Why did Dante write in Italian?

He wanted to show Italian was as good as Latin

Who was Michelangelo?

1 of the 2 masters of the Renaissance

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Chapter 11 Section 2: The Italian Rennaisance

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A Quiz to reinforce the ideas taught in Chapter 11 Section 2 of Holt World History: Medieval to Early Modern Times

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1
Who preserved the Latin texts found in the monasteries?
Poets
Monks
Priests
Politicians
2
What mathematical symbols were created in the Renaissance?
Square Root
Division
+
-
3
What did talented writers and artists earn?
Glory
Farmland
Fame
Currency
4
Why did scholars flee to Italy?
To get out of poverty
To escape invading Turks
They felt like it
To learn new concepts from different places
5
Why did Dante write in Italian?
He didn't think Latin was good enough
He grew up in Italy
His mother was Italian
He wanted to show Italian was as good as Latin
6
Who was Michelangelo?
Greek God
Roman God
1 of the 2 masters of the Renaissance
The Master of the Renaissance1
7
What was The Prince about?
A historical fiction
A fantasy about royals
It gave advice on how to rule
A peasant who became a prince
8
Who was the earliest politician and poet, who wrote in Italian?
Dante Aligieri
Michelangelo
Ellen DeGeneres
Niccolo Machievelli
9
Scientists found out what about the Earth in the Renaissance?
It moved around the Sun
It had earthquakes
It was round
It was flat
10
Fill in the blank: Filipo ____ built a new dome in Florence.
Palladio
Konami
Polo
Brunelleschi
11
When did Niccolo Machiavelli's book , The Prince, come out?
1492
1513
2013
1623
12
What was Dante's major work?
The Divine Comedy
Renaissance Legends
The Cat and the Hat
Bridge to Terribithia
13
In what year was ancient math texts discovered?
2000
500
1300
1400
14
What could be studied in the Renaissance?
Army Training
The Humanities
Computer Programming
US History
15
What was the method of art for the Renaissance?
pointalism
perspective
3D
distance
16
Scholars were only studying religion by the 1300's.
True
False

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