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Renaissance Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Select all of the reasons why the Renaissance began in Italian City-States.

Easy access to trade

Abundance of wealth

Predominantly Christian

Reacquired classical books from Muslims

Located among old Roman ruins

What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?

Christian devotion

classical art and learning

chivalry and tournaments

good health after the plague

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

Shakespeare

Machiavelli

Erasmus

Petrarch

Which of these is NOT indicative of Renaissance art?

Realistic bodies

Three-dimensional scenes

Two-dimensional scenes

Realistic clothing

Peasants and nobles moved from manors to towns...

Because their manor houses were old and in poor condition.

So that they could attend the universities there.

Because they were forced out by invading countries.

In order to find more opportunities to gain wealth.

European scholars developed a new way of understanding the world called humanism. They...

wanted to gain knowledge just through religious faith.

gave importance to the individual and to human society.

based their thinking on Egyptian ideas.

encouraged people to isolate themselves from their cities.

What new technique of painting came around at this time that made images feel more life-like and gave them more depth?

Graffiti

Linear Perspective

Mural Paintings

None of these

Who is the artist responsible for painting the Sistine Chapel and sculpting the statue of David?

Leonardo da Vinci

Donatello

Michelangelo

Van Gogh

What is the name of the family from Florence who controlled banks and sponsored many popular artists during the Renaissance?

Tudors

Medicis

Calvins

Martins

10.

Which of these accurately explains a difference between medieval art and Renaissance art?

Renaissance art had less depth and emotion than medieval art.

Medieval art used real humans as models and portrayed more emotion than Renaissance art.

Medieval art was flat and lacked emotion, unlike Renaissance art.

Renaissance art was based only on religious themes, unlike medieval art.

11.

European society during the Renaissance differed from European society during the Middle Ages in that during the Renaissance

The church had no influence

The emphasis on individual worth increased

Economic activity decreased

Art no longer contained religious themes

12.

How would you describe a "renaissance man"?

an uneducated peasant

someone who believed in equal rights for women

a man educated in a wide variety of things

a soldier during the Middle Ages

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Renaissance Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 11mins

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