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Renaissance and Reformation

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Established the Church of England in 1534

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Henry VIII

c)

Charles V

d)

Martin Luther

2.

Took control of Florence from the Medici family

a)

Martin Luther

b)

Raphael

c)

Girolamo Savonarola

d)

Henry VIII

3.

Conquered Milan after the death of the last Visconti ruler

a)

Francesco Sforza

b)

Dante

c)

Girolamo Savonarola

d)

John Calvin

4.

Best known Christian Humanist

a)

John Calvin

b)

Desiderius Erasmus

c)

Petrach

d)

Charles V

5.

Masterpiece of Italian Vernacular was Divine Comedy

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Dante

c)

Chaucer

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

6.

Published the Institutes of Religion

a)

Petrach

b)

Martin Luther

c)

John Calvin

d)

Niccolo Machiavelli

7.

The family that controlled the government of Florence

a)

Medici

b)

da Vinci

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Luther

8.

Began the Protestant reformation

a)

Charles V

b)

Martin Luther

c)

John Calvin

d)

Henry VIII

9.

Wrote The Book of the City of Ladies

a)

Christine de Pizan

b)

Ulrich Zwingli

c)

Chaucer

d)

Raphael

10.

Introduced Protestantism to Zurich

a)

John Calvin

b)

Ulrich Zwingli

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

11.

Wrote the influential political book The Prince

a)

Niccolo Machiavelli

b)

Charles V

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Henry VIII

12.

Father of Italian Humanism

a)

Petrach

b)

Dante

c)

Ulrich Zwingli

d)

John Calvin

13.

A release from all or part of the punishment for sin

a)

Indulgence

b)

Consistory

c)

Modern Devotion

d)

Predestination

14.

Downplayed religious dogma and stressed the teachings of Jesus

a)

Edict of Worms

b)

Humanism

c)

Consistory

d)

Modern Devotion

15.

A special body that enforced moral discipline

a)

Consistory

b)

Indulgence

c)

Modern Devotion

d)

Edict of Worms

16.

Made Martin Luther an outlaw in the Holy Roman Empire

a)

Predestination

b)

Edict of Worms

c)

Modern Devotion

d)

Humanism

17.

Major Goal was to reform the Catholic Church

a)

Christian Humanism

b)

Predestination

c)

Humanism

d)

Edict of Worms

18.

Belief that God determined who was saved in advance

a)

Indulgence

b)

Predestination

c)

Humanism

d)

Modern Devotion

19.

Based on the study of ancient Greek/Roman works

a)

Humanism

b)

Edict of Worms

c)

Indulgence

d)

Anabaptist

20.

Seen as dangerous radicals by Catholics and Protestants

a)

Anabaptists

b)

Christian Humanists

c)

Humanists

d)

Martin Luther

21.

What movement had a profound impact on education?

a)

Humanism

b)

Anabaptist's

c)

High Renaissance

d)

Jesuits

22.

Why did Italian families arrange marriages during the Renaissance?

a)

To strengthen Family/Business ties

b)

To keep bloodlines strong

c)

To take away freedom

d)

To be mean

23.

What ended the war between France and Spain in Italy?

a)

Spanish Mercenaries sacking the city of Rome

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

France attacking Spain's capital

d)

Spain surrendering to the French

24.

What French author defended women in their books?

a)

Christine de Pizan

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Raphael

d)

Donatello

25.

Why was Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales such an important work?

a)

His vernacular/dialect became the chief ancestor of the English language

b)

It was a cool story

c)

It was the first poem

d)

It instructed kings and nobles how to conduct themselves

26.

Baldassarre Castiglione’s work The Book of the Courtier was about what?

a)

What made the perfect Renaissance noble

b)

Italian Recipes

c)

Protestantism

d)

Humanism

27.

Why was Leonardo da Vinci the perfect example of a “Renaissance Man?”

a)

He was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician

b)

He was famous

c)

He was a general in the Italian army

d)

He created a new religion

28.

Which painter is NOT associated with the "High Renaissance"

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Raphael

d)

Donatello

29.

Who was the best known Christian Humanist?

a)

Desiderius Erusmus

b)

Martin Luther

c)

John Calvin

d)

Henry VIII

30.

Who’s frescoes are considered the first masterpieces of the early Renaissance?

a)

Filippo Brunelleschi

b)

Vincent van Gogh

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Donatello

31.

What did Christian Humanists believe?

a)

If people read the classics, especially basic Christian works, they will become more Pious

b)

You should not question the Catholic Church

c)

You needed to be Anabaptist to be a real Christian

d)

There were multiple God's

32.

What was the first Protestant faith?

a)

Lutheranism

b)

Calvanism

c)

Anabaptist

d)

Catholicism

33.

What did Martin Luther say in his Ninety-five Theses?

a)

Attacked use of indulgences and corruption, started protestant revolution

b)

Praised the Catholic Church

c)

Called for war with the Holy Roman Empire

d)

That he did not believe in God

34.

What did the Peace of Augsburg do?

a)

Made peace between France and Spain

b)

Accepted the division of Christianity in Germany

c)

Created the Holy Roman Empire

d)

Made Martin Luther an Outlaw

35.

Catholics and Protestants both believed what group was radical?

a)

Humanists

b)

Christian Humanists

c)

Anabaptists

d)

Lutherans

36.

Although Protestants had a new view on family, they did not change what?

a)

Did nothing to change women's subservient role in society

b)

The ceremony of marriage

c)

Allow women to spread the word of God

d)

Consider all people able to spread God's message

37.

Calvin agreed with Luther on most important doctrines, except what?

a)

Predestination

b)

Ninety-five Theses

c)

Bible

d)

Indulgences

38.

Who or what founded the Society of Jesus, also known as Jesuits?

a)

The Pope

b)

Ignatius of Loyola

c)

Charles V

d)

Henry VIII

39.

What were the final decrees of the Council of Trent?

a)

Reaffirmed Catholic teachings in opposition to Protestant beliefs

b)

That Indulgences could still be sold

c)

That Protestants were right about Christianity

d)

Men and Women could divorce

40.

Calvin’s reformation of the city of Geneva included what?

a)

The Formation of the Consistory

b)

Riots and Chaos

c)

A Catholic resurgence

d)

Death of Ulrich Swingli

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