The Renaissance

Question 1

The image below depicts which famous Renaissance painting?

Accepted Answer

The Birth of Venus

Question 2

The famous “Mona Lisa” painting was completed by which famous artist?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT an area of cultural advancement during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Agricultural technology

Question 4

What is the title of the painting and who is the artist?

Accepted Answer

David; Michaelangelo

Question 5

Which of the following was one of the first works of political philosophy during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Machiavelli’s The Prince

Question 6

What was one of the major impacts of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Marked the birth of the “modern world”.

Question 7

Which humanist scholar has been called “the first tourist” because of how often he traveled just for pleasure?

Accepted Answer

Petrarch

Question 8

What is the title of the painting and who is the artist?

Accepted Answer

School of Athens; Rafael

Question 9

The Renaissance focused on secularism as a new concept. What does this term mean?

Accepted Answer

The focus on worldly themes instead of religious

Question 10

Which one of the lasting effects from the Crusades influenced the start of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Lasting trade links

Question 11

Who were the Trinity of Great Masters of the Renaissance period?

Accepted Answer

Da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo

Question 12

What is the title of the painting and who is the artist?

Accepted Answer

The Last Supper; Michelangelo

Question 13

Most artistic commissions were for

Accepted Answer

Religious works

Question 14

During the Renaissance, “patrons” were -

Accepted Answer

Wealthy people who sponsored artists

Question 15

What is the title of the painting and who is the artist?

Accepted Answer

Mona Lisa; DaVinci

Question 16

The image depicts which famous painting?

Accepted Answer

The Last Supper

Question 17

What was the definition of the “humanism” concept?

Accepted Answer

An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements

Question 18

Who was the most powerful family in Europe during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

The Medici

Question 19

As the Renaissance spread north to England, which writer became the most prominent of the Northern Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

Question 20

Which Renaissance writer focused on imaginative images of the afterlife?

Accepted Answer

Dante

Question 21

In which modern-day country did the Renaissance begin?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 22

Which figure developed new banking techniques that greatly improved the banking system?

Accepted Answer

Lorenzo de Medici

Question 23

Renaissance literally means a(n) -

Accepted Answer

A “rebirth” of classical knowledge

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