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Renaissance

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "Renaissance" mean?

a)

Reconvert

b)

Rebirth

c)

Re-examine

d)

Review

2.

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Donatello

c)

Jan Van Eyck

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

3.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

England

b)

Norway

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

4.

Who is considered the father of humanism?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Sir Thomas More

c)

Erasmus

d)

Machiavelli

5.

What were the two most famous works by Michelangelo?

a)

The Last Supper

b)

David

c)

The Sistine Chapel

d)

The Wedding

6.

Who were the main Patron class family in Italy? (First mafia family)

a)

Barrone

b)

Medici

c)

da Vinci

d)

Marietta

7.

Who wrote "The Prince?"

a)

Erasmus

b)

Albrect Durher

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Machiavelli

8.

During the Renaissance, there was a revival of interst in

a)

perspective

b)

humanism

c)

Greek and Roman Civilizations

d)

individual achievement

9.
An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements
a)
Secular
b)
Patrons
c)
Merit
d)
humanism
10.

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

d)

it was more biblical

11.

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

a)

Italians were better Catholics

b)

Italy had better means of transportation

c)

Italy sat in the middle of the Silk Road

d)

Extreme wealth that Italians made from trade

12.
What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?
a)
realism
b)
perspective
c)
idealism
d)
distancism
13.

Book of Machiavelli which stated "The ends justify the means"....

a)

Dante's Inferno

b)

Dowry

c)

Secular

d)

The Prince

14.

English playwright famous for his stories

a)

Dante

b)

Shakespeare

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Lorenzo Medici

15.

The Renaissance was a time of...

a)

political and cultural change

b)

artistic creativity

c)

Reawakened interest in classical learning

d)

All of the above