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Desimone 3rd Quarter History Exam
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1
This commentator on Aristotle combined Aristotle's ideas and Christianity in a book called Summa Theologica.
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Dominic
St. Francis
St. Thomas More
2
Who is considered "the father of the Renaissance"?
Boccacio
Castiglione
Dante
Petrarch
3
What did Cardinal Bellarmine say in his letter regarding heliocentrism?
He had not seen sufficient proof that the earth moved.
Scripture must always be interpreted literally.
The Council of Trent prohibited contradicting the Church Fathers.
He was excited to see heliocentrism promoted.
4
What did Luther believe about sacraments?
Only Baptism and Holy Orders were legit.
Only Baptism and Confession were legit.
Only Baptism and Eucharist were legit.
Only Eucharist and Confession were legit.
5
Sola scriptura means
Scripture can be understood properly only in the original Greek.
Scripture is not a source of authority.
It is necessary for Scripture to be translated.
only Scripture is a source of authority.
6
Through his telescope, Galileo saw that
Saturn has rings.
Venus goes through phases.
The moon is rough.
There was a ninth planet, later known as Pluto.
7
What phrase does Machiavelli use to mean good (or bad) luck and timing?
Destiny
Fortune
Drama
Fate
8
Civic humanism led cities like Florence to pay for all of the following EXCEPT...
Dowries to help poor women get married
Charity work
Beautiful public buildings, schools, and artwork
A large standing army
9
John Calvin
thought that working too hard was a sign of a lack of faith
preached the doctrine of predestination
was born in Switzerland, but ran a church in France
believed in separation of church and state
10
Doctor of the Church
Albiniface of Antioch
Catherine of Siena
Angela Merici
Ignatius Loyola
11
What are two ways to create perspective in a painting?
Reduce the size of objects
Use light
Use shadow
blur objects
12
The bubonic plague pandemic of 1348 strengthened the bond between serfs and their feudal lords.
True
False
13
All of the following contributed to Renaissance art's realism EXCEPT:
Oil paints and stretched canvas allowed artists to use more detail.
Artists studied anatomy to learn how to draw the human body.
Artists began taking their paints outside and drawing from nature.
Artists began drawing from live models.
14
Machiavelli probably wrote the Prince for all the following reasons EXCEPT
To avoid having Italy end up a pawn in Europe's politics
Because he believed that having a king was the best government system
To motivate Italians to be vicious enough to survive battles with Europeans
To get Italians to stop using mercenaries, who were unreliable & tame
15
Humanists emphasized the importance of the humanities. What were the humanities?
Grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, philosophy
Biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, engineering
Geometry, algebra, calculus, trigonometry
Astronomy, astrology, metallurgy, alchemy
16
Music of the Renaissance/Baroque period was
almost always secular.
pretty much the same as Medieval music.
almost always religious.
complex and polyphonic.
17
Sola fides means
You need faith and works for salvation.
God has already predestined you for salvation (or not).
You need only works for salvation.
You need only faith for salvation.
18
What did Luther believe about salvation?
Justification by works--you had to earn salvation with good deeds
Justification by faith and works--both were necessary
Justification by faith--belief in God is all you need for salvation
Predestination--whether you're saved or not is determined beforehand
19
Which is NOT a reason the Reformation may have planted the seeds of democracy?
Protestant churches often voted for who would be their leaders
Emphasis on individual conscience
Desire for religious freedom
Admiration for the democratic process in ancient Greece and Rome
20
Declared himself head of the Church of England
Henry VIII
Charles V
Desiderius Erasmus
Thomas More
21
What was Galileo's punishment for being "vehemently suspect of heresy?"
Burned at the Stake
Thrown in a dungeon
Tortured
House arrest, where he completed many important scientific works
22
How was light and shadow used in Renaissance paintings?
To showcase the accurate muscles and anatomy in Renaissance art
It always symbolized good and evil
To make people appear rounded and three-dimensional
To give more authentic draping to the person in the painting
23
Why, most likely, did Machiavelli address The Prince to Lorenzo Piero de Medici?
To try to get back into his good graces (and back into Florentine politics)
Because Medici was Machiavelli's relation through marriage
Because Medici was his patron and paid for the book's production.
Because Medici was the inspiration for the titular Prince
24
What did Galileo do to make Pope Urban VIII angry?
He taught the heliocentric theory at the University of Padua
He denied the geocentric theory during a church council
He called the church superstitious and backwards in a letter to a friend
He wrote a book insulting arguments the Pope had made to him in person
25
First woman to make a living from writing
Christine de Pizan
Teresa of Avila
Catherine of Siena
Angela Merici
26
The extremely wealthy banking family who ran Florence for more than a hundred years
Borgias
Pazzi
Medici
Corleone
27
Machiavelli believed that the best form of government was
A democracy
A monarchy
A timocracy
An oligarchy
28
When you make a claim, you must offer specific, concrete evidence in support of your claim.
False
True
29
On the exam, the responses to short answer questions don't have to be in complete sentences.
False
True
30
When responding to a question about a work of art, it's not necessary to point out anything specific from the painting.
True
False
31
Machiavelli's support for democracy was a typical view of the time.
False
True
32
Painted the Mona Lisa
Michelangelo
da Vinci
Raphael
Donatello
33
What helped pay for projects that promoted civic humanism in Florence?
Volunteer artists
The Medici's banking business
An income tax
The Catholic Church
34
During the Renaissance, writers began writing
in rhyming couplets
in their vernacular
in stream of consciousness form
with a focus on individuality
35
The caravel also helped create the Renaissance by bringing Europeans into contact with
Islamic scholars experimenting with Chinese woodblock printing
Islamic scholars' ideas about theology
Islamic scholars preserving Greek and Roman texts
spices
36
Why did the Church care so much if Galileo interpreted the Bible, anyway?
The Council of Trent said that only the Church could interpret the Bible.
They knew that Galileo was a Calvinist.
They hated science.
The Protestant Reformation had happened recently.
37
How did the Inquisition punish Galileo?
Tortured
Placed under house arrest
Thrown into prison
Burned at the stake
38
Art is generally considered more accurate and realistic in the Renaissance than the Middle Ages.
True
False
39
Tenebrism is
The use of Biblical subject matter in painting.
The use of counterpoint and harmony in music.
The use of extreme contrasts of light and dark in painting.
The use of realistic rather than idealized figures in painting.
40
To win people back to the Church, the Catholic church started using the ______ style.
Baroque
Byzantine
Gothic
Tudor
41
The philosophy most identified with the Renaissance is
Humanism
Existentialism
Gnosticism
Idealism
42
John Wycliffe
Split from the Church and formed his own sect
Translated the Bible from Latin into English
Was burned at the stake as a heretic
Preached the doctrine of predestination
43
Helped end the Avignon Papacy by writing a letter to the pope, urging him to go back to Rome
Catherine of Siena
Thomas More
Christine de Pizan
Angela Merici
44
Jan Hus was a Czech priest and a fan of Wycliffe. He was ultimately
burned at the stake.
canonized.
elected pope.
exiled from Bohemia.
45
Changed the evolution of the Italian language
da Vinci
Casiglione
Dante
Petrarch
46
Pyramid configuration is used to
Create a sense of movement and drama
Symbolize ancient Egypt
Startle the viewer
Draw attention to the center of the painting
47
An important contribution of Islamic scholars was the preservation of and translation into Arabic of documents from
Early Christian Europe
The Greeks and the Romans
Subsaharan Africa
The Ottoman Empire
48
What were two things Renaissance merchants and bankers liked to spend their money on?
Luxury goods
Sheep and Cattle
Soldiers for their personal armies
Incredible painting and sculpture
49
In The Prince, Machiavelli tried to warn his fellow Italians about the brutal tactics of which two countries?
Portugal and the Holy Roman Empire
Portugal and England
The Holy Roman Empire and France
England and France
50
The Renaissance made people
Less imaginative
Angry. It was basically the Twitter of historical periods.
More curious
More interested in math than in poetry
51
Wrote
The Book of the City of Ladies
Sir Thomas More
Elizabeth I
Desiderius Erasmus
Christine de Pizan
52
In this letter from 1615, what did Galileo say to defend himself from his critics?
The geocentric passages from the Bible are probably forgeries.
Heliocentrism has nothing to do with salvation, so it can't be heresy.
Sometimes the Bible has to be interpreted metaphorically.
God gave us reason and intellect, so he must want us to use them.
53
Inventor of the barometer
Evangelista Torricelli
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Isaac Newton
54
What was Galileo's punishment for saying the heliocentric theory didn't contradict the Bible in a letter to a friend?
He was tortured
He was burned at the stake
He was placed under house arrest
He was asked to stop teaching it as a fact
55
Dutch humanist and priest who wrote
In Praise of Folly
Albrecht Durer
Cesare Borgia
Desiderius Erasmus
William Shakespeare
56
Painter of the Sistine Chapel
Raphael
Michelangelo
da Vinci
Donatello
57
Which artist is most associated with tenebrism?
Monteverdi
Caravaggio
Gentileschi
Bernini
58
What motivated the promotion of civic humanism?
A university study proved it was a good idea.
It made merchants and bankers feel less guilty about being rich.
Franciscans preachers promoted the idea.
Aristotle wrote about it in his political treatise.
59
Wrote The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
Baldasarre Castiglione
Christien de Pizan
Thomas Aquinas
60
What effect did paper and the printing press have on the Renaissance?
All people in Europe could read by the end of the 16th century
It helped the ideas of the Renaissance spread and made books cheaper
It allowed the Church to stop the Renaissance with many pamphlets
It decreased learning by 58%
61
One reason Machiavelli wrote the prince was to get a job working for whom (after being kicked out of government)?
Piero de Medici
Savonarola
Lorenzo Piero de Medici
Cosimo de Medici
62
Caravel ships were important because...
They were precursors to the modern submarine.
They could carry more cannons for battles at sea.
They sped up trade and made it more profitable.
They were said to be unsinkable.
63
In this painting, what creates perspective?
The trees and nature in the background
The way her hands are folded
The contrast between her light skin and dark shirt
Mona LIsa's famous smile
64
Renaissance man with skills in many areas (painter, inventor, architect, etc.)
Raphael
da Vinci
Monteverdi
Caravaggio
65
According to Machiavelli, is it better to be loved or feared?
Feared
Loved
66
Because of the Renaissance, people were
No longer interested in ancient Rome.
More willing to question things.
Less willing to question things.
No longer interested in ancient Greece.
67
What word does Machiavelli use to describe overcoming bad fortune with intellect, cunning and other skills?
Ruthlessness
Ability
Wit
Planning
68
What two Renaissance-era inventions helped ideas spread more quickly?
Telegraph
Paper mills
Printing press
Carrier pigeon
69
Merchants and bankers helped create the Renaissance with their
desire for luxury goods
interest in anatomy
translations of Greek and Roman texts
innovative ideas
70
What philosophy is centered around people and their concerns?
Thomism
Humanism
Civic Humanism
Classicalism
71
This new way of thinking in the Renaissance eventually contributed to all the following movements EXCEPT
The Classical Period
The Protestant Reformation
The Scientific Revolution
The Enlightenment
72
Humanism mixed three cultural ideas together. Which was NOT one of those cultures?
Indian/Buddhist
Roman
Greek
Christian
73
Galileo did not get in trouble for teaching heliocentrism per se, but for something he wrote in a letter. What was it?
He presumed to interpret Scripture.
He identified as a Deist.
He said no serious scientist believes in God.
He expressed support for Martin Luther.
74
Refused to take the Oath of Succession
Thomas More
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Aquinas
75
When Galileo started teaching heliocentrism in 1609, the backlash was immediate.
False
True
76
Ignatius Loyola is significant because
he started the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits.
he translated the Bible into the vernacular.
he started the Protestant sect of Presbyterianism.
he was arguably the greatest Baroque artist.
77
In what ways was the science *not* on Galileo's side?
He couldn't explain the size of the stars due to faulty telescopes.
They didn't know about gravity of the laws of motion yet.
The phases of the moon and Venus implied a geocentric model.
He couldn't explain ocean tides.
78
Who invented a thermometer using the temperature scale we still use today in America?
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Evangelista Toricelli
Isaac Newton
Nicholas Copernicus
79
Write Italian sonnets dedicated to Laura
Bocaccio
Dante
Aquinas
Petrarch
80
The overall goal of civic humanism was
to make humanism more civil and less rude
To defeat other cities in architecture contests
To use the wealth of the city to improve the lives of citizens
to make sure no one was too wealthy
81
Who is usually credited with inventing the printing press?
Martin Luther
Johnnes Furster
Jean Calvin
Johannes Gutenburg
82
With the profits they earned from sped-up trade, merchants and bankers
Raised their workers' salaries
Paid for great art, thereby hastening the Renaissance
Paid for travel experiences, thereby inventing tourism
Invested in more trade
83
The Baroque style is characterized by
Drama
Pale colors
Rigid lines
Simplicity
84
Known for his many Madonna paintings
Raphael
da Vinci
Michelangelo
Donatello
85
Who wrote The Book of the Courtier?
Baldassare Casiglione
Thomas Aquinas
Aristotle
Lorenzo the Magnificent
86
Inventor of the microscope
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
James Watt
Evangelista Torricelli
87
According to civic humanism, the wealthy should spend their money...
On lavish sensory experiences, such as sumptuous feasts and choice wines
On finding a cure for the bubonic plague
On advancing technology through university endowments and research grants
On the common good, such as public art and charity work
88
Which did Luther acknowledge as a source of authority?
Scripture and Tradition
Only Scripture
Only Tradition
The pope
89
Circulated amongst Machiavelli's family and friends, all of the following is what people thought about the Prince EXCEPT
It was a passionate argument for democracy
It was an immoral and Godless book
It was a hilarious satire of bad rulers at the time
It was a potentially useful guide for being a ruthless leader
90
Sola scriptura and sola fides originated with
Aquinas
Luther
Calvin
Zwingli
91
What did Luther believe about the Mass/worship services?
They should be in the vernacular.
They needed more art.
They should be longer.
They should stop giving sermons and just focus on the ritual.
92
Humanism was a mixture of
Roman and Muslim ideas
Greek and Roman ideas
Greco-Roman and Christian ideas
Muslim and Christian ideas
93
Sculptor of the David and the Pieta.
Michelangelo
da Vinci
Raphael
Donatello
94
What event precipitated the Protestant Reformation?
The Bohemians rebelled after Jan Hus was burned at the stake.
Luther nailed 95 Theses to the cathedral door in Wittenberg.
Erasmus published In Praise of Folly.
Henry VIII started his own Church.
95
What made Galileo feel he eventually had a little more freedom to speak about his favorite theory again?
His friend was elected Pope Gregory XII
His friend was elected Pope Urban VIII
He moved to England where he was safe from the Church
He moved to Germany, where he was safe from the Church
96
English humanist who wrote
Utopia
Thomas More
Desiderius Erasmus
William Shakespeare
Girolamo Savonarola
97
What does a barometer do?
Helps you to see teeny tiny microorganisms
Converts a liquid into a gas
Measures atmospheric pressure; helps predict weather
Measures heat
98
All of the following are ways peasants who survived benfitted from the Plague EXCEPT.
Peasants who were treated poorly could move elsewhere for better treatment
There were so few peasants around, they could demand more money
The system of feudalism partially collapsed, leaving peasants free to move
Peasants decided to take the land of dead rulers for themselves
99
Perspective creates the illusion that
The painting is really deep and meaningful
The painting has depth; could be walked into
There are actually food and objects in there
That people's anatomy is more accurate
100
All of the following is true about Protestantism and Democracy EXCEPT
The diversity of religion led to tolerance an important democratic idea
Many congregations held elections for their preachers/pastors
The emphasis on following your conscience led to questioning authority
The American Revolution happened only a few years after the 95 Theses
