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WorksheetsRenaissance and Rationalism Unit Quiz Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following were the main characters of "One-Legged Crane"?
Federigo and Mona Giovana
Chichibio and Curado
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
Niccolo Machiavelli and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Which of the following characters was foolish in love and fed his prized bird to a love interest?
Chichibio
Don Quixote
Federigo
The Crow
Which of the following characters was noble but rash in his rush to fulfill his fantasies?
Chichibio
Don Quixote
Federigo
The Crow
Which of the following characters was loyal in the face of absurdity?
Chichibio
Don Quixote
Federigo
Sancho Panza
Which of the following characters has a superiority complex and learns a tough lesson on adaptability/flexibility?
the Oak
The Reed
The Fox
The Crow
Which of the following characters learns a humble lesson on how vanity will lose out to flattery?
the Oak
The Reed
The Fox
The Crow
Which of the following is a humorous imitation of another, usually serious, work?
Humanism
Reformation
Parody
Frame Narrative
Which of the following is a movement by which people returned to the classics but with a Christian fervor?
Humanism
Reformation
Parody
Frame Narrative
Which of the following is a movement by which Martin Luther and others protested against the Catholic church?
Humanism
Reformation
Parody
Frame Narrative
Which of the following is a narrative of tales set under the umbrella of one over-arching tale?
Humanism
Reformation
Parody
Frame Narrative
Which of the following inventions allowed for widespread distribution of books, Bibles, and other literature?
The Steam Engine
Movable Type and the Printing Press
Exploration of the world
Discovery of gravity by Isaac Newton
Which of the following stories teaches us that imagination enriches life?
Federigo's Falcon
One-Legged Crane
Don Quixote
La Fontaine Fables
Which of the following stories teaches us that vanity and feelings of superiority are human weaknesses we must learn to adjust?
Federigo's Falcon
One-Legged Crane
Don Quixote
La Fontaine Fables
What was the reason the 10 men and women fled to a country villa, where they told the stories of the "Decameron"?
To escape the Black Plague
To avoid the The Tyrant King
Driven out by The Great Fire
To write an epic frame narrative
Who was the character in the "Decameron" who could tell his own tale each day because he was the wittiest?
Federigo
Curado
Dioneo
Boccacio
