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The Renaissance Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

England

2.

What intellectual movement focused on human potential and achievements during the Renaissance?

a)

Romanticism

b)

Classicism

c)

Humanism

d)

Realism

3.

Who is often regarded as the greatest playwright of the Renaissance?

a)

John Webster

b)

Christopher Marlowe

c)

Ben Jonson

d)

William Shakespeare

4.

What invention allowed for hundreds of copies of a book to be produced during the Renaissance?

a)

Photocopier

b)

Printing Press

c)

Fax Machine

d)

Typewriter

5.

Which Italian artist used a realistic style to depict the human body in his statue of David?

a)

Donatello

b)

Leonardo Da Vinci

c)

Michelangelo Buonarroti

d)

Raphael

6.

What was the first book produced by Johann Gutenberg's printing press?

a)

The Iliad

b)

The Odyssey

c)

The Gutenberg Bible

d)

The Divine Comedy

7.

Which monarch was a patron of art and helped develop English art and literature during the Elizabethan Age?

a)

Edward VI

b)

Elizabeth I

c)

Mary I

d)

Henry VIII

8.

What did humanists of the Renaissance focus on studying?

a)

History, Literature, and Philosophy

b)

Mathematics and Logic

c)

Science and Technology

d)

Religious Texts

9.

What did the Renaissance Man excel in according to Baldassare Castiglione's book The Courtier?

a)

Combat and Politics

b)

Arts and Music

c)

Classics and Literature

d)

All of the above

10.

What did the Renaissance bring back the culture of?

a)

Byzantine Empire

b)

Medieval Europe

c)

Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia

d)

Classical Greece and Rome