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WorksheetsThe Renaissance
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What stimulated trade by introducing Europeans to various products?
a)
Hundred Years War
b)
Crusades
c)
War of the Roses
d)
French & Indian War
2.
People felt _______________ by the church when the clergy abandoned them for fear of catching the plague
a)
loved
b)
abused
c)
betrayed
d)
confused
3.
People became more _____________________ and wanted to enjoy life so they abandoned the idea that one must suffer to gain eternal salvation
a)
depressed
b)
loving
c)
outgoing
d)
self indulgent
4.
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
a)
trade led to rise of city states
b)
the bubonic plague had ended
c)
republics
d)
that is where the art was
5.
The Italian city-states were separate _______________ which collected their own taxes and raised their own armies
a)
democracies
b)
regions
c)
republics
d)
democratic republics
6.
Most citizens in the Italian city states were heavily involved in
a)
government
b)
religion
c)
trade
d)
art
7.
The most powerful citizens in the Italian city states during the Italian Renaissance were:
a)
monarchs
b)
nobles
c)
merchants
d)
peasants
8.
Scholars studied ancient Latin manuscripts (from Rome) which had been preserved in
a)
Gothic Cathedrals
b)
Byzantine Libraries
c)
Convents
d)
Monasteries
9.
Scholars studied ancient Greek values and encouraged the study of _____________ like history, literature, and philosophy
a)
classics
b)
humanities
c)
vernacular
d)
core knowledge
10.
Who was the painter who was also a scientist and inventor?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Da Vinci
c)
Raphael
d)
Erasmus
11.
What painting is Michelangelo best known for?
a)
Mona Lisa
b)
Last Supper
c)
The School of Athens
d)
The Sistine Chapel Ceiling
12.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
DaVinci
c)
Raphael
d)
Donatello
13.
What does humanism mean?
a)
focus on each other
b)
focus on religion
c)
focus on family
d)
focus on the individual
14.
What family ruled the Italian city state of Florence?
a)
Medici
b)
Milan
c)
Sforza
d)
Maratu
15.
What book, written by Castiglione, told people how to be the ideal Renaissance man or woman?
a)
Praise of Folly
b)
Utopia
c)
The Courtier
d)
Divine Comedy
16.
Which is NOT one of the MAIN messages of Machiavelli's "The Prince?"
a)
Ends Justify The Means
b)
It doesn't matter how you get there, as long as you get it done
c)
Ruthlessness
d)
The Golden Rule-Treat others as you wish to be treated
17.
The Renaissance first began in the city state of
a)
Flanders
b)
Florence
c)
Rome
d)
Venice
18.
The banking family that supported the arts and were politically active were
a)
da Vincis
b)
Tudors
c)
Mallici
d)
Medici
19.
The center of the Northern Renaissance was
a)
Flanders
b)
Florence
c)
London
d)
Paris
20.
This "Renaissance man" was an artist, engineer and scientist:
a)
Raphael
b)
Lorenzo De Medici
c)
Leonardo Da Vinci
d)
Donatello
21.
Renaissance art includes all of the following except
a)
3D Sculpture
b)
use of perspective
c)
display of emotion
d)
religious subjects exclusively
22.
He is considered the "father of humanism" and was a poet
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Petrarch
c)
Machiavelli
d)
Erasmus
23.
Machiavelli's book on secular statecraft is entitled
a)
The Prince
b)
The Book of the Courtier
c)
Florentine Politicos
d)
Justified
24.
This poet and playwright was from England
a)
Petrarch
b)
Sir Thomas More
c)
Henry VIII
d)
Shakespeare
25.
Medieval art and literature focused on
a)
individuals
b)
death
c)
destruction
d)
salvation
26.
Italian Renaissance art and literature focused on
a)
individuals and secularism
b)
life and death
c)
secularism and worldly things
d)
non secularism
27.
What were the economic effects of the Crusades?
a)
demand for Middle Eastern products, stimulation of trade, use of credit and banking
b)
disgust for Middle Eastern products, stimulation of trade,use of credit and banking
c)
demand for Middle Eastern products, decrease in trade, inflation
d)
there were not immediate effects
28.
Scholars studied ancient _____ manuscripts which had been preserved in _________ libraries until the Byzantine Empire fell to the Ottoman Turks
a)
Greek; Byzantine
b)
Greek; Muslim
c)
Arabic; Byzantine
d)
Arabic; Muslim
29.
Who sculpted the first nude David?
a)
Donatello
b)
Verrochio
c)
Michelangelo
d)
Da Vinci
30.
What is NOT A MAIN message of Machiavelli's "The Prince?"
a)
Ends Justify the Means
b)
It doesn't matter how you got there, as long as you get it done
c)
Ruthlessness
d)
It is better to be loved than feared
31.
Why is the printing press important?
a)
It allowed for mass production of books
b)
It increased the literacy of the people
c)
books were cheaper
d)
all of the above
32.
What was the first mass published text?
a)
King James Bible
b)
Gutenberg Bible
c)
95 Theses
d)
Shakespeare: A Collection
33.
Who is the "new man" of the Renaissance, who was also a Christian humanist?
a)
Desiderius Erasmus
b)
Machiavelli
c)
Cosimo de Medici
d)
Sir Thomas More
34.
Which Renaissance was secular?
a)
Northern
b)
Italian
35.
To which Renaissance does this phrase apply "do what you need to do to live well?"
a)
Northern
b)
Italian
36.
To which Renaissance does this phrase apply "do you what you need to do to save yourself"
a)
Northern
b)
Italian
37.
Who were the elite in the Italian Renaissance?
a)
merchants
b)
artisans
c)
aristocrats
d)
peasants
38.
Erasmus believed the church should be
a)
completely done away with
b)
reformed
c)
revolutionized
d)
left alone
39.
What text did Sir Thomas More write?
a)
Utopia
b)
Praise of Folly
c)
Divine Comedy
d)
Courtier
40.
What text did Castiglione write?
a)
Utopia
b)
Praise of Folly
c)
Divine Comedy
d)
Courtier
41.
What text did Erasmus write?
a)
Utopia
b)
Praise of Folly
c)
Divine Comedy
d)
Courtier
42.
What text did Dante Alghieri write?
a)
Utopia
b)
Praise of Folly
c)
Divine Comedy
d)
Courtier
43.
What was The Courtier?
a)
emphasized politics and human interests
b)
handbook on how to be a Renaissance man (or woman)
c)
Satire mocking society
d)
a secular treatise on how to be a good ruler
44.
What was The Prince?
a)
emphasized politics and human interests
b)
handbook on how to be a Renaissance man (or woman)
c)
Satire mocking society
d)
a secular treatise on how to be a good ruler
45.
What was The Praise of Folly?
a)
emphasized politics and human interests
b)
handbook on how to be a Renaissance man (or woman)
c)
Satire mocking society
d)
a secular treatise on how to be a good ruler
46.
Who was the patron family of Florence?
a)
Sforza
b)
Medici
c)
D'Este
d)
Bounarotti
47.
Petrarch wrote poems about his ideal lady. What was her name
a)
Isabella
b)
Laura
c)
Maria
d)
Eleanor
48.
Who designed the dome of the Cathedral of Florence?
a)
Ghiberti
b)
Giotto di Bondone
c)
Brunelleschi
d)
Massacio
49.
Who designed a dome for Saint Peter's Cathedral in Rome for Pope Julius II?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
DaVinci
c)
Raphael
d)
Donatello
50.
Who sculpted this?
a)
Donatello
b)
Veroccio
c)
Raphael
d)
Michelangelo
51.
Who did this?
a)
Leonardo DaVinci
b)
Donatello
c)
Michelangelo
d)
Raphael
52.
Who did this?
a)
Leonardo DaVinci
b)
Donatello
c)
Michelangelo
d)
Raphael
53.
Who did this?
a)
Leonardo DaVinci
b)
Donatello
c)
Michelangelo
d)
Raphael
54.
Who did this?
a)
Leonardo DaVinci
b)
Donatello
c)
Michelangelo
d)
Raphael
55.
Who did this?
a)
Leonardo DaVinci
b)
Donatello
c)
Michelangelo
d)
Raphael
56.
Who did this?
a)
Leonardo DaVinci
b)
Donatello
c)
Michelangelo
d)
Raphael
57.
Who did this?
a)
Leonardo DaVinci
b)
Donatello
c)
Michelangelo
d)
Raphael
58.
Who did this painting of Henry VIII?
a)
Van Eyck
b)
Holbein
c)
Bruegel
d)
Durer
59.
Who did this painting known as The Marriage Portrait?
a)
Van Eyck
b)
Holbein
c)
Bruegel
d)
Durer
60.
The English Renaissance is sometimes called the
a)
British Revival
b)
Elizabethan Age
c)
The Era of Shakespeare
d)
Anglican Rebirth
61.
Who did this painting, revealing every day life of the common man?
a)
Van Eyck
b)
Holbein
c)
Bruegel
d)
Durer
62.
Shakespeare's plays
a)
examined human flaws
b)
glorified the human mind
c)
portrayed sacrificial love
d)
were not written by Shakespeare
63.
Which of the following is NOT one of Shakepeare's plays
a)
Hamlet
b)
Othello
c)
A Mid Summer's Night Dream
d)
Prometheus Bound
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