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Renaissance and Rationalism Unit Quiz Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following were the main characters of "One-Legged Crane"?

a)

Federigo and Mona Giovana

b)

Chichibio and Curado

c)

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

d)

Niccolo Machiavelli and Jean-Jacques Rousseau

2.

Which of the following characters was foolish in love and fed his prized bird to a love interest?

a)

Chichibio

b)

Don Quixote

c)

Federigo

d)

The Crow

3.

Which of the following characters was noble but rash in his rush to fulfill his fantasies?

a)

Chichibio

b)

Don Quixote

c)

Federigo

d)

The Crow

4.

Which of the following characters was loyal in the face of absurdity?

a)

Chichibio

b)

Don Quixote

c)

Federigo

d)

Sancho Panza

5.

Which of the following characters has a superiority complex and learns a tough lesson on adaptability/flexibility?

a)

the Oak

b)

The Reed

c)

The Fox

d)

The Crow

6.

Which of the following characters learns a humble lesson on how vanity will lose out to flattery?

a)

the Oak

b)

The Reed

c)

The Fox

d)

The Crow

7.

Which of the following is a humorous imitation of another, usually serious, work?

a)

Humanism

b)

Reformation

c)

Parody

d)

Frame Narrative

8.

Which of the following is a movement by which people returned to the classics but with a Christian fervor?

a)

Humanism

b)

Reformation

c)

Parody

d)

Frame Narrative

9.

Which of the following is a movement by which Martin Luther and others protested against the Catholic church?

a)

Humanism

b)

Reformation

c)

Parody

d)

Frame Narrative

10.

Which of the following is a narrative of tales set under the umbrella of one over-arching tale?

a)

Humanism

b)

Reformation

c)

Parody

d)

Frame Narrative

11.

Which of the following inventions allowed for widespread distribution of books, Bibles, and other literature?

a)

The Steam Engine

b)

Movable Type and the Printing Press

c)

Exploration of the world

d)

Discovery of gravity by Isaac Newton

12.

Which of the following stories teaches us that imagination enriches life?

a)

Federigo's Falcon

b)

One-Legged Crane

c)

Don Quixote

d)

La Fontaine Fables

13.

Which of the following stories teaches us that vanity and feelings of superiority are human weaknesses we must learn to adjust?

a)

Federigo's Falcon

b)

One-Legged Crane

c)

Don Quixote

d)

La Fontaine Fables

14.

What was the reason the 10 men and women fled to a country villa, where they told the stories of the "Decameron"?

a)

To escape the Black Plague

b)

To avoid the The Tyrant King

c)

Driven out by The Great Fire

d)

To write an epic frame narrative

15.

Who was the character in the "Decameron" who could tell his own tale each day because he was the wittiest?

a)

Federigo

b)

Curado

c)

Dioneo

d)

Boccacio