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Renaissance and Reformation Unit Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Wrote the book The Prince about absolute power

a)

Niccolo Machiavelli

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Dante

d)

Calvin

2.

A painter, inventor, scientist, and singer who painted the Mona Lisa and is considered to be The “Renaissance Man”

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Dante

d)

Machiavelli

3.

Invented the printing press

a)

John Calvin

b)

Johann Gutenberg

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Ignatius of Loyola

4.

What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?

a)

Christian devotion

b)

Art and learning

c)

Chivalry and tournaments

d)

Good health after the plague

5.

The Renaissance began in Northern Italy because of all of the following except:

a)

thriving cities

b)

great food

c)

wealthy merchant class

d)

heritage of Greece & Rome

6.

The study of classical texts caused humanists to focus on what subject?

a)

Human potential and achievements

b)

An understanding of early Christianity

c)

An understanding of ancient Muslim values

d)

Roman law and government

7.

Who declared himself the head of the English Church and reformed it because of political reasons?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

John Knox

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Emperor Charles V

8.

What was the first full-sized book Gutenberg printed?

a)

Utopia

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

The Bible

d)

The Prince

9.
What was the name of the 16th century movement that criticized the Catholic Church for it's sole use of Latin, indulgences, behavior of priests, etc.
a)
scientific revolution
b)
protestant revolution
c)
counter reformation
d)
catholic reformation
10.
Paintings from the Renaissance use the tactic of:
a)
light
b)
shadow
c)
perspective
d)
all of these
11.
Martin Luther's ideas sparked:
a)
the Renaissance
b)
the Protestant Reformation
c)
The Counter-Reformation
d)
The Catolic Reformation
12.
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
13.
The Counter Reformation was:
a)
response of the Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation
b)
the Lutheran Church's response to the Catholic Reformation
14.
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
15.

What was The most immediate cause of the Reformation?

a)

Henry the VIII creating the Church of England

b)

Erasmus writing Praise of Follies

c)

John Calvin establishing Calvinism

d)

Martin Luther posting The 95 Theses

16.

What best describes an indulgence?

a)

Money paid to the Church for forgiveness of sins

b)

Money paid to artists for paintings and sculptures

c)

Money paid to the king for taxes

d)

Luxury items

17.

17th-century scholars Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei faced serious challenges to their scientific theories because their ideas

a)

were based on the Bible

b)

contradicted traditional medieval Christian beliefs

c)

relied only on teachings from non-Christian cultures

d)

were not supported by scientific investigations

18.

True or False?

Art from the Renaissance contains more realistic images than art from the Middle Ages.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Who is King Henry VIII?

a)

King of England during the High Middle Ages. Commonly confused with Aethelberd of Kent.

b)

King of England during the Reformation. He proved his loyalty to the Pope and was named Holy Roman Emperor

c)

King of England during the Protestant Reformation. He created the Church of England because the Pope wouldn’t grant him a divorce.

d)

King of France during the Reformation. He was good friends with Luther and helped France transition from Catholicism to Lutheranism.

20.

What made the Printing Press so important?

a)

It allowed people to press different prints onto their clothing, setting off a creative boom in fashion.

b)

It allowed the Pope to make more money, as he could sell more Bibles to more people

c)

It allowed ideas to be more easily refuted since people could easily find counter-arguments.

d)

It helped spread criticisms of the Catholic Church to the masses. This allowed the Protestant Reformation to begin.