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Renaissance Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Renaissance" means:

a)

birth

b)

return

c)

rebirth

2.

The Renaissance began in:

a)

England

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

3.

What is Humanism?

a)

A philosophy that emphasizes human values.

b)

A philosophy that emphasizes religion.

c)

A philosophy that emphasizes violence.

4.

Which family was the patrons in Florence ?

a)

The Medici family

b)

The da Vinici family

c)

The Machiavelli family

5.

Which of these did Michelangelo paint?

a)

the Creation of Adam

b)

the Louvre

c)

the Mona Lisa

6.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Johannes Gutenburg

7.

Who was an artist, sculptor, scientist, and inventor?

a)

Donatello

b)

da Vinci

c)

Michelangelo

8.

Leonardo da Vinci painted:

a)

School of Athens

b)

Last Supper

c)

Ghent Altarpiece

9.

He sculpted David.

a)

Donatello

b)

Leonardo

c)

Michelangelo

10.

Who was the most famous writer of the Renaissance period?

a)

Machiavelli

b)

Desiderius Erasmus

c)

William Shakespeare

11.

Which family was the patrons in Milan?

a)

Sforzas

b)

Medicis

c)

Flanders

12.

In what country did the Northern Renaissance begin?

a)

Germany

b)

Flanders

c)

France

13.

Who painted The School of Athens?

a)

Raphael

b)

Da Vinci

c)

Donatello

14.

What was the most important invention of the Renaissance?

a)

clocks

b)

telescope

c)

printing press

15.

How did Renaissance art differ from Medieval art?

a)

It was more godly

b)

It was more realistic, and had three dimensions

c)

it portrayed religious subjects

16.

Name 2 Renaissance inventions.

(a)  

17.

What was the first book to be printed on a printing press?

a)

Utopia

b)

Hamlet

c)

The Bible

18.

What hastened the transition to the Renaissance?

a)

the Black Death

b)

Hundred Years War

c)

the discovery of America

19.

What type of art work was popular in Northern Europe AFTER miniatures?

a)

altarpieces

b)

watercolors

c)

clay sculptures

20.

Who was Brunelleschi?

a)

a famous painter

b)

a famous architect

c)

a famous scientist