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Renaissance People & Terms

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Wrote Praise of the Folly, a satirical attack on the Church.

a)

Sir Thomas More

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Niccolo Machiavelli

d)

Erasmus

2.

Wrote The Prince, a guide for how to rule in the middle ages.

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Niccolo Machiavelli

c)

Sir Thomas More

d)

Erasmus

3.

Wrote Utopia, an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system.

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Sir Thomas More

c)

Niccolo Machiavelli

d)

Erasmus

4.

English playwright of many tragedies and English historicals.

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Sir Thomas More

c)

Niccolo Machiavelli l

d)

Erasmus

5.

The sculptor of David, painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo Buonarroti

c)

Albrecht Dürer

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

6.

‘The Renaissance Man’, developed many concepts later used, painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo Buonarroti

c)

Albrecht Dürer

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

7.

Artist of the Northern Renaissance. He defined human shapes revolutionizing art. Specialized in woodcutting and portrait.

a)

Michelangelo Buonarroti

b)

Leonardo Da Vinci

c)

Johannes Guttenberg

d)

Albrecht Dürer

8.

Invented the printing press

a)

Michelangelo Buonarroti

b)

Leonardo Da Vinci

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Albrecht Dürer

9.

Developed Humanism, the Italian language, and developed the concept of the ‘Dark Ages’.

a)

De Medici family

b)

Erasmus

c)

Petrarch

d)

Leonardo Da Vinci

10.

Bankers who patronized artists and invested in shipping industry.

a)

Da Medici family

b)

Eramus

c)

Petrarch

d)

Leonardo Da Vinci

11.

an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.

a)

Humanism

b)

Mosaics

c)

Oil Painting

d)

Printing Press

12.

A pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar.

a)

Humanism

b)

Mosaic

c)

Oil Painting

d)

Printing Press

13.

The process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder.

a)

Humanism

b)

Mosaics

c)

Oil Painting

d)

Printing Press

14.

A mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface.

a)

Humanism

b)

Mosaics

c)

Oil Painting

d)

Printing Press

15.

the Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps.

a)

Italian Renaissance

b)

German Renaissance

c)

Northern Renaissance

d)

Elizabethan Renaissance

16.

Originated the movement that spread a culture of awakened knowledge and art.

a)

Italian Renaissance

b)

German Renaissance

c)

Elizabethan Renaissance

d)

British Renaissance

17.

A device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation and geographic orientation.

a)

Map

b)

Compass

c)

Compass Rose

d)

Carval Ship

18.

Renaissance means ____________________.

a)

Revolution of knowledge

b)

Rebirth of Greco-Roman Culture

c)

Divorce of the Christian Church

d)

Era of invention