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1
These portraits show the Renaissance ideal of
Urban expansion
All answers are correct
Individualism
Secularism
2
Perhaps the most famous of Italian ruling woman was
Catherine de Medici.
Isabella di Weste.
Isabella d'Este.
Christine de Pizan.
3
This Monarch was NOT successful in centralizing power
Maximillian I
Louis the Spider
Isabella of Castile
Henry VII
4
This book was meant to educate new nobles to comport themselves with Christian values
Book of the Courtier
Book of the Dead
Bible of King James
Courtesan's guidebook
5
The Renaissance popes did all of the following EXCEPT
combatchurch councils
patronize Renaissance culture.
attempt to return to the papacy to more humble times.
involve themselves in politics and war.
6
Which of the following was NOT one of the five major powers that dominated the fifteenth-century Italian peninsula?
The Papal States
Milan
Mantua
Firenze
7
Which ancient writer was considered by civic humanists as their model?
Cicero
Aristotle
Plato
Sisolini
8
In Concerning Character, this author argued that liberal studies led to true freedom
Niccolo Machiavelli
Baldassare Castiglione
Petrarch (One name, like Cher or Bono)
Pietro Paolo Vergerio
9
Machiavelli's The Prince advocates that a successful ruler must
follow Christian principles in all his endeavors.
care for the weak, poor, and helpless.
act without scruples for the good of the state.
strive to earn the love of his people.
10
The Renaissance papacy
was often seen as corrupt and debauched, as evidenced by Alexander VI.
gave little support to the arts.
was exemplified by the "spartan" and humble existence of Leo X.
was little concerned with war and politics, as shown by Julius II.
11
In the late fifteenth century, Italy became a battleground for the competing interests of the rulers of
Spain and France
Austria and Germany
Spain and Germany
France and Germany
12
One of the foremost preoccupations of Italian Renaissance art was
Human essance
Hexagons
Nude humans
Realistic animals
13
Renaissance humanists in Italy
tended to be members of the clergy rather than laymen.
rejected the writings of Greek and Roman authors for Byzantine scholarship.
focused on scientific rather than literary pursuits.
worked in schools and universities or as secretaries in city-states
14
Northern German cities formed this military and economic association
Pansa Union
Hansa or Hanseatic League
Hancreatine League
Sansa Sanseatic League
15
The Renaissance figure in the following list who was NOT a leading painter was
Petrarch
Botticelli.
da Vinci
Raphael.
16
This guy was an example of a skilled, intelligent, independent Italian warrior prince.
Henry Tudor
Federigo da Montefeltro of Urbino
Michelangelo Buonarotti
Niccolo Machiavelli
17
Humanism's main effect on the writing of history was
All answers are corect
a stress on God's influence on human events.
anti-Christian attacks on medieval historians.
the secularization of history and the explanation of change over time.
18
Which of the following statements BEST describes marriage in Renaissance Italy?
It was all about LOVE baby, yeah, LOVE
Marriages were usually arranged to strengthen famiial ties
Husbands were generally the same age as their spouses.
Men and women married earlier than in the Middle Ages
19
Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man stated that humans
could be whatever they chose or willed.
were nothing more than undifferentiated animals.
were divine and destined to spiritual life.
were destined to survive because they were the fittest animals.
20
After 1438, the position of the Holy Roman Emperor remained in the hands of the
Habsburg dynasty
Medici family.
Hohenstaufen dynasty.
Pope
21
This image demonstrates the Renaissance ideal of
Religious subject matter
Individualism
Geometric distortion
Tribalism
22
This guy criticized the Church for not allowing people to read the Bible in their native languages
John Lollardy
Giuliano della Rovere
John Wyclif
Wyclif Jean
23
This contained writings on the occult as well as theological and philosophical speculations.
The Corpus Hermeticum
The Bible
The Book of the Courtier
Il Principio
24
Western Europe in the Renaissance saw
an increase in the manorial system.
a decline in serfdom.
a rise in famine.
a decline in centralized royal government.
25
The liberal education taught by Vittorino da Feltre was designed to
reach all segments of society, rich and poor.
create well-rounded, virtuous and ethical citizens.
focus almost entirely excluded Christian teachings.
achieve political success as the paramount goal of an educated man.
26
Which of the following is NOT true of Northern Renaissance artists?
They valued the secular human form as the primary subject of painting.
The most influential artist was Jan van Eyck.
They never portrayed the human body.
they illuminated manuscripts and wooden panel painting.
27
The Byzantine Empire was finally destroyed in 1453 by the
Seljuk Turks
weight of their own existance
Crusaders
Ottoman Turks
28
The "new monarchs" of the late fifteenth century in Europe
were focused upon the acquisition and expansion of power.
accepted the domination of the church as a matter of course.
All answers are correct
attempted to build up the nobility for support.
29
The Peace of Lodi served to
maintain peace between the Italian states for 40 years.
ensconce the Medici in both Florence and Naples.
maintain peace between the Italian communes and the Habsburgs.
keep Naples from interfering in northern Italian affairs.
30
Slavery in Renaissance Italy
experienced a slow decline
was made primerily of field hands on large estates
was universally condemned by the Catholic Church.
consisted mainly of domestic slaves and skilled workers