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WorksheetsTHE RENAISSANCE
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is a following is not a reason that Italy led the Renaissance?
a)
The Italians thought of themselves as Romans
b)
The Italians broke from the influence of the church first
c)
The Italian cities controlled Mediterranean trade routes
d)
The Italian cities used their wealth to commission artists
2.
The most famous Renaissance patrons were members of which family?
a)
da Vinci
b)
Machiavelli
c)
Medici
d)
Savonarola
3.
In the fourteenth century, Florentine writers' study of the classics stirred a rebirth of...
a)
learning in Europe
b)
religion in Europe
c)
politics in Europe
d)
painting in Europe
4.
The birthplace of the Renaissance was...
a)
Florence
b)
Milan
c)
Rome
d)
Venice
5.
Movable-type printing brought about all of the following consequences except...
a)
reducing the cost of books
b)
eliminating many errors
c)
rapidly spreading ideas
d)
making students memorize lectures
6.
The Italian painter Giotto is known for his frescoes, which are...
a)
oil paintings
b)
paintings on dry plaster
c)
painting on wet plaster
d)
watercolors
7.
Which of the following is not true about Botticelli?
a)
He painted pagan themes of classical mythology
b)
He heard Savonarola's preaching
c)
After his conversion, he took on a more religious outlook in painting
d)
He also worked as an architect
8.
Which three of the following Renaissance artists exemplify the best of the High Renaissance?
a)
Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Titian
b)
Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael
c)
Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian
d)
Leonardo, Raphael, and Titian
9.
What Italian city, because of its beauty, pride and wealth, became known as the Queen of the Adriatic?
a)
Florence
b)
Milan
c)
Rome
d)
Venice
10.
Brunelleschi defeated Ghiberti in a completion to build the...
a)
doors for the baptistry of Rome
b)
pope's residence
c)
dome of the cathedral of Florence
d)
Medici palace
11.
Which of the following is not a distortion found in Michelangelo's Pieta?
a)
Christ is portrayed without disfigurement
b)
Mary is too young to be the mother of Christ
c)
Mary is larger than life
d)
The hole sin Christ's hands are too big
12.
Which of the following was the most popular instrument of the Renaissance?
a)
dulcimer
b)
harp
c)
lute
d)
organ
13.
The best known Renaissance composer of Renaissance church music was...
a)
Tintoretto
b)
de Medici
c)
des Perez
d)
Palestrina
14.
The secular age of the Renaissance prepared the way for the...
a)
Enlightenment
b)
Middle Ages
c)
Reformation
d)
World Wars
15.
The Renaissance's focus on man's worth and capacities has been called what?
a)
fatalism
b)
humanism
c)
heretics
d)
hellenism
16.
Renaissance is a French word meaning...
a)
Relive
b)
Ressurection
c)
Rebirth
d)
Repose
17.
Which humanist wrote that "it is much safer to be feared than loved."?
a)
Erasmus
b)
Petrarch
c)
Durer
d)
Machiavelli
18.
Who was the most versatile man of the Renaissance?
a)
Raphael
b)
Donatello
c)
Da Vinci
d)
Erasmus
19.
Who was the Dominican friar who tried to bring reform to the church in florence?
a)
Erasmus
b)
Castiglione
c)
More
d)
Durer
20.
What ceiling depicts in fresco the story of Creation, the Fall, the Flood, and Redemption?
a)
the Dome of Florence
b)
the Sistine Chapel
c)
the "Gates of Paradise"
d)
Cathedral of Notre Dame
21.
Movable type printing
a)
More
b)
Holbein
c)
Petrarch
d)
Gutenburg
22.
genre painter of scenes from everyday life
a)
Brueghel
b)
Holbein
c)
van Eyck
d)
Durer
23.
satire on chivalry
a)
Erasmus
b)
Cervantes
c)
Holbein
d)
More
24.
new edition of the Greek New Testament
a)
Erasmus
b)
More
c)
Dürer
d)
van Eyck
25.
book of manners
a)
Castiglione
b)
More
c)
Gutenberg
d)
Petrarch
26.
Father of humanism.
a)
More
b)
Cervantes
c)
van Eyck
d)
Petrarch
27.
adviser to Henry VIII who described an ideal state
a)
Van Eyck
b)
Erasmus
c)
More
d)
Holbein
28.
artist who was best known for his woodcuts
a)
van Eyck
b)
Holbein
c)
Dürer
d)
Brueghel
29.
artist who painted portraits of Henry VIII, More, and Erasmus
a)
van Eyck
b)
More
c)
Holbein
d)
Erasmus
30.
One of the first painters to use oil
a)
Holbein
b)
van Eyck
c)
Dürer
d)
Cervantes
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