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The Renaissance

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following italian city-states is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance?

a)

Genoa

b)

Venice

c)

Florence

d)

Milan

2.

What governing family was known as the largest patrons of the arts produced in Florence, Italy?

a)

The Medicine family

b)

The Michelangelo family

c)

The Medici family

3.

How did Gutenberg's printing press impact Europe?

a)

it decreased literacy throughout the continent

b)

it allowed literature to be mass produced

c)

it allowed more people to train and join the priesthood

d)

it decreased the production of navigational maps

4.

Who is considered to be the most important multi-talented "Renaissance Man?"

a)

Niccolo Machiavelli

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

5.

"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."

Which Renaissance author was responsible for this quote?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Niccolo Machiavelli

c)

Thomas More

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

6.

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Botticelli

d)

Machiavelli

7.

Who invented the movable type printing press?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Johannes Gutenberg

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Niccolo Machiavelli

8.

Who is a wealthy person that supports an artist?

a)

merchant

b)

banker

c)

patron

d)

king

9.

What is it called when an artist paints on wet plaster?

a)

secular

b)

fresco

c)

realism

d)

perspective

10.

The Renaissance came after what period of time?

a)

Ancient

b)

Middle Ages

c)

Modern

d)

Post-Modern

11.

How did the Medici family become wealthy?

a)

patrons

b)

weavers

c)

bankers

d)

weavers

12.

True or False: Humanism supported the spread of education.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False: Education was available to all people during the Renaissance.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Renaissance artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the marble David.

a)

Jan van Eyck

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

15.

Which is NOT an impact of the Gutenberg Press

a)

Books were cheaper

b)

Literacy rates increased

c)

People began to study the Bible for themselves

d)

Literacy rates decreased

16.

Who wrote Utopia?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Johann Gutenberg

c)

Erasmus

d)

Sir Thomas More

17.

Who wrote Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, and Macbeth?

a)

Machiavelli

b)

Shakespeare

c)

Virgil

d)

Homer

18.

Renaissance writer who said "the end justifies the means," do good if possible, evil if necessary.

a)

Charlemagne

b)

William the Conqueror

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Petrarch

19.

Renaissance art focused on the individual and worldly matters as well as Christianity.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Intellectual movement that focused on human potential and studying subjects like rhetoric, history, poetry, and grammar.

a)

Humanism

b)

Middle Ages

c)

Classical Era

d)

Crusades

21.

What does the term "renaissance" mean?

a)

reunion

b)

rebirth

c)

reinforce

d)

reassurance

22.

When did the Renaissance occur?

a)

It began in 1776.

b)

Between 1920 and 1960.

c)

It started in the 1300s and ended in the 1600s.

d)

After the end of World War I in 1918.

23.

Which Renaissance artist is known for the painting portrayed here?

a)

Dante Alighieri

b)

the artist is unknown

c)

Gutenberg

d)

Leonardo Da Vinci

24.

What culture(s) was the Renaissance centered around?

a)

Greek/Roman

b)

Turkish

c)

Chinese

d)

American

25.

Which famous family was responsible for funding many Renaissance artists?

a)

The Medici Family

b)

The Auditore Family

c)

The Ferrari Family

d)

The Boccolini Family

26.

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance?

a)

Equality for women

b)

Greek/Roman Influence

c)

Humanism

d)

Celebration of Secular Achievements

27.

What is the name of this painting?

a)

The School of Athens

b)

The Renaissance Alive

c)

Man in Action

d)

Day in Greece

28.
Which of the following is a synonym best used to describe the word "secular"
a)
Worldly
b)
Religious
c)
Chivalry
d)
Rebirth
29.
Who were Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More?
a)
German painters
b)
Flemish painters
c)
patrons of the arts
d)
Christian humanists
30.
What was the first full-sized book Gutenberg printed?
a)
Utopia
b)
Romeo and Juliet
c)
the Bible
d)
The Prince
31.

If someone is devious and ruthless, especially in politics, they might be called

a)

Antagonistic

b)

Philosophical

c)

Belligerent

d)

Machiavellian

32.

The way this figure is standing with more weight on one leg and the torso twisted somewhat is called a _____ stance.

a)

entasis

b)

contrapposto

c)

foreshortening

d)

kore

33.

Wall paintings made by painting onto wet plaster.

a)

Frescos

b)

Fauves

c)

Firing

d)

Focal point

34.

Which word means "male head of the family?"

a)

patron

b)

sfumato

c)

paterfamilias

d)

vernacular

35.

Which Renaissance masterpiece is pictured here and who sculpted it?

a)

The Pieta by Michelangelo

b)

Madonna and Child by Berlinghieri

c)

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

d)

The School of Athens by Raphael