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Renaissance Ideas

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the focus of Christian Humanists?

a)

Maintain peace

b)

Restore trade

c)

Reform society

d)

Follow tradition

2.

In England and France who governed?

a)

Monarchs

b)

Dictators

c)

Merchants

d)

Scholars

3.

Which is a dominant feature of Renaissance art?

a)

Humanism

b)

Sfumato

c)

Utopian

d)

Realism

4.

Da Vinci was considered a Renaissance Man because he excelled at what?

a)

Politics, writing, religion sculpting

b)

painting, science, inventing, sculpting

c)

painting, poetry, politics, sculpting

d)

painting, architecture, politics, banking

5.

How did Italy's location help it become the centor of the Renaissance

a)

The Black Death never reached Italy

b)

Exposed to Roman ruins and scholars from Greece and Constantinople

c)

Italy was protected by the Alps

d)

Ideas spread by the Italian fleet

6.

Which is a cause of the Renaissance?

a)

Ancient English texts were brought by people fleeing wars

b)

The Black Death did not reac h Italy

c)

Trade created the Middle Class who used their wealth to beautify their cities

d)

literacy rates decreased among the wealthy

7.

Which is a similarity between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?

a)

Religion was a focal point

b)

Use of oil based paints for realistic detail

c)

People lacked emotion

d)

Humanism influenced creation and look

8.

Which is the guiding principle of The Prince?

a)

Rulers should take advice from religious leaders

b)

Rulers should allow the given needs of a situation to dsecide their decisions

c)

Rulers should base their actions on similar situations from the past

d)

Rulers should be honest with their citizens

9.

Why was Johann Gutenberg's printing press so important to the Renaissance?

a)

Helped Monarchs correspond withother rulers

b)

Helped spread ideas by making books faster and cheaper

c)

Made printing profitable enough that writers could make a living

d)

Helped wealthy merchants sponsor copyists by making books luxury items

10.

The word Utopia means?

a)

Highest

b)

Everywhere

c)

No place

d)

Ideal Place

11.

What characteristic of Shakespeare's writing follows the Renaissance style?

a)

Using classical Greek and Roman works for inspiration.

b)

Writing poems using the vernacular.

c)

Providing Christian lessons in each play.

d)

Developing stories thatuse Humanism

12.

How did Renaissance painters show three dimensional views on a flat canvas?

a)

Realism

b)

Shading

c)

Balancing

d)

Perspective

13.

How was Humanism different from the intellectual movements of the Middle Ages?

a)

Emphasized piety and modesty

b)

Stressed obedience to ones rulers

c)

Stressed a secular world vieew instead of a strictly religious view

d)

Emphasized submitting to religious leaders

14.

According to the Courtier, which is not a characteristic of the Renaissance Man?

a)

Be wealthy

b)

Create Art

c)

Educated

d)

Skilled fighter

15.

Humanism rose from the study of which of the following?

a)

Ideas from Classical Chineese works

b)

Original Christian Scholarship

c)

Medieval Scholarship

d)

Classical Greek and Roman Culture