Shakespeare that was written during the Renaissance?

• A) The Divine Comedy

• B) Hamlet

• C) The Canterbury Tales

• D) Paradise Lost

What is the primary theme explored in Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 18'?

• A) The fleeting nature of beauty

• B) The power of political ambition

• C) The struggle between good and evil

• D) The importance of family loyalty

Which Renaissance writer is known for the phrase 'Cogito, ergo sum' (I think, therefore I am)?

• A) René Descartes

• B) Thomas More

• C) Erasmus

• D) Dante Alighieri

In which language did Dante Alighieri write 'The Divine Comedy'?

• A) Latin

• B) Italian

• C) French

• D) English

What is the main subject of Thomas More's 'Utopia'?

• A) A perfect society

• B) The history of England

• C) The life of a Renaissance artist

• D) The exploration of the New World