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Northern Renaissance Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During which centuries did the Northern Renaissance occur?

a)

14th-15th centuries

b)

16th-17th centuries

c)

15th-16th centuries

d)

17th-18th centuries

2.

Which invention during the Northern Renaissance changed the world?

a)

Compass

b)

Telescope

c)

Printing press

d)

Steam engine

3.

Who is known for writing 'Utopia'?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Sir Thomas More

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Erasmus

4.

Which artist is known for 'The Arnolfini Portrait'?

a)

Jan van Eyck

b)

Hans Holbein

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Albrecht Dürer

5.

Which of the following was a key feature of the Northern Renaissance?

a)

More secular

b)

Emphasis on human anatomy

c)

More religious reform

d)

Focus on Greek mythology

6.

Who laid down the foundation for Luther and was an education advocate?

a)

Albrecht Dürer

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Erasmus

d)

Sir Thomas More

7.

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Italian Renaissance?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Boccaccio

c)

Dante

d)

Erasmus

8.

What was the attitude of the RCC towards people learning to read and write during the Northern Renaissance?

a)

Promoted it in universities

b)

Did not want people to learn

c)

Encouraged it

d)

Indifferent

9.

Which artist is known for his detailed woodcuts?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Hans Holbein

c)

Albrecht Dürer

d)

Jan van Eyck

10.

Which Northern Renaissance figure is known for 'Praise of Folly'?

a)

Sir Thomas More

b)

Erasmus

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Jan van Eyck

11.

Which artist painted portraits of Erasmus, Thomas More, and Henry VIII?

a)

Raphael

b)

Albrecht Dürer

c)

Jan van Eyck

d)

Hans Holbein

12.

Which of the following was a characteristic of Northern Renaissance literature?

a)

Written in Latin only

b)

Vernacular literature

c)

Focus on classical mythology

d)

Exclusively religious themes

13.

Which of the following was NOT a focus of the Northern Renaissance?

a)

Religious reform

b)

Classical knowledge

c)

Secularism

d)

Vernacular literature

14.

Which of the following was a Dutch scholar who influenced the Reformation?

a)

Sir Thomas More

b)

Erasmus

c)

Jan van Eyck

d)

William Shakespeare

15.

Which of the following is a key difference between the Italian and Northern Renaissance?

a)

Northern Renaissance was more secular

b)

Northern Renaissance focused more on religious reform

c)

Italian Renaissance focused on vernacular literature

d)

Italian Renaissance was more religious