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WorksheetsRenaissance & Reformation Test
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What invention helped diffuse ideas and provided more people the opportunity to read?
a)
mosaics
b)
printing press
c)
road sign
d)
newspaper
2.
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted The Pieta?
a)
Gutenbuerg
b)
Machiavelli
c)
da Vinci
d)
Michelangelo
3.
The wealth and patronage of what family supported great works of art produced in Florence during the Renaissance?
a)
Galilei
b)
Medici
c)
Kepler
d)
da Vinci
4.
Who authored the book "The Prince", where he declared "It is better to be feared than to be loved, if you cannot be both"?
a)
Kepler
b)
Medici
c)
Machiavelli
d)
da Vinci
5.
What artist was known as a "Renaissance Man" because he was skilled in many fields?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Gutenbuerg
c)
da Vinci
d)
Machiavelli
6.
Which Italian city-state is considered to be the birthplace of the Renaissance?
a)
Venice
b)
Milan
c)
Genoa
d)
Florence
7.
Which classical civilizations were rediscovered during the Renaissance?
a)
Egypet and India
b)
China and Japan
c)
Sumer and Phoenicia
d)
Greece and Rome
8.
What did humanism emphasize?
a)
All people must follow the code of honor.
b)
The church knew everything about the universe.
c)
All people have value and should maximize their potential.
d)
Some people were not able to better themselves
9.
All of the following city-states were important duing the Italian Renaissance EXCETP?
a)
Florence
b)
Milan
c)
Venice
d)
Rome
10.
Why did people support Martin Luther?
a)
They too were unhappy with the Church.
b)
They wanted to read the Bible in German
c)
. Luther gave out indulgences.
d)
Luther was a popular priest in Wittenberg.
11.
Why did Medieval Christians fear excommunication?
a)
Those cast out from their church had to leave their villages.
b)
Cut off from the church could not go to heaven.
c)
Those cast out from their church could not get work.
d)
Those cast out from their church could not rent property.
12.
Which statement best summarizes the Counter (Catholic) Reformation?
a)
The Catholic Church adopted much needed changes.
b)
The Jesuits started schools for Catholic children.
c)
The Church officially adopted the ideas set out by Luther.
d)
Martin Luther could no longer sell indulgences.
13.
Who engaged in meetings over a long period to make changes in the Catholic Church as required by
Pope Paul III?
Pope Paul III?
a)
Protestant reformers
b)
German Lutherans
c)
Monks and nuns
d)
Council of Trent
14.
Martin Luther's attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church, due to corrupt practices, was initiated by what action?
a)
invention of printing press
b)
forming the Council of Trent
c)
posting 95 Theses on church door
d)
start of the Thirty Years' War
15.
Protestant reformers objected to the sale of indulgences by the church. What was an indulgence?
a)
a tax break given to church clergy
b)
a type of prayer
c)
a document that excused a person's sins
d)
a papal bull
16.
What treaty did Holy Roman Emperor Charles V sign that allowed individual kingdoms to determine if
they would be Catholic or Protestant?
they would be Catholic or Protestant?
a)
Council of Trent
b)
Peace of Augsburg
c)
95 Theses
d)
Spanish Inquisition
17.
What was the purpose of the Spanish Inquistion?
a)
to expel (kick out) all Muslim spies from the country
b)
to reveal (to tell) and stop all church corruption and waste
c)
persecuted (harassesd) its people to believe in the Catholic ideas.
d)
to find and burn down places affected by the Plague (Black Death)
18.
The following were some of the other reformers during the Protestant Reformation EXCEPT?
a)
John Knox
b)
King Henry VIII
c)
John Calvin
d)
Pope Urban II
19.
Which is NOT a "Father of the Renaissance?"
a)
Michaelangelo
b)
Raphael
c)
Martin Luther
d)
Leonardo deVinci
20.
Renaissance art was traditionally more colorful than art from the previous time period.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
What was the first book printed on the printing press?
a)
Canterbury Tales
b)
Luther's 95 Thesis
c)
Bible
d)
Don Quixote
22.
Who led their people to Geneva?
a)
John Knox
b)
John Calvin
c)
Martin Luther
d)
Henry VIII
23.
Where is Geneva located?
a)
Sweden
b)
Germany
c)
Italy
d)
Switzerland
24.
What does "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Birthday
b)
Art and music
c)
Rebirth
d)
New day
25.
True of False: The Renaissance began in Italy because it was centrally located for trade and banking.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
True of False: The Renaissance began in Italy because trade created wealthy Italian Cities.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
True of False: The Renaissance began in Italy because it was home to wealthy merchants that sponsored the arts.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
True of False: The Renaissance began in Italy because it was home to famous Muslim scholars and libraries.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Which is a typical characteristic of Renaissance Art?
a)
Flat and stiff figures
b)
Perception of depth and realism
c)
Thick brushstrokes
d)
stained glass windows
30.
Southern/Italian Renaissance focused on
a)
literature
b)
art
c)
religion
d)
science
31.
Northern Renaissance focused on...
a)
Literature
b)
Art
c)
Religion
d)
Science
32.
Which did NOT cause the Reformation?
a)
worldliness and corruption within the church
b)
priests were keeping their vows
c)
selling of indulgences
d)
practice of simony
33.
Why did Henry VIII break with the Catholic Church?
a)
Had a personal conflict with the Holy Roman Emperor
b)
wanted the Pope's blessing for his new son
c)
he didn't approve of the sale of indulgences
d)
Pope refused to grant him a divorce
34.
Who taught the ideas of predestination and used those ideas to create the Presbyterian Church in Scotland?
a)
Henry VIII
b)
Martin Luther
c)
John Calvin
d)
Charlemagne
35.
Why did the Catholic Church lead the Counter/Catholic Reformation?
a)
to stop the spread of Protestantism and reform the Catholic Church
b)
to stop the spread of Catholicism and reform the Lutheran Church
c)
to stop Martin Luther
d)
to launch a Holy War against the Protestants
36.
True or False: The power of the Catholic Church increased because of the Reformation.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
This theory states that the earth was the center of the universe.
a)
Geocentric
b)
Heliocentric
c)
Laws of Gravity
d)
Theories of Descartes
38.
This movement changed society as people used science and reason rather than religion to explain natural phenomena.
a)
Renaissance Revolution
b)
Geocentric Movement
c)
Scientific Revolution
d)
Heliocentric Movement
39.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Leonardo da Vinci
c)
Raphael
40.
Who Painted the Sistine Chapel Ceiling?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Leonardo da Vinci
c)
Raphael
41.
Who created the Statue of David?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Leonardo da Vinci
c)
Raphael
42.
Who painted School of Athens?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Leonardo da Vinci
c)
Raphael
43.
During the Scientific Revolution scientists promoted that knowledge should be based on...
a)
experiences of past civilizations
b)
experimentation, observations, evidence and reason
c)
emotions and feelings
d)
the teachings of the Catholic Church
44.
_____ is known as the "German Leonardo".
a)
Albrect Durer
b)
Martin Luther
c)
Jan Van Eyck
d)
Isaac Newton
45.
The Catholic Reformation began in 1545 when the Pope called the _____.
a)
Council of Trent
b)
95 Theses
c)
Scientific Revolution
d)
Medici Family
46.
_____ is a religious belief that is contrary to official teachings of the church.
a)
Humanism
b)
Heresy
c)
Indulgence
d)
Inquisition
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