HS Renaissance Quiz 3

How did Dante's 'Divine Comedy' praise the ideals of humanism?

• By telling the story of a personal journey to God

• 1. By describing a path to God through the Church

• 1. By reflecting the idea that all men are equal in the eyes of God

• 1. By praising uniformity rather than variety

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How did humanism change individuals' interests?

• Individuals centered their attention on human nature and earthly experience.

• Individuals centered their attention on God and the divine.

• 1. Individuals centered their attention on the study of theology and philosophy.

• Individuals' centered their attention on penance and self-denial.

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How did humanism change the idea of human nature?

• Man became more independent from the Church.

• 1. Man became more important than God.

• 1. Man became more independent from God.

• 1. Man became the center of God's creation.

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How is the humanist ideal reflected in Boccaccio's 'Decameron'?

• Its main idea is that life is to be enjoyed in the here and now.

• 2. It warns the reader that selfishness will be punished.

• 1. The bottom line is that life is to be full of suffering.

• 1. It praises self-sacrifice as the most important virtue.

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The main reason for the development of humanism was the _____.

• decline of the power of the Church

• 1. improvement of infrastructure

• 1. invasion of Germanic tribes from Northern Europe

• 1. rise of monarchies

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