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Renaissance & Reformation

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What city is most associated with the Renaissance?

a)

Rome

b)

Florence

c)

Frankfurt

d)

London

2.

Who is most responsible for the Reformation?

a)

King Henry VIII

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Pope Leo

3.

What classical civilizations were studied again during the Renaissance?

a)

Greek and Roman

b)

Roman and Inca

c)

Greek and Egyptian

d)

all of the above

4.

What invention was most responsible for spreading ideas during the Renaissance?

a)

The musket

b)

The printing press

c)

The radio

d)

The telegraph

5.

What was one result of the Council of Trent?

a)

The Catholic Church printed Bibles in the vernacular.

b)

The Pope gave Protestants freedom to practice in their own church.

c)

Martin Luther was welcomed back into the Catholic Church.

d)

The sale of indulgences ended.

6.

How might a Renaissance Man describe himself?

a)

I am talented in one special area.

b)

I am close minded about new ideas.

c)

I am talented in many different areas.

d)

I have little appreciation for the Greeks and Romans.

7.

Which of these terms made Renaissance art different from Middle Ages art?

a)

religion

b)

paint

c)

vernacular

d)

perspective

8.

What powerful family of Florence is known as being the patrons for many Renaissance artists?

a)

da Vinci

b)

Duomo

c)

Raphael

d)

Medici

9.
The word Renaissance means
a)
Rebound
b)
Rebirth
c)
Renew
d)
Reform
10.
The Renaissance began in what country?
a)
France
b)
USA
c)
Italy
d)
Rome
11.
Who was an example of a Renaissance Man?
a)
Leonardo DaVinci
b)
Leonardo DiCaprio
c)
King Henry VIII
d)
President Obama
12.
What was another name for The Bubonic Plague?
a)
Purple Rain
b)
Black Death
c)
Black Lung
d)
Pink Panther
13.
The printing press...
a)
Changed literature and religion forever
b)
Made the Bible more available to all
c)
was one of the most important inventions created
d)
all of the above
14.
Artwork during the middle ages was...
a)
more detailed
b)
more colorful
c)
more realistic
d)
all of these
15.
Martin Luther wrote
a)
The Bible
b)
95 Theses
c)
95 Tweets
d)
Letters
16.
The new religion that came from the Reformation was...
a)
Catholic
b)
Baptist
c)
Protestant
d)
Presbyterian 
17.

What author during the Renaissance wrote such works as Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth?

a)

Allen Burr

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

R.L. Stein

18.

This painting by Raphael, is called...........

a)

Temple of Time

b)

School of Proxima

c)

Temple of Solomon

d)

School of Athens

19.

Michelangelo is most famous for painting the Sistine Chapel and his sculpture entitled, "Statue of _______."

a)

Goliath

b)

David

c)

Moses

d)

Caligula

20.

Indulgences were.....

a)

The idea of paying money only to Protestant Churches instead of Catholic ones.

b)

The concept of paying money to send enemies to purgatory.

c)

The idea of paying money only to Christian churches and stealing money from idolaters.

d)

The idea that you could exchange money for forgiveness of sins, and time off in purgatory.

21.

Why did Henry the VIII break England away from the Catholic Church?

a)

He wanted to be able to divorce is wife because she did did not have a son.

b)

Henry wanted to leave the church because Catholicism became unpopular.

c)

The king wanted to leave the Church because the Pope had owed the King numerous debts due to illegitimate gambling.

d)

Henry wanted to sell all of his land to the Church, he needed to get out of a legal contract first.

22.

Secular

a)

Religious

b)

Worldly

c)

Sectional

d)

Protestant

23.

Mercenary

a)

Clergyman who serve in Geneva govt

b)

King who got rid of his adversaries

c)

Soldiers whose services are for hire

d)

Video game character

24.

Humanism

a)

Movement based on study of bible

b)

Movement based on study of humanities

c)

Movement based on study of literature

d)

Movement based on the study of dance

25.

Annul

a)

Something that is done yearly

b)

To declare invalid

c)

name of King Henry VIII's second wife

d)

To remove from church records

26.

A person who paid for artwork to be created

a)

plebeian

b)

patron

c)

patrician

d)

public

27.

Trader and traveler from Venice that took a 20 year journey to China.

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Machiaveli

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Marc Antonus

28.

The method of showing 3-D on a flat surface like a painting.

a)

Perspective

b)

Viewpoint

c)

Altitude

d)

Skew

29.

Architect, painter, sculptor, painted the entire ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

a)

Donatello

b)

Leonardo da Vicni

c)

Albrecht Durer

d)

Michelangelo

30.

Architect, painter, sculptor, inventor; drew flying machines, human biology and painted the Mona Lisa.

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Petrarch

d)

William Shakespeare

31.

Wrote poetry and over 30 plays of comedy, tragedy and history. "All the world's a stage."

a)

Machiavelli

b)

Desiderius Erasmus

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Dante

32.

Queen of England that supported the arts and increased trade and exploration for her country.

a)

Queen Isabella

b)

Queen Elizabeth

c)

Queen Mary

d)

Queen Eleanor