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Chapter 12 Pre-Test

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the inspiration for the movement called

humanism?

a)

the push to increase the power of the Catholic

Church

b)

the increase in the authority of kings

c)

ancient Greek and Roman writings

d)

the interest in the use of Latin as the main

language

2.

What movement resulted from the rebirth of

classical learning?

a)

the Renaissance

b)

the Reformation

c)

the Counter Reformation

d)

the Great Schism

3.

What did the technique called perspective allow

Renaissance artists to do?

a)

use nonreligious subjects in their paintings

b)

show depth and distance in their paintings

c)

use domes in creating new buildings

d)

show realistic portrayal of individuals

4.

What city did the Medici family make sure became

the greatest place to be for Renaissance artists?

a)

Rome

b)

Milan

c)

Venice

d)

Florence

5.

What artist is considered a true Renaissance man?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Raphael

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Filippo Brunelleschi

6.

What artist is considered the greatest Northern

Renaissance artist?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Albrecht Dürer

c)

Jan van Eyck

d)

Pieter Bruegel

7.

How did the Shakespeare plays reflect

Renaissance ideas?

a)

The plays dealt with human life rather than

religious ideas.

b)

The plays appealed to people from all walks

of life.

c)

Shakespeare wrote his plays during the

Elizabethan Age.

d)

Shakespeare did not rely on support from

patrons.

8.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Andreas Vesalius

b)

Martin Luther

c)

Johann Gutenberg

d)

Filippo Brunelleschi

9.

Whose accurate drawings of the human body led

to anatomy becoming a scientific discipline?

a)

Niccolò Machiavelli

b)

Miguel de Cervantes

c)

Albrecht Dürer

d)

Andreas Vesalius

10.

What led to the reform movement known as the

Reformation?

a)

the formation of a new church by King Henry

VIII of England

b)

Martin Luther’s protests against certain

practices of the Catholic Church

c)

the meeting of the Council of Trent to define

Catholic beliefs

d)

the work of Jesuit missionaries in spreading

Catholicism around the world