Renaissance and Late Middle Ages Quiz

What event killed approximately half of Europe's population during the late Middle Ages?

• The Hundred Years' War
• The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
• The Crusades
• The Peasants' Revolt

Which document, signed by King John, marked a significant shift in power dynamics during the late Middle Ages?

• The Domesday Book
• The Magna Carta
• The Treaty of Verdun
• The Golden Bull

What does the term 'Renaissance' mean?

• End of time
• New beginning
• Rebirth
• Golden age

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• French cities
• German towns
• Italian cities
• English villages

What philosophy tried to balance religion with the power of the human mind during the Renaissance?

• Scholasticism
• Humanism
• Rationalism
• Empiricism

What is the belief that each person is important and has worth/potential called?

• Collectivism
• Feudalism
• Individualism
• Socialism

How did Renaissance artists paint people compared to artists in the Middle Ages?

• More abstractly
• More realistically
• More symbolically
• More two-dimensionally

What artistic technique made objects in Renaissance paintings appear three-dimensional?

• Chiaroscuro
• Sfumato
• Perspective
• Foreshortening

Which Renaissance artist is famous for his statue of David?

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Raphael
• Michelangelo
• Donatello

How long did Michelangelo spend painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

• 2 years
• 4 years
• 6 years
• 8 years