The Renaissance

Question 1

Humanists believed that we __________

Accepted Answer

Make mistakes but are generally good

Question 2

What was More's piece, "Utopia," about?

Accepted Answer

The perfect world, and what it would be like

Question 3

Which of these best describes Dante's Divine Comedy?

Accepted Answer

A poem with Renaissance ideas like scholasticism and more non-Christian art

Question 4

Which of these was not part of Renaissance art techniques?

Accepted Answer

Religious references

Question 5

What was William Shakespear's "All the World's a Stage" about?

Accepted Answer

It was about making sense of the different stages of life through theater

Question 6

Which of these is not a factor that started the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

The Mongols

Question 7

True or False: "All the World's a Stage" relates to humanism by trying to understand life, not saying "because God."

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Which best describes Leonardo da Vinci's background and childhood?

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He grew up on a farm and had a lot of freedom in his choices

Question 9

Leonardo da Vinci wanted to paint _______ painting(s).

Accepted Answer

a perfect

Question 10

What country did the Renaissance start in?

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Italy

Question 11

What did Renaissance art focus on?

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People doing real activities

Question 12

What did Leonardo da Vinci study and invent?

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He studied mechanics and drew designs of flying machines

Question 13

True or False: Renaissance music was either instrumental or about religion?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Humanists believed that we should ___________

Accepted Answer

Receive educations

Question 15

What did the Mona Lisa start off as?

Accepted Answer

A portrait that a merchant had wanted of his wife

Question 16

What is a fresco painting?

Accepted Answer

A painting on a wall that becomes part of the building's decorations

Question 17

What was the main religion of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Humanism

Question 18

Select the Renaissance art technique

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Advancing old techniques, Linear perspective and geometry, Studying what they're depicting to see how it works, Light and shadows

Question 19

The Renaissance...

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Ended around the 17th century, Began in the 14th century

Question 20

What happened after Dante's Divine Comedy came out?

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It was hated and Dante was banned from his home

Question 21

Why did More write "Utopia?"

Accepted Answer

To show that the government wasn't fair, but can't ever be perfect

Question 22

Which of these was not from the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 23

Which of these does not describe or relate to the turtle ship?

Accepted Answer

Extremely tall

Question 24

True or False: More thought that a perfect world could exist

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

What role did the printing press play in the Renaissance?

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It made it easier to educate, making more people literate, It made it easier to spread information to other places

Question 26

What was reborn during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Old classical ideas

Question 27

How did the printing press work?

Accepted Answer

Wood blocks with carved letters were covered in ink and pressed onto paper

Question 28

True or False: Later, Leonardo da Vinci saw the Mona Lisa as more important, and had hopes for it.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

Accepted Answer

Rebirth

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