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WorksheetsRenaissance/Reformation
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
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1.
Which one of these did NOT help cause the Renaissance?
a)
Invention of the printing press
b)
the fall of Constantinople (1453)
c)
the decline of church-sponsored universitites
d)
the decline of feudalism
2.
Humanism was the idea that
a)
salvation was not important for humans
b)
studying the ancient works could help people improve their lives
c)
humans were predestined as saints or sinners
d)
humans had a sinful nature
3.
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
a)
a wealthy merchant class promoted education and art there
b)
its cultural ties were to Xerxes of Persia
c)
John Calvin banned Catholic practices there
d)
Istanbul had fallen to the Byzantines and Muslims began moving to Italy
4.
Which Renaissance writer mocked medieval monasteries/convents in his novel, Gargantua and Pantagnuel?
a)
Francois Rabelais
b)
Francesco Petrarch
c)
Baldassare Castiglione
d)
Geoffrey Chaucer
5.
Which Renaissance writer wrote the first modern novel which contrasted the Middle Ages to the Renaissance through the two main characters?
a)
William Shakespeare
b)
Niccolo Machiavelli
c)
Miguel de Cervantes
d)
Francesco Petrarch
6.
Who painted this famous Renaissance work?
a)
Isabella d'Este
b)
Raphael
c)
Dante
d)
Donatello
7.
Which Christian humanist wrote a new version of the Bible in Greek and questioned church rituals such as relic worship?
a)
Jan Hus
b)
Martin Luther
c)
John Calvin
d)
Desiderus Erasmus
8.
Which northern Renaissance painter was called the "German Leonardo"
a)
Jan van Eyck
b)
Leonardo da Vinci
c)
Albrecht Durer
d)
Pieter Bruegel
9.
With which would Niccolo Machiavelli most agree?
a)
making false promises is okay
b)
people should love you as a leader
c)
people should respect you as a leader
d)
Christian ideas should guide leaders
10.
What event is considered to be the beginning of the Protestant Reformation?
a)
nailing of complaints on the door of the church by Martin Luther
b)
the fall of Constantinople in 1453
c)
John Calvin took over as leader of Zurich, Switzerland
d)
Henry VIII of England got a divorce
11.
All of the following were beliefs held by Martin Luther EXCEPT
a)
good deeds were necessary to help one get to heaven
b)
the church needed to be reformed
c)
indulgences could not get one's soul out of purgatory
d)
people could have personal relationships with God
12.
What is this work of art trying to portray?
a)
all social classes worked together when times were tough
b)
life in northern Europe was more difficult than in Italy
c)
peasant life was always difficult
d)
farming was not possible in northern Europe due to the weather
13.
Which British ruler became known for the ruthless treatment of Protestants, killing as many as 500 "heretics"?
a)
Elizabeth I
b)
Mary I
c)
Edward VI
d)
Henry VIII
14.
Which event was intended to allow the pope, the emperor, and the princes of the Holy Roman Empire to punish Martin Luther?
a)
Peace of Augsburg
b)
Diet of Worms
c)
Counter Reformation
d)
Reconquista
15.
Elizabeth I ruled using the idea of "Via Media". What is that?
a)
the Middle Way
b)
Christian humanism
c)
Religious Unity
d)
Predestination
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