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Renaissance & Reformation Review

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the Renaissance people stopped focusing on the arts and science.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

During the Renaissance, a more secular, or worldly, viewpoint developed.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Mostly peasants and serfs funded the arts during the Renaissance.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

All books previous to the invention of the printing press were copied by hand .

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

The Protestant Reformation was led by Martin Luther.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

The Renaissance in Europe began in Italy about

a)

500AD-1000AD

b)

1350AD-1600AD

c)

1350BC-1600BC

d)

1100s

7.

Leonardo da Vinci was an excellent example of Renaissance Italy’s social ideal because he

a)

was a politician, and politicians were considered the pinnacle of human achievement.

b)

came from a wealthy family and

greatly improved his family’s status in society.

c)

wrote grand romantic poetry and insightful political treatises.

d)

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

8.

The publication of Martin Luther’s Ninety-five Theses

a)

was immediately seen as a threat by local businesses.

b)

attacked the abuses in the sale of indulgences, beginning the Protestant reformation.

c)

was largely ignored until decades after Luther's death.

d)

became the central text for Anglicanism.

9.

Which of these is NOT a cause of the Renaissance?

a)

Growth in Italian city-states

b)

New urban societies

c)

Renaissance artists had been on strike for 5 years

d)

Wealthy families and merchants contributed to the arts.

10.

Invented the printing press -

a)

Johannes Gutenberg

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Leanardo de Caprio

d)

Michelangelo

11.

One effect of the Protestant Reformation was--

a)

Death of Luther

b)

The Catholic Reformation

c)

the Catholic Church collapsed

d)

the Black Death spread.

12.

The Renaissance was an era when scientific, artistic, and intellectual thought expanded.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

Increasing wealth during the Renaissance allowed for the enjoyment of material things.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

The movable type printing press was the first mechanical printing press in the world.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

Books were costly & education was rare for most individuals during the Renaissance.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

Martin Luther was put to death by the Catholic Church after calling it corrupt.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

Renaissance means -

a)

Scientific Era

b)

Reincarnation

c)

Roman and Greek

d)

Rebirth

18.

The Renaissance in Italy is associated with which three artists?

a)

More, Donatello, and Versaci

b)

Raphael, Da Vinci, and Aristotle

c)

Medici, Raphael, and Plato

d)

Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo

19.

Emphasis on individual ability & human potential, worth, & achievements called--

a)

Materialsim

b)

Humanism

c)

Secularism

d)

Polytheism

20.

Which of these IS an effect of the Renaissance?

a)

The Black death spread even faster around Europe

b)

Science and education became less important to Europeans

c)

Rediscovery of the Greek & Roman ideals influenced art, literature, education & architecture

d)

Kings lost control of their kingdoms

21.

Utopia written by Thomas More was about--

a)

an imaginary land inhabited by a peace-loving people

b)

pilgrims journeying to the tomb of Saint Thomas Becke

c)

dating during the Renaissance

d)

political power

22.

speaking out against church doctrine

a)

Michelangelo

b)

True "Renaissance Man"

c)

patriarchal

d)

heresy

23.

male dominated

a)

Michelangelo

b)

True "Renaissance Man"

c)

patriarchal

d)

heresy

24.

Painted the Sistine Chapel

a)

Michelangelo

b)

True "Renaissance Man"

c)

patriarchal

d)

heresy

25.

Leonardo da Vinci

a)

Michelangelo

b)

True "Renaissance Man"

c)

patriarchal

d)

heresy

26.

purchasing pardon of sins

a)

Protestant

b)

sale of indulgences

c)

simony

d)

inquisition

27.

selling of the church offices

a)

Protestant

b)

sale of indulgences

c)

simony

d)

inquisition

28.

Christians who belonged to non-Catholic churches

a)

Protestant

b)

sale of indulgences

c)

simony

d)

inquisition

29.

used by the Catholic Church to fight heresy

a)

Protestant

b)

sale of indulgences

c)

simony

d)

inquisition

30.
People such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sir Isaace Newton, Michelangelo, Gutenberg, and Shakespeare made the period known as the Renaissance...
a)
a time of war
b)
a time of dictatorships
c)
a time of creativity
d)
a time of diplomacy
31.
Paintings from the Renaissance use the tactic of:
a)
light
b)
shadow
c)
perspective
d)
all of these
32.
Which of these MOST influenced the spread of ideas during the Renaissance:
a)
the printing press
b)
Luther's conversion to Protestantism
c)
The Counter-Reformation
33.
who painted the last supper and the mona lisa
a)
Leonardo da Vinci
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Donatello
34.
The Counter Reformation was:
a)
response of the Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation
b)
the Lutheran Church's response to the Catholic Reformation
35.
Which book "it is better to be feared than loved"
a)
The Prince, Machiavelli
b)
The Prince, Dante
c)
95 Theses, Martin Luther
d)
The Institutes, John Calvin
36.
Florence rose as a powerful city due to it's
a)
economic growth and stability
b)
lack of trading partners
c)
inability to produce anything valuable
d)
position at the center of the Catholic Church
37.
Christian Humanist that preached peace, tolerance, and love in northern Europe
a)
Erasmus
b)
Petrarch
38.

The Renaissance is a "Rebirth" of what ancient cultures?

a)

Greece and Egypt

b)

Greece and Rome

c)

Rome and Egypt

d)

Egypt and Turkey

39.

This painting by Raphael, is called...........

a)

Temple of Time

b)

School of Proxima

c)

Temple of Solomon

d)

School of Athens

40.

Michelangelo is most famous for painting the Sistine Chapel and his sculpture entitled, "Statue of _______."

a)

Goliath

b)

David

c)

Moses

d)

Caligula

41.

Calvinism was the least popular of all Protestant religions.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Monarchs, or Kings and Queens, were at head of the social food chain.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Why did Henry the VIII break England away from the Catholic Church?

a)

He wanted to be able to divorce is wife because she did did not have a son.

b)

Henry wanted to leave the church because Catholicism became unpopular.

c)

The king wanted to leave the Church because the Pope had owed the King numerous debts due to illegitimate gambling.

d)

Henry wanted to sell all of his land to the Church, he needed to get out of a legal contract first.

44.
Secular means 
a)
Not religious 
b)
Religious 
45.
Renaissance started in ...
a)
Europe
b)
Italy 
c)
France 
d)
Asia 
46.
Before the reformation the bible was written in which language 
a)
Vernacular 
b)
French 
c)
English
d)
Latin
47.
The Medici family is one example of ... 
a)
poor families not rising above 
b)
power from wealth
c)
used wealth to fund the church 

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