Italian Renaissance and Papacy Quiz

Which three families dominated the papacy during the Italian Renaissance?

• The Borgias, the della Rovere, and the Medicis

• The Habsburgs, the Tudors, and the Stuarts

• The Bourbons, the Hohenzollerns, and the Romanovs

• The Capetians, the Plantagenets, and the Valois

What was the original name of Pope Calixtus III?

• Giuliano della Rovere

• Giovanni de Medici

• Alfonso de Borgia

• Rodrigo de Borgia

What infamous practice is associated with the Borgia family during the Renaissance?

• Simony

• Nepotism

• Indulgences

• Usury

Which Pope commissioned the Sistine Chapel?

• Pope Sixtus IV

• Pope Alexander VI

• Pope Leo X

• Pope Julius II

Who was the famous writer that based a book on Cesare Borgia?

• Francesco Petrarca

• Niccolò Machiavelli

• Dante Alighieri

• Giovanni Boccaccio

Which Medici was known as 'The Magnificent'?

• Lorenzo de Medici

• Piero the Gouty

• Cosimo de Medici

• Giovanni de Medici

What major religious event did Pope Leo X's actions contribute to?

• The Crusades

• The Protestant Reformation

• The Great Schism

• The Council of Trent

Which Pope was involved in the conflict with King Henry VIII over his divorce?

• Pope Julius II

• Pope Clement VII

• Pope Leo X

• Pope Sixtus IV

Who was the first official Duke of Florence from the Medici family?

• Cosimo the Elder

• Giovanni de Medici

• Lorenzo the Magnificent

• Alessandro de Medici

What marked the end of the Renaissance papacy?

• The Treaty of Westphalia

• The Sack of Rome

• The Council of Trent

• The fall of Constantinople