Renaissance Figures

Question 1

Famous Renaissance scholar, believed everyone should read and study history (yay!)

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Petrarch

Question 2

He wrote the Prince, which discussed how to be an effective ruler

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Machiavelli

Question 3

Famous painter and sculptor, known for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the Statue of David

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Michelangelo

Question 4

Famous banking family from Florence, paid many Renaissance artists to create their masterpieces

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Medici

Question 5

He was an inventor, writer, scientist, painter, sculptor, a real Renaissance Man. Creator of the famous Mona Lisa

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Leonardo da Vinci

Question 6

Famous English playwright, known for writing over 37 plays!

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William Shakespeare

Question 7

He invented the printing press, where books would be mass produced cheaply

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Johann Gutenberg

Question 8

Miguel de Cervantes wrote this famous story, making fun of the Middle Ages

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Don Quixote

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