Unit 6 Test: Renaissance and Reformation

The poems and plays of which person are representative of the English Renaissance?

• Johann Gutenberg
• William Shakespeare
• Dante Alighieri
• Miguel de Cervantes

England became a Protestant country during the Reformation when its

• King declared himself head of the Church of England
• People demanded the adoption of Lutheran beliefs
• Priests opposed reforms implemented by the Pope
• Armies were exposed to Calvinist beliefs while in France

What was the Spanish Inquisition (1478-1834)?

• A system designed to establish new colonies in the Americas
• the exchange of goods between Spain and Central and South America
• the religious court established to find and punish heretics
• a military campaign to drive the Muslim armies our of Spain

During the Renaissance, there was rebirth of interest in, and study of, the classical cultures of

• Greece and Rome
• Japan and India
• Egypt and Turkey
• Russia and China

A wealthy family living in Florence, Italy, during the Renaissance would most likely have directly supported which group of people?

• farmers
• miners
• missionaries
• artists

This period of European history, known as the Renaissance, roughly covers the time from

• 1200 to 1500
• 1300 to 1600
• 1400 to 1700
• 1100 to 1400

The Renaissance began in Italy for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• Its large and wealthy peasant class
• Its strong classical history and physical ruins
• Its large and wealthy merchant class
• Its concentrated urban population

A person who produces work “in the vernacular” is one who

• Relies on realism
• Uses only natural light
• Uses a verse form of writing
• Writes in a local, rather than classical, language

Who were patrons?

• Those who advised the ruling of the Medici family
• The wealthy merchant class of Italian city-states
• Those who opposed the rule of the Medici family
• Those who supported and purchased art from local artists

The basic spirit of the Renaissance was secular. Secular is most closely defined as

• New
• Worldly
• Kind
• Religious