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WorksheetsRenaissance
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was one ideal of Renaissance humanism?
a)
Training as a knight and practicing chivalry
b)
Obeying the divine right of monarchs and the church
c)
Living apart from the world and taking monastic vows
d)
Investigating areas of interest and fulfilling one’s potential.
2.
Who wrote the book "The Prince"?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Leonardo da Vinci
c)
Machiavelli
d)
Kepler
3.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Rebirth
b)
Stagnation
c)
Traditional
d)
A Latin term for art
4.
Humanism...
a)
emphasized the Bible
b)
leads to happier lives
c)
encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
d)
focuses on the potential of humans to achieve
5.
The Sistine Chapel was painted by...
a)
Michalangelo
b)
Albrecht Durer
c)
Miguel Cervantes
d)
Leonardo DaVinci
6.
What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?
a)
wealthy patrons
b)
church officials
c)
government grants
d)
kings competing for prestige
7.
Which book written by Machiavelli was a guide for rulers?
a)
The Iliad
b)
The Prince
c)
Utopia
d)
Praise of Folly
8.
What is the term referring to the separation of Church and State?
a)
Indulgences
b)
Secularism
c)
Reformation
d)
Edict of Worms
9.
What does writing in the vernacular mean?
a)
writing in a foreign language
b)
writing in first person voice
c)
writing in Latin
d)
writing in people's native language
10.
Renaissance artist who painted The School of Athens
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Raphael
c)
Johann Guttenberg
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
11.
Artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Leonardo Da Vinci
c)
Perspective
d)
Patron
12.
Renaissance playwright
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Hamlet
c)
Brunelleschi
d)
Marlowe
13.
What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?
a)
realism
b)
perspective
c)
idealism
d)
distancism
14.
Which writer wrote a book that describes how to become a well mannered, educated aristocrat?
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Cervantes
c)
Castiglione
d)
Machiavelli
15.
Which writer wrote Don Quixote?
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Cervantes
c)
Castiglione
d)
Machiavelli
16.
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
a)
William Shakespeare
b)
Dante Allegheri
c)
Homer
d)
Bill Shakesapear
17.
In addition to being an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was also a
a)
farmer.
b)
soldier.
c)
painter.
d)
diver.
18.
Which of the following is associated with Humanism?
a)
the ideas of the middle ages
b)
the ideas of Greece & Rome
c)
the ideas of ancient China
d)
the ideas of ancient India
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