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The Renaissance & Protestant Reformation

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
On what peninsula did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
Italy
d)
Germany
2.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Renewed
b)
Rebuilt
c)
Remade
d)
Rebirth
3.
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 
4.
The Sistine Chapel was painted by...
a)
Michalangelo
b)
Albrecht Durer
c)
Miguel Cervantes
d)
Leonardo DaVinci
5.
______________ art was flat with rigid, emotionless figures, while ______________ art had full backgrounds with figures that showed emotion and detail.
a)
Renaissance, Medieval
b)
Renaissance, Classical
c)
Classical, Medieval
d)
Medieval, Renaissance
6.
Which of these would be valued most by a Renaissance thinker who emphasized individualism?
a)
a nation's strength 
b)
a family's ancestors
c)
a person's achievements
d)
an army's success in battle
7.
Title...
a)
Madonna
b)
Mona Lisa
c)
Margaret
d)
da Vinci
8.
Renaissance artist who painted The School of Athens
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Raphael
c)
Johann Guttenberg 
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
9.
Artist who painted the Mona Lisa &The Last Supper
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Leonardo da Vinci
c)
perspective 
d)
patron
10.
Which of the following is associated with classical learning?
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
11.
What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?
a)
wealthy patrons
b)
church officials
c)
government grants
d)
kings competing for prestige
12.
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
13.
"The end justifies the means" was a key belief of this man, who wrote "The Prince" 
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Castiglione
c)
Shakespeare 
d)
Petrarch
14.
Who is the creator of this sculpture? 
a)
Michelango
b)
Raphael
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Donatello
15.
Which of the following is a synonym best used to describe the word "secular"
a)
Worldly
b)
Religious
c)
Chivalry
d)
Rebirth
16.
Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
Cheaper book prices
b)
Increase in education/literacy
c)
Increase in church power
d)
Rapid spread of ideas
17.
He wrote a guide for rulers on how to gain and maintain power.
a)
William Shakespeare
b)
Johann Gutenberg
c)
Castiglione
d)
Machiavelli
18.
He is credited with inventing perspective
a)
Leonardo da Vinci
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Brunelleschi
19.
The wealthy banking family of Florence were
a)
the Medici
b)
the Sforza's
c)
the il Moro's
20.
Who invented the printing press?
a)
Johannes Gutenburg
b)
Botticelli
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
21.
What book was printed on Gutenberg's printing press first?
a)
The Canterbury Tales
b)
The 95 Theses
c)
The Bible
22.

Why was Leonardo da Vinci considered a perfect Renaissance Man?

a)

He was the world's best painter

b)

He created the city of Florence

c)

He was very good at many different things

d)

He created the printing press

23.
What was the Protestant Reformation?
a)
an attempt to overthrow the Pope and replace him with a Frenchman.
b)
an attempt to reform the Catholic practices that were considered corrupt.
c)
a call for Christian Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Arabs.
24.

The Church would sell these to forgive sins...

a)

Usury

b)

Tithe

c)

Sin Tax

d)

Indulgences

25.
Which king broke away from the Catholic church because he wanted a divorce?
a)
Henry VI
b)
George I
c)
Charles I
d)
Henry VIII
26.

The list of abuses committed by the Roman Catholic church, written by Martin Luther in 1517 and nailed to a church door are called the

a)

95 Theses

b)

101 Dalmatians

c)

Interstate 95

d)

95 Complaints

27.

What new technology spread Martin Luther's ideas around Europe?

a)

bible

b)

iPhone

c)

printing press

d)

cotton gin

28.

Church officials are also known as

a)

clergy

b)

saints

c)

cathedrals

d)

sinners

29.

Luther’s Nine-Five Theses attacked

a)

the book of Erasmus, The Praise of the Folly

b)

the movement Modern Devotion

c)

the practice of making pilrimages

d)

the abuses in the sale of indulgences

30.
Who was Martin Luther?
a)
An African-American civil rights leader
b)
An NFL quarterback for the NY Jets
c)
A Germen priest who rebelled against the Catholic Church
d)
A dance club DJ who plays hip-hop music
31.

Why did Henry VIII break away from the Catholic Church?

a)

Henry VIII had deep theological disagreements with the Church

b)

The Pope Excommunicated Henry VIII

c)

Henry VIII started a war with the king of Spain, the Pope's distant cousin

d)

He wanted to annul his marriage to marry his girlfriend and have an heir to the throne

32.
Luther's followers called themselves what?
a)
Protestants
b)
Protestors
c)
Reformers
d)
Transformers
33.
Luther wanted to bible translated into which language?
a)
German
b)
French
c)
American
d)
English

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