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Renaissance and Reformation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country was a favorable setting for the cultural rebirth of the Renaissance?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy and its city states

c)

Switzerland

d)

France

2.

Who painted The Last Supper?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Raphael

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Leonardo DiCaprio

3.

Newton did all of these except...

a)

proposed the law of gravity.

b)

perfected the microscope.

c)

helped in the creation of calculus.

d)

proposed the law of motions and mechanics.

4.

The Renaissance focused more on life after death than reason and experimentation.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The break with the Catholic Church in England was caused by King Henry VIII.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Who were the great Italian Renaissance writers? (two)

a)

Castiglione

b)

Raphael

c)

Erasmus

d)

Machiavelli

7.

What was a humanist?

a)

believed in ancient learning being used for religious and moral reform.

b)

believed in growing the human population.

c)

a person who had a positive outlook on life; an optimist.

d)

the name for a catholic during the Renassaince period.

8.

Which one does not belong.

a)

Martin Luther

b)

95 theses

c)

Geneva

d)

printing press

9.

All of these people are flemish painters except...

a)

Hubert van Eyck

b)

Peter Paul Rubens

c)

Pieter Bruegel

d)

Albrecht Durer

10.

Catholics, Protestants, Anabaptists, and other sects at that time were peaceful with each other.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Clergy were corrupt in the Catholic Church during the Renaissance time period.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Who played a role in the reformation by writing Institutes of the Christian Religion which outlined their beliefs?

a)

Martin Luther

b)

John Calvin

c)

King Henry VIII

d)

Charles V

13.

Nicolaus Copernicus is famous for...

a)

being an outspoken Protestant.

b)

developing an accurate and detailed study of human anatomy.

c)

developing the heliocentric model of the universe.

d)

reforming the Catholic Church by providing proper education for new clergy.

14.

Who painted a huge mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Desiderius Erasmus

d)

Peter Paul Rubens

15.

How many wives did King Henry VIII have?

a)

1

b)

8

c)

6

d)

3

16.

What happened at the Council of Trent?

a)

The Catholic Church threw a big party in efforts to persuade people to come back to the Catholic Church.

b)

The Catholic Church plotted against the Protestants.

c)

The Catholic Church took steps to convert to more Protestant beliefs.

d)

The Catholic Church took steps to reform itself and reaffirm its traditions.

17.

Martin Luther believed that faith + good works = salvation.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

All of these people helped bring the Renaissance to the North except...

a)

Desiderius Erasmus

b)

Albrecht Durer

c)

Jan and Hubert van Eyck

d)

Niccolo Machiavelli

19.

Who is Thomas More?

a)

He wrote The Prince.

b)

He wrote Utopia.

c)

He painted The Statue of David.

d)

He painted The Creation of Adam.

20.

The Medici Family, a rich art loving family, helped fund the Renaissance.

a)

True

b)

False