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Quiz on the Renaissance for grade 9
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The Renaissance was funded by the wealthy merchants of the city states of:
Northern Italy
Central Italy
Sicily
Southern Italy
2
Pope Julius II commanded Michelangelo to paint the 1000 square metre ceiling of :
the Pope's apartments at the Vatican
the Dome of Florence's Cathedral
St. Peter's Bascilica
the Sistine Chapel
3
Machiavelli's work,
The Prince
, is on which subject?
science
religion
art
politics
4
A person who mastered many fields, especially in the arts, was known as
A Renaissance man
A heretic
A griot
A patron
5
Machiavelli advised rulers that it is better to be
feared rather than loved
worshiped
honest rather than deceitful
loved rather than feared
6
The Renaissance began in
Italy
Germany
England
France
7
Who was the inventor who perfected the Printing Press during the Renaissance?
Edison
Machiavelli
Gutenberg
Luther
8
One impact of the invention of the printing press was
decreasing number of universities
rejection of Renaissance ideas
increasing literacy rates
unification of the Church
9
Lorenzo de Medici died in the same year Columbus first landed in America. That year was:
1592
1492
1552
1392
10
Renaissance means
Retire
Rebirth
Reform
Restore
11
The later Renaissance, when the Medici fell on hard times, was centred in the city of:
Rome
Naples
Paris
Venice
12
The Renaissance took place between the years:
1150-1350
1450-1650
1250 - 1450
1350-1550
13
Florence is located in the region of Italy called:
Lombardy
Sicily
Tuscany
Piedmont
14
The Medici first became a family of great influence under the leadership of:
Cosomo
Lorenzo
Giovanni
Guilliano
15
Which of these Italian cities grew wealthy and powerful because of access to trade routes?
Paris and London
Constantinople and Jerusalem
Rome, Madrid, Chartres
Venice, Florence and Milan
16
Which of these did NOT help spark the Renaissance?
The Black Death
The Commercial Revolution
The Fall of Rome
The Crusades
17
Which Medici was the first one to be crowned Duke of Tuscany?
Giovanni
Julio
Lorenzo
Cosomo
18
Who was the first female artist to achieve an outstanding reputation across Europe was:
Vittoria Colonna
Isabella d'Este
Sofonisba Anguissola
Susan B. Anthony
19
The early Renaissance was centred in the city of:
Florence
Rome
Milan
Venice
20
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were
Renaissance writers
Ancient Greek philosophers
Renaissance rulers
Renaissance artists
21
Which of these was painted by Michelangelo?
The Sistine Chapel
The Portrait of Henry VIII
The Birth of Venus
The Mona Lisa
22
In what year did Gutenburg perfect the printing press?
1256
1556
1356
1456
23
Savonarola's public burning of all of the books and other things associated with the Renaissance was known as:
Savonarola's BBQ
Bonfire of the Vanities
Lorenzo Lost Bonfire
The Mother of all Burnings
24
Wealthy businessmen who supported the arts were known as
troubadours
philosophers
humanists
patrons
25
From Italy, Renaissance ideas spread
West
East
South
North
26
The Medici leader given the title, "The Magnificent" was:
Julio
Lorenzo
Giovanni
Cosomo
27
Which of the following did Humanists NOT focus on?
getting humans into heaven
the beauty of the human body
improving human life in the here and now
learning and rationality
28
The first book printed on Gutenberg's printing press was
The Bible
The Prince
The Odyssey
Hamlet
29
Which Medici became Pope Leo X?
Lorenzo
Cosomo
Giovanni
Julio
30
Humanists emphasize the importance of
religion
tradition
the individual in the physical world
the individual getting to the afterlife
31
The architect who built the famous dome on Florence's Cathedral was:
Michelangelo
Brunelleschi
Alberti
Da Vinci
32
Julio de Medici became which Pope?
Clement VII
Sixtus V
Leo X
Julius II
33
The invention that most helped spread Renaissance ideas was
the stirrup
the saddle
the printing press
the telephone
34
The Renaissance was based partly on a rediscovery of the knowledge from the:
Ancient Mesopotamians
Ancient Egyptians
Ancient Greeks and Romans
Ancient Chinese
35
When Machiavelli advised rulers to acquire and keep power by any means possible, he was being
religious
realistic
idealistic
democratic
36
The monk who damned Lorenzo to hell and took over Florence after his death was:
Savonarola
Brother Andre
Martin Luther
Friar Tuck
37
The key philosophy behind the Renaissance in northern Europe was:
Empiricism
Humanism
Christian Humanism
Rationalism
38
Santa Maria del Fiore was the name of which city's Cathedral?
Milan
Rome
Naples
Florence
39
The Renaissance in England is called the Elizabethan Age after
Queen Elizabeth I
Shakepeare's wife
Shakespeare's sister
A character in one of Shakespeare's plays
40
Which of the following was NOT a part of the old Medieval Worldview:
traditions must be questioned
the spiritual is good and like god
the physical is evil and sinful
a divine plan for everything
41
Secular means
Feared, rather than loved
Sick, rather than healthy
honest, rather than deceitful
worldly, rather than spiritual
42
Who was the leading philosopher of the Renaissance in Northern Europe?
Erasmus
Francis Bacon
Martin Luther
John Locke