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Renaissance/Reformation Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

A Renaissance Man is a person with many talents or areas of knowledge. Which of the following Renaissance artists was given the nickname, "Renaissance Man?"

a)


Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Nicolas Copernicus

2.

Machiavelli, when writing The Prince, wanted to have an effect on which of the following?

a)

art

b)

science

c)

politics

d)

religion

3.

What effect did the the Medici family and other merchant families have on the Renaissance in Italian cities?

a)

The families wanted everyone to see what their money could buy.

b)

The families used their wealth to keep their trade routes safe.

c)

The families supported, through patronage, the arts and education with money.

d)

The families supported the work of John Calvin to overthrow the Catholic Church

4.

Which movement had the greatest influence on the Renaissance? This movement allowed education and people striving to reach their potential as equal religious themes.

a)

feudalism

b)

humansim

c)

manorialism

d)

capitalism

5.

In the Renaissance time-period, which factor was MOST emphasized by the philosophy of humanism?

a)

value of the individual

b)

focus on religion & government

c)

superiority of medieval thinking

d)

obedience to government officials

6.

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of Renaissance painting?

a)

Paintings that are realistic.

b)

Paintings that show nature & life

c)

Paintings that show depth and perspective

d)

Portraits with Buddhist themes.

7.

The information in the attached chart best describes which of these individuals of the Renaissance?

a)

Botticelli

b)

Michelangeo

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

8.

Which Renaissance artist is responsible for creating The Sistine Chapel, The Pieta & The Statue of David

a)

Botticelli

b)

Copernicus

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

9.

Which statement BEST explains why the Renaissance began in Italy in city-states like Florence?

a)

Italy was the victor in the Hundred Years War.

b)

Italian cities were wealthy trade centers in the late fourteenth century.

c)

Northern Europe artists arrived bringing their artistic style that the artists copied.

d)

The successful creation of a unified Italian monarchy meant resources were available for art.

10.

What impact did Gutenberg's printing press have on European society?

a)

Literacy increased and new ideas were spread faster

b)

motivating the analysis of Egyptian society

c)

increasing the use of new accounting practices

d)

supporting the teaching of the Catholic Church

11.

Which fields of study were the following people from the Renaissance most closely related: Kepler, Copernicus, Newton, and Galileo?

a)

astronomy and science

b)

business and economics

c)

government and law

d)

Latin and language

12.

The age of "rebirth" in Europe after the Middle Ages marked by renewed interest in classical learning and the arts is called what? It emphasized education, art and critical thinking.

a)

Neolithic Revolution

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Renaissance

d)

Reformation

13.

Which of the following is a quote by Machiavelli from the Renaissance?

a)

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

b)

"The die is cast."

c)

"It is better to be feared than to be loved, if you cannot be both."

d)

"I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think."

14.

Which Renaissance artist was known to paint portraits of the Medici family, like the one attached of Giuliano de' Medici?

a)

Botticelli

b)

Da Vinci

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Gutenberg

15.

Which two artistic techniques were utilized during the Renaissance to make the subjects and background look like they would in real life and to show depth and distance on a flat surface?

a)

origami and paper craft

b)

perspective and realism

c)

mosaic and collage

d)

whittling and engraving

16.

The attached images are of the Il Duomo in Florence, Italy and St. Peter's Basilica from Rome. Which two ancient cultures influenced their architecture and engineering?

a)

Mesopotamia and Egypt

b)

India and China

c)

Greece and Rome

d)

Middle Ages and West Africa

17.

What Catholic priest was the first to stand up to the Roman Catholic Church an led the Protestant Reformation?

a)

John Knox

b)

John Calvin

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Martin Luther

18.

Martin Luther's list of complaints and protests about the Roman Catholic Church were called what?

a)

95 Theses

b)

The Book of Luther

c)

The Lutheran Bible

d)

25 Theses

19.

What impact did the printing press have on the Reformation?

a)

It stopped the spread of the bible across Europe.

b)

It allowed the Bible to be translated and printed across Europe.

c)

It made the power of the Roman Catholic Church increase.

d)

It allowed the Roman Catholic Church to sell indulgences.

20.

Those who protested the Roman Catholic Church were known as what group of people? (Ex: Lutheran, Calvinist, etc.)

a)

Jesuits

b)

Protestants

c)

Bishops

d)

Clergyman