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The Renaissance Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Renewed
b)
Rebuilt
c)
Remade
d)
Rebirth
2.

What is one way that Medieval and Renaissance artists differ?

a)

Renaissance art focuses more on religion

b)

Medieval artists were more realistic

c)

Renaissance artist turned to Roman and Greek works for inspiration

d)

They are the same

3.
What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?
a)
wealthy patrons
b)
church officials
c)
government grants
d)
kings competing for prestige
4.

Which of these famous structures did Michelangelo paint?

a)

the Louvre

b)

the Coliseum

c)

the Sistine Chapel

d)

the Eiffel Tower

5.

Which of these statements describes a change brought about by the Renaissance?

a)

Society was dominated by the church.

b)

Society began to value individualism.

c)

Society was focused on warfare.

d)

Society was dominated by lords.

6.
This Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa
a)
Leonardo daVinci
b)
Filippo Brunelleschi
c)
Machiavelli
d)
Cervantes
7.
Which of the following statements BEST describes how wealth was distributed during the Renaissance?
a)
Everyone had the same amount of wealth.
b)
A few families had most of the wealth.
c)
Nobody had any wealth because the economy was doing so poorly.
d)
Many poor people took the wealth from the wealthy in a violent battle.
8.
Which of the following is associated with Humanism?
a)
the ideas of the middle ages
b)
the ideas of Greece & Rome
c)
the ideas of ancient China
d)
the ideas of ancient India
9.
Where did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
England
d)
Germany
10.

Who invented the Printing Press?

a)

Gutenberg

b)

Erasmus

c)

More

11.

Who wrote the Praise of Folly?

a)

Gutenberg

b)

Erasmus

c)

More

12.

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leondardo Da Vinci

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Erasmus

13.

Who wrote the essay "The Prince?"

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Machiavelli

c)

Erasmus

d)

Sir Thomas More

14.

The statue of "David" was created by _____________.

a)

Da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Erasmus

d)

Gutenberg

15.

-modern essay on government

-absolute rule

-ends justifies the means


These ideas are from______________________.

a)

The Prince

b)

Utopia

c)

The Praise of Folly

d)

Mona Lisa

16.

Middle Ages art focused on ______________________.

a)

church

b)

salvation

c)

individual

d)

kings

17.

Which was not an important city state in Italy during the Renaissance?

a)

Florence

b)

Venice

c)

Genoa

d)

Constantinople

18.

-Sonnets

-humanist scholarship


Which Renaissance leader?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Da Vinci

d)

Machiavelli

19.

-celebrated the individual

-study of classical Greek and Roman literature and culture

-supported by wealthy patrons

a)

Humanism

b)

Crusades

c)

Mosaics

d)

perspective

20.

Event that increased the demand for trade goods, developed banking principles and led to the Renaissance.

a)

Black Death

b)

Pax Romana

c)

Crusades

d)

Hundred Years' War

21.

Development in Renaissance art that states distant objects appear smaller than closer objects.

a)

Contrast

b)

Perspective

c)

Calligraphy

d)

Mosaic

22.

When was the Renaissance ?

a)

1350–1600 CE

b)

1999-2009 CE

c)

446-1000 CE

d)

1492-1776 CE