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WorksheetsRenaissance
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
Sir Thomas More wrote which of the following books?
a)
Utopia
b)
The Prince
c)
Praise of Folly
d)
In the Garden
2.
What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?
a)
wealthy patrons
b)
church officials
c)
government grants
d)
kings competing for prestige
3.
Renaissance art was notable for:
a)
showing religious themes for the first time
b)
focusing on humans and their emotions
c)
including many miliatary scenes
d)
having flat backgrounds with figures up front
4.
Which book written by Machiavelli was a guide for rulers?
a)
The Iliad
b)
The Prince
c)
Utopia
d)
Praise of Folly
5.
Many ideas of the European Renaissance were based on the cultures of ancient
a)
Greece and Egypt
b)
Greece and Rome
c)
Greece and China
d)
Greece and India
6.
Which artist was responsible for this work?
a)
Leonardo da Vinci
b)
Petrarch
c)
Michelangelo
d)
Erasmus
7.
Which artist was famous for this piece of artwork?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Leonardo
c)
Raphael
d)
Thomas More
8.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Rebirth
b)
Stagnation
c)
Traditional
d)
A Latin term for art
9.
Who created the Printing Press?
a)
Jane Grey
b)
Albrecht Durer
c)
William Shakespeare
d)
Johannes Guttenburg
10.
What is one way that Medieval and Renaissance artists differ?
a)
Renaissance art focuses more on religion
b)
Medieval artists were more realistic
c)
Renaissance artist turned to Roman and Greek works for inspiration
d)
They are the same
11.
Which family was a patron of artist like Leonardo da Vinci?
a)
Abotts
b)
Medici
c)
Himlers
d)
Boccaccio
12.
What was the greatest impact of Gutenberg's printing press?
a)
Renaissance ideas spread quickly
b)
It saved paper because you could put writing on both sides
c)
It allowed for better pictures
d)
Some people had bad handwriting and this got rid of the problem of reading their books.
13.
Who is known as "the father of Humanism? He was famous for writing sonnets/poems.
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Petrarch
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Michelangelo
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