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Chapter 17 Test - European Renaissance and Reformation

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

a)

Renewed

b)

Rebuilt

c)

Remade

d)

Rebirth

2.

How did the invention of the printing press help the Reformation?

a)

Bibles printed allowed more people to read them.

b)

People could read translations of the Bible in their language.

c)

It allowed reformers to spread their ideas.

d)

All of the Above

3.
Who invented the printing press and used it to print the first Bible?
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Johannes Gutenburg
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Donatello
4.

______ is an art technique used during the Renaissance to give depth/dimension.

a)

sfamato

b)

marble

c)

fresco

d)

perspective

5.

the study of history, literature, public speaking, and art that led to a new way or thinking in Europe in the late 1300s

a)

Renaissance

b)

Reformation

c)

humanism

d)

Petrarch

6.

The everyday (native) language of people in a region or country.

a)

vernacular

b)

secular

c)

theocular

7.

Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters.

a)

secular

b)

philosophy

c)

physiology

8.

The Renaissance a rebirth of of art and learning.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What is Humanism?

a)

People are horrible and we should, instead, focus on the everlasting perfection of God.

b)

People could do great things and should study human potential and achievements.

c)

People are okay; they are good sometimes and not others.

10.

The Prince was the first full-sized book Gutenberg printed?

a)

True

b)

False

11.

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

12.

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

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Miguel de Cervantes

c)

Petrarch

d)

William Shakespeare

13.

This man perfectly characterized being a Renaissance man because he was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist.

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Johann Gutenberg

d)

William Shakespeare

14.
What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?
a)
wealthy patrons
b)
church officials
c)
government grants
d)
kings competing for prestige
15.

The term Renaissance refers to the period from about

a)

700 – 500 BCE

b)

550 – 1000 AD

c)

1000 – 1300 AD

d)

1300 – 1600 AD

16.

Indulgences the clergy sold pardons that released people from performing penalties for their sins.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What was one of John Calvin's major teachings?

a)

Predestination

b)

indulgences

c)

adult baptism

d)

humanism

18.

Italy’s location help it become the birthplace of the Renaissance it had access to Roman ruins and ancient manuscripts from Constantinople.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

An important effect of the invention of the printing press it increased literacy and the use of the vernacular.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Martin Luther believed that all people with faith were equal.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The Chinese had invented movable type but not the printing press because European languages had a smaller number of characters than Chinese and Chinese paper was hard to print on.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Instead of writing in Latin, a Renaissance writer might use his or her native language, or the_____________________.

a)

Perspective

b)

predestination

c)

vernacular

d)

secular

23.

The most famous writer of the Elizabethan Age, regarded by many as the greatest playwright of all time, was __________________________________ .

a)

Johann Gutenberg

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Raphael

24.

Renaissance society was ___________________ in spirit, meaning it was worldly rather than spiritual and concerned with the present.

a)

Perspective

b)

predestination

c)

vernacular

d)

secular

25.

Using the technique of ____________________, Renaissance painters showed three dimensions on a flat surface.

a)

Perspective

b)

predestination

c)

vernacular

d)

secular

26.

The ______________________ was a meeting of Catholic bishops and cardinals that agreed on doctrines reforming the Catholic Church.

a)

Council of Trent

b)

predestination

c)

vernacular

d)

secular

27.

Which term refers to a pardon that releases a sinner from a penalty for committing a sin?

a)

Edict of Worms

b)

Indulgences

c)

Act of Supremacy

d)

Anne Boleyn

28.

Which official measure made the king, instead of the pope, the head of the English Church?

a)

Edict of Worms

b)

Indulgences

c)

Act of Supremacy

d)

Anne Boleyn

29.

Who ruled England beginning in 1558?

a)

Edict of Worms

b)

Indulgences

c)

Queen Elizabeth I

d)

Anne Boleyn

30.

Who was beheaded after being unable to produce a male heir for Henry VIII?

a)

Edict of Worms

b)

Indulgences

c)

Queen Elizabeth I

d)

Anne Boleyn

31.

Which official measure made it a crime to give Martin Luther food or shelter?

a)

Edict of Worms

b)

Indulgences

c)

annul

d)

recant

32.

Which term means “to take back a statement”?

a)

Edict of Worms

b)

Indulgences

c)

annul

d)

recant

33.

The German craftsman ____________________developed a printing press that made it possible to produce books quickly and cheaply.

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Johann Gutenberg

c)

Rocky Balboa

d)

David Hasselhoff

34.

What kind or person represented the ideal of the "Renaissance man"?

a)

someone who enjoyed worldly pleasures.

b)

someone who excelled in many areas of study.

c)

someone who specialized in a particular field of study.

d)

someone who supported and appreciated the arts without creating art.

35.

Which of the following was a major reason for the Reformation?

a)

Northern merchants resented paying taxes to the Church in Rome.

b)

The Church was threatening to excommunicate the king of France.

c)

The pope in Rome insisted on speaking only latin.

d)

Martin Luther said he could interpret the Bible better than the pope.

36.

What was the main reason for Henry VIIIís split with the Roman Catholic Church?

a)

his religious beliefs

b)

his desire for a male heir

c)

his treatment of Catherine of Aragon

d)

his unwillingness to pay Church taxes