Renaissance/Short Story draft

Question 1

What hastened the transition to the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

The Black Death

Question 2

Which animal carried the Black Death germs?

Accepted Answer

Rats

Question 3

How did the Black Death spread to Europe?

Accepted Answer

rats on trade ships from Asia

Question 4

We can make stories more interesting by appealing to the 5 senses (touch, smell, sound, sight, taste)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

How did people try to prevent catching the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

carry sweet smelling herbs

Question 6

What is Humanism?

Accepted Answer

A philosophy that emphasizes human values

Question 7

Who was in the middle of the social pyramid in the Middle Ages (feudalism)?

Accepted Answer

Knights

Question 8

What is trade?

Accepted Answer

The exchange of goods and services

Question 9

What are protagonists and antagonists?

Accepted Answer

The main character and whoever/whatever opposes them.

Question 10

When an author gives clues that slowly reveal the personality of a character, it is called Indirect Characterization.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

First person POV used words like…

Accepted Answer

I, me, we

Question 12

Which ones of these was a NEW social class that emerged during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Merchants

Question 13

What new scientific theory was developed during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Copernican Theory

Question 14

Where did the Renaissance start?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 15

The Black Death is also called the "bubonic plague" because "buboes" are...

Accepted Answer

bumps on skin or swollen lymph nodes

Question 16

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 17

Who was the most powerful family of Florence during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Medici

Question 18

What did people do so they would not get the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

whip themselves

Question 19

What does the word "renaissance" mean?

Accepted Answer

rebirth

Question 20

The Renaissance was a rediscovery of Roman and Greek culture

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

The best description of the effects of the "Black Death" on Europe is...

Accepted Answer

1/3 of the population died and feudalism declined

Question 22

Paragraphs always start with a supporting sentence.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

In what historical period did humanism emerge?

Accepted Answer

The Renaissance

Question 24

In what year did the Black Death arrive in England?

Accepted Answer

1347

Question 25

What was the name of Michelangelo&#x27;s most famous sculpture?

Accepted Answer

David

Question 26

What does Third Person Omniscient mean?

Accepted Answer

The author knows what ALL characters are thinking

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