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CONDOTIERI

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This kingdom unified the south of Italy

a)

Turin

b)

Rome

c)

Milan

d)

Naples

e)

Firenze

2.

Reorder the following

a)

Despite their calling, the

b)

Condottieri tended not to engage

c)

in open battle;

d)

reluctant to endanger themselves

e)

and their men.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
3.

Caterina ... become the most famous female leader in Italy during that period

(a)  

4.

Caterina Sforza had a nickname related to this animal

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

5.

Match the following characters

a)
1.

Cesare Borgia

b)
2.

Caterina Sforza

c)
3.

Federico da Montefeltro

d)
4.

Sir John Hawkwood

e)
5.

Machiavelli

6.
7.

Perhaps the most ​ (a)   ​ ​ (b)   was an ​ (c)   , ​ ​ (d)   John Hawkwood. After serving in the ​ (e)   Years War under Edward III

Choose from the below words
successful
Condottiere
Englishman
Sir
Hundred
8.

Create your own coat of arms

9.

The most fearsome of the mercenary armies was the ​ (a)   Company

Choose from the below words
Great
White
Black
German
10.

Cesare Borgia's motto was "Enemy of God, of Pity and of Mercy"

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Reorder the following sentence, signore/a

a)

Federico da Montefeltro, also known as

b)

Federico III da Montefeltro,

c)

was one of the most successful mercenary captains

d)

(condottieri) of the Italian Renaissance, and

e)

he was legitimized by Pope Martin V.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
12.

Federico da Montefeltro only lose one battle during his life

a)

True

b)

False

13.

When Federico da Montefeltro was a boy, he was sent to... as a hostage

14.

The main difference between Federico da Montefeltro and other italian captains was...

a)

His violent temper

b)

Intelligence

c)

Militar skills

d)

A sense of honour

15.

It was easy to bribe Federico da Montefeltro

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Federico da Montefeltro wanted this city to be always safe and withour war

(a)  

17.

Federico da Montefeltro had more books than the Pope

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Reorder the following

a)

The construction of the Ducal

b)

Palace was begun for Duke

c)

Federico III da Montefeltro around the mid-fifteenth

d)

century by the Florentine

e)

Maso di Bartolomeo.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
19.

Your favourite condottiero

a)

Werner von Urslingen

b)

Cesare Borgia

c)

Sir John Hawkwood

d)

Federico da Montefeltro

e)

Caterina Sforza

20.

How do you say "lema" in English?

(a)  

21.

Machiavelli was born in...

a)

Naples

b)

Urbano

c)

Firenze

d)

Milan

e)

Rome

22.

Write your own advice for a prince or princes during the Renaissance

4 lines
23.

Reorder the following

a)

Men should be either treated generously

b)

or destroyed, because they take

c)

revenge for slight injuries -

d)

for heavy ones they cannot.

1)
2)
3)
4)
24.

They ruled Firenze during the Renaissance

a)

Della Rovere

b)

Sforza

c)

Borgia

d)

Medicis

e)

Orsini

25.

You must know the territory of Firenze if you want to conquer it

26.

We can say that Machiavelli was...as a writer

a)

Unrealistic

b)

Good

c)

Realistic

d)

Bad

e)

Unclear

27.

A genius that worked for Cesare Borgias as an inventor of weapons

a)

Donatello

b)

Raphael

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

e)

Bramante

28.

The famous nickname of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba

a)

The Unbeatable

b)

The Catholic Warrior

c)

The Sentinel of Liberty

d)

The War Lord

e)

The Great Captain

29.

Cesare Borgia is a villain in this game of Asssassin's Creed

a)

Odyssey

b)

Origins

c)

Brotherhood

d)

Valhalla

e)

Mirage

30.

Thanks to Machiavelli, people discovered the real nature of...

(a)