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Renaissance/Reformation

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

From which group below did the artists in Italy model their paintings and sculpture during the Renaissance?

a)

French impressionists

b)

Petrarch's students

c)

Ancient Greece and Rome

d)

Ancient Egyptian tomb paintings

2.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

Paris, France

b)

Florence, Italy

c)

Athens, Greece

d)

London, England

3.

What were the two key features of the Renaissance?

a)

Love of knights and hearldry

b)

Love of weapons and warfare

c)

Love of art and learning

d)

Love of travel and exploration

4.

Michelangelo is remembered for which great works of art?

a)

The Mona Lisa and the Last Supper

b)

David, the Pieta and Moses

c)

The School of Athens and Peter

d)

The Portrait of Queen Elizabeth and St. Catherine

5.

Leonardo da Vinci is remembered for which great works of art?

a)

The Mona Lisa and the Last Supper

b)

David and Moses

c)

The leaning tower of Pisa

d)

The Council of Trent

6.

What was a good reason for an artist to move to Florence, Italy, during the Renaissance?

a)

You could escape the Crusades

b)

Your art work would be burned

c)

You could live in an old abandoned castles

d)

Your art work would be supported by wealthy families

7.

Which of the families, listed below helped make Florence the center of Italian art, literature, culture, banking and trade?

a)

Alighieris

b)

Petrarchs

c)

Machiavellis

d)

Medicis

8.

What is one of the most famous paintings in the world?

a)

The school of Athens

b)

Mona Lisa

c)

Madonna of the Rocks

d)

Girl with a Pearl Earring

9.

What was on reason the Renaissance began where it did?

a)

Artists and scholars found classical works in the city's museums

b)

Queen Elizabeth supported playwrights and poets

c)

The Pope brought the Catholic Church great wealth which was spent on art

d)

The Medicis paid artists and scholars to pursue their work

10.

The Renaissance is considered a time of great change or rebirth in what areas?

a)

weaponry and warfare

b)

world and space exploration

c)

population and agricultural increase

d)

learning, art, and invention

11.

What person's contribution was most important in spreading the ideas of the Renaissance?

a)

Cosimo de Medici

b)

Johannes Gutenberg

c)

Dante Alighieri

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

12.

The artists and architects of the Renaissance were financially supported by which of the following?

a)

rich families and wealthy church leaders

b)

large European Universities

c)

the most powerful nations in Europe

d)

the printing industry

13.

Which trader traveled to China and served in the court of the Kublai Kahn?

a)

Medici

b)

Leonardo

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Pope Leo X

14.

Which writer is remembered for works such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth....

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Miguel de Cervantes

c)

Petrarch

d)

William Shakespeare

15.

What is Humanism?

a)

The study of how humans affect geography

b)

An emphasis on worldly concerns and belief in the worth of people

c)

An analysis of religious thought

d)

When people started questioning the thoughts of Confucius

16.

How did art get more realistic during the Renaissance?

a)

perspective and chiaroscuro

b)

abstract art

c)

color instead of black and white

d)

3-D printers

17.

What invention brought great change to the Renaissance and Reformation?

a)

wheeled cart

b)

steam engine

c)

flying machine

d)

printing press

18.

What happened during the Reformation?

a)

The Christian Church split into the Catholics and Protestants

b)

The pope became tolerant of Muslims, Jewish people and Protestants

c)

The style of art became less realistic

d)

Explorers followed the routes of ancient map makers

19.

Who is credited with starting the Reformation?

a)

King Henry VIII

b)

John Calvin

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Desiderius Erasmus

20.

Why did the Reformation occur?

a)

People wanted to change where they lived.

b)

People wanted to make changes to the feudal system.

c)

People wanted to end the crusades

d)

People wanted to make changes in the Catholic Church

21.

What was a Christian called who protested against the selling of indulgences by the Catholic Church?

a)

protestants

b)

priests

c)

dromedaries

d)

gladiators

22.

Which person in addition to Martin Luther, was on of the first protestant leaders?

a)

Pope Urban II

b)

John Calvin

c)

Thomas Cramner

d)

St. Ignatius Loyola

23.

What was the main idea of Calvanism

a)

Predestination

b)

Lutheranism

c)

Heresy

d)

Polytheism

24.

What word best describes the effort to stop the spread of the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Potestantism

c)

Humanism

d)

Counter-Reformation

25.

What was not a criticism of the Catholic church?

a)

It cared for the poor and sick

b)

It was wealthy and powerful

c)

It sold indulgences

d)

Some priests could not read the bible