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Renaissance Quiz Review
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Renaissance art depicted:
Realism/life-like representations
Modernism
Abstraction
Surrealism
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The first book ever printed with the Guttenberg Printing Press was
the apocrypha
Webster's Dictionary
The Bible
Luther's 95 thesis
3
Humanism refers to
the idea that humans are capable of greatness
focusing on the human soul not body
believing that religion was not important
all humans being equal
4
What is Desiderius Erasmus best known for?
Being a policeman
Being a noble
Being a Christian Humanist
Being a Latin Humanist
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Medieval or Renaissance?
Medieval
Renaissance
6
The Renaissance focused on the ideas of ...
Ancient Egyptians
Ancient Chinese Philosophers
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophers
Brand new Ideas
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The Italian Renaissance focused on
the individual and Christianity
Christianity and social reform
secularism and social reform
secularism and the individual
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What does the information on the map suggest about the spread of the Black Death in Europe?
Barbarians
traders from Asia & Black Sea
Americans
merchants from Africa
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Medieval or Renaissance?
Medieval
Renaissance
10
The Renaissance refers to
rebirth of classical civilizations
rebirth of Latin American independence
rebirth of Christian dominance
rebirth of the Catholic Church
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Johann Guttenberg invented which of the following technologies?
Printing Press
Spinning Jenny
Movable Type
Steamboat
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Which was NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance?
Confidence in human rationality
Strong anti-Christian sentiment
Development of a historical & critical view of the world
Search for balance & proportion in politics
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The main difference between the Northern Renaissance & Italian Renaissance was that the Northern
focused more on Roman artistic techniques.
focused more on Christian humanism.
focused more on Greek artistic techniques.
focused more on secular topics.
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Who was arguably one of the greatest writers of the northern renaissance?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Albrecht Durer
Miguel Cervantes
William Shakespeare
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What was the emphasis of the Renaissance authors Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Dante?
the worth of the individual
the beauty of nature
disbelief in a diety
scientific understanding
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What is the Renaissance?
Period after Middle Ages when art/literature was ”reborn”
Period before Middle Ages when art/literature was “rebirthed
Period after the first World War when militarism “rebirthed”
Period before Civil War when all of the civilians rebelled
17
Which of the following would be a quote from Machiavelli?
“Honesty is the best policy”
“It is better to be feared than to be loved”
“the pen is mightier than the sword”
“It is better to be loved than to be feared”
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Why was Leonardo da Vinci known as a Renaissance Man?
He could do many things well
He was a painter
He was an inventor
He was a Ninja Turtle
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During the Renaissance, patrons like __ were crucial to the production of art.
The Medici family
Michaelangelo
Donatello
Lorenzo Ghiberti
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Where did the Renaissance begin?
Italy
Germany
France
Great Britain
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Renaissance art celebrates
God as responsable for all humankind's successes
man as an individual and in control of his own destiny
the patrons of Renaissance artists
the wealthy merchant class
