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Renaissance Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?

a)

Christian devotion

b)

classical art and learning

c)

chivalry and tournaments

d)

good health after the plague

2.

Which Renaissance author wrote "it is much safer to be feared than loved..."?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Machiavelli

c)

Erasmus

d)

Petrarch

3.

Florence, Italy was the home of this patron family, which some of you referred to as the Kardashians or Obamas of the Renaissance period?

a)

Medici family

b)

da Vinci family

c)

Buonarotti family

d)

Borgia family

4.

What is a patron?

a)

A wealthy artist

b)

A wealthy supporter of artists

c)

A poor artist

d)

A wealthy merchant

5.

Due to Realism and Humanism, how did learning and the arts change?

a)

Less religious

b)

More religious

c)

More economic

d)

More fantastical

6.

What do humanists best think of human potential in the Renaissance?

a)

Humans cannot do anything

b)

God is responsible for everything

c)

Humans are capable of anything and everything

d)

Humans are best served for farmwork

7.

How did people in the Renaissance and later on view education after the Renaissance?

a)

Education was more important than ever

b)

Education was less important than ever

c)

Education is the same as ever

d)

None of the other choices

8.

Who is the father of Humanism?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Erasmus

c)

Dante

d)

2Pac

9.

If you or I were speaking in my vernacular language, or the language we use every day, what language would we be speaking?

a)

English

b)

Italian

c)

German

d)

Chinese

10.

Which time period is this art from?

a)

Classical

b)

Renaissance

c)

Medieval

11.
What is humanism?
a)
the study of Christianity
b)
the study of the Bible
c)
the new interest in religious artwork
d)
the study of humans
12.
Which of the following is NOT an example of humanism?
a)
creating religious paintings to glorify God
b)
studying art and literature
c)
painting three dimensional scenes on a flat surface so they look realistic
d)
honoring artists like Michelangelo
13.
Which of the following people was an artist, scientist, inventor, and philosopher?
a)
Leonardo da Vinci
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
Miguel de Cervantes
d)
Dante Aligheri
14.
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
a)
Cervantes
b)
Machiavelli
c)
da Vinci
d)
Michelangelo
15.
Who was the most important English playwright?
a)
William Shakespeare
b)
Leonardo da Vinci
c)
Niccolo Machiavelli
d)
King Richard I
16.
How did Renaissance writers like Dante, Cervantes, and Shakespeare influence later writers?
a)
by writing in Latin
b)
by creating the first newspapers
c)
by writing the Bible
d)
by writing in the common lanugage
17.
What invention helped spread Renaissance ideas around Europe?
a)
the cotton gin
b)
the printing press
c)
the steam engine
d)
the typewriter
18.
Who invented the printing press?
a)
Martin Luther
b)
King Henry VIII
c)
Johann Gutenberg
d)
George Washington
19.
The Renaissance is a rebirth of which cultures? 
a)
Greek and Byzantine
b)
Roman and Chinese
c)
Islam and Greek
d)
Greek and Roman
20.
Diplomacy is: 
a)
A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
b)
The art of invention
c)
The art of negotiating with other countries
d)
Showing an interest in worldly rather than religious matters
21.
Which famous poet from Florence wrote "The Divine Comedy?" 
a)
Dante
b)
Michaelangelo
c)
Rafael
d)
Shakespeare
22.
How did MOST city states attain their wealth? 
a)
Cloth Creation
b)
Banking
c)
Trade
d)
Ship Building
23.
In which country did the Renaissance begin? 
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
England
d)
America
24.
a)
Norway
b)
Finland 
c)
Sweden
25.
a)
Sweden
b)
Norway
c)
UK
26.
a)
Italy
b)
Spain
c)
Greece
27.
a)
Germany
b)
France
c)
Spain
28.
a)
Portugal
b)
Spain
c)
France
29.

Based on the meaning of the French word "renaissance," the period called the Renaissance refers to the ...

a)

rebirth of classical culture.

b)

.restoration of basic human values.

c)

remainder of learning not yet lost.

d)

remembrance of better times.

30.

Which art had the greatest influence on Renaissance artists?

a)

early medieval art

b)

ancient Greek and Roman art

c)

medieval Islamic art

d)

ancient Chinese art

31.

Who would have been most likely to speak these words?

"I have made a lot of money in business. I’ve hired a talented painter to decorate the inner walls of the church. I’m sure he’ll do a good job."

a)

a priest

b)

a patron

c)

a scholar

d)

a craftsperson

32.

Which of these methods did humanist scholars teach as a way to learn about the world?

a)

Listen to the pope.

b)

Read the newspaper.

c)

Observe and experiment.

d)

Sit quietly and meditate.

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