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WH 15 The Renaissance
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A review of material covered in our Renaissance lessons.
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The Renaissance marked the transition from
___________________
times to the early modern world.
Classical
Medieval
Roman
Ancient
2
In what country did the Renaissance begin?
England
Flanders
Italy
France
3
What famous early Renaissance artist created both a marble and a bronze David before Michelangelo sculpted his?
Donatello
Raphael
Botticelli
Leonardo
4
I feel ready for the upcoming quiz and test.
Not at all, just give me the F now.
Probably, but I might only get a B.
Not really, but I think I'll at least pass.
Absolutely, I'll be getting an A at least and probably 100%.
5
Who wrote that it was better for a prince to be feared than loved?
Desiderius Erasmus
Niccolo Machiavelli
Thomas More
Baldassare Castiglione
6
Arguably the 1st great painter of the Early Renaissance, who took inspiration from Brunelleschi's architectural drawings
Leonardo da Vinci
Masaccio
Raphael
Michelangelo
7
How was Renaissance literature different from medieval literature?
Medieval was on religions and Renaissance was exclusively on the classics
Medieval was in Latin & Renaissance was in vernacular
Medieval was in Greek and Renaissance was in the vernacular
Medieval was personal and Renaissance was impersonal
8
What intellectual movement during the Renaissance focused on education and the classics?
History
Humanism
Classicalism
Christianity
9
What English poet and playwright introduced over 1,700 words into the English language?
John Milton
William Shakespeare
Gregory Smith
Christopher Marlowe
10
Who assembled a library of Greek and Roman works preserving books of Cicero, Homer, and Virgil?
Desiderius Erasmus
Thomas More
Francesco Petrarch
Francis Bacon
11
In what way was Renaissance sculpture different from a lot of medieval sculpture?
Renaissance sculptures showed emotions
Renaissance sculpture was three-dimensional
Renaissance sculpture was free-standing
Renaissance sculptures looked like real people
12
Renaissance thinkers were interested in the classical learning of _______and ______.
Leonardo and Michelangelo
Greece and Rome
Egypt and Mesopotamia
Athens and Sparta
13
What was one way that Renaissance artists reflected the ideas of humanism in their paintings?
portraying well-known people of the day
scenes appeared more two-dimensional
large, Gothic-style buildings
stylized rather than realistic people
14
Who is credited with inventing the printing press in ~1455?
Johann Gutenberg
Edward Bourbeau
William Shakespeare
Thomas More
15
How was Renaissance art different from the art of the Middle Ages?
It was more realistic & portrayed some nonreligious subjects
It was usually place in churches and other religious places
It was always based on Greek and Roman subjects
It was less realistic and portrayed only religious subjects
16
This pre-Renaissance artists' "new realism" emphasized humanity through attention to fine detail.
Giotto
Michelangelo
Brunelleschi
Ghiberti
17
The word renaissance means “rebirth”. What was reborn during the Renaissance?
Islam
Interest in the classical period
Interest in the arts
Christianity
18
What change made literature more popular during the Renaissance than it had been before?
People believed that reading led to financial success
Writers wrote in the vernacular
Writers wrote more about religious subjects
People believed that reading led to salvation
19
Readers of The Divine Comedy would typically hope to go to ____________.
Valhalla
Purgatorio
Paradiso
Inferno
20
This painter studied in Italy, but did most of his work in Spain, blending Byzantine, Venetian, and Spanish styles.
Masaccio
Titian
El Greco
Tintoretto
21
_____________' Trinity expertly used single point linear perspective in a fresco painting.
Masaccio
Ghiberti
Fra Angelico
Brunelleschi
22
Which of the following was one factor that led to the Renaissance?
Traders brought classical ideas and goods to Europe
Merchants brought medieval art to the east
Muslim leaders brought money to Europe
Scholars left Europe to study in the east
23
What technique did Albrecht Durer innovate and perfect?
Depth
Perspective
Etching
Shading
24
What was Michelangelo’s
David
carved from?
Granite
Marble
Clay
Bronze
25
What German artist was dubbed the “Leonardo of the North”?
Albrecht Durer
Peter Paul Rubens
Jan van Eyck
Leonardo da Vinci
26
Which of these was NOT one of the five major city-states in Italy when the Renaissance began?
Milan
Florence
Venice
Pompeii
27
_______________' Primavera is a good example of a Renaissance painting using classical themes.
Botticelli
Da Vinci
Donatello
Michelangelo
28
Where did the northern Renaissance begin?
Florence
Flanders
Norway
Italy
29
This Early Renaissance artist & Dominican friar painted a series of frescoes in his friary, San Marco, in Florence.
Fra Angelico
Masaccio
Donatello
Ghiberti
30
Which statement best describes the ideal woman according to writer Baldassare Castiglione?
She should have knowledge of literature and history.
Her inner goodness transcends her outward beauty.
She should be athletic but not muscular.
Her outward beauty reflects her inner goodness.
31
Michelangelo was living in __________, the birthplace of the Renaissance when he created his
David
.
Vatican City
Flanders
Rome
Florence
32
What was the language of both the church and scholarship during the Renaissance?
Greek
Latin
French
Italian
33
________________ painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling years before returning to paint the Last Judgment on the altar wall.
Leonardo
Raphael
Donatello
Michelangelo
34
What Italian city was controlled by the wealthy Medici family during much of the Renaissance?
Venice
Milan
Florence
Rome
35
What does the word "renaissance" mean?
Rejuvenate
Awaken
Renew
Rebirth
36
A 1401 competition to design the doors of the Florence Baptistery was won by ______________ with his
Gates of Paradise
.
Giotto
Leonardo da Vinci
Filippo Brunelleschi
Lorenzo Ghiberti
37
What feature did architect Filippo Brunelleschi create for the cathedral in his city?
Frescoes
Gargoyles
Dome
Arches
38
How did Italy’s location help make it the starting point of the Renaissance?
As trade declined, people turned to the arts
Many libraries were located there
Its location allowed trade with the Muslim world
Leading Greek scholars moved there
39
What industries helped Florence become the center of the Renaissance?
Printing and art
Woolen-cloth and banking
Art and woolen-cloth
Cotton and banking
40
What were two Renaissances advances in painting techniques?
Oil paint to show new details and etching
Perspective and oil paint to show new details
Geometry to divide space and live models to provide realism
Oil paint to redo work and live models to provide realism
41
Belief in which of these most closely relates to humanism?
Strength of city-states
Importance of old ideas
Worth of the individual
Authority of government
42
What new type of economy developed during the Renaissance?
command economy
barter economy
money-based economy
traditional economy
43
Which High Renaissance artist painted this portrait?
Donatello
Leonardo
Michelangelo
Raphael
44
How did classical ideas influence Renaissance architecture?
Renaissance buildings had Greek and Roman inspired features
Renaissance buildings had arches, columns, and domes
All of these choices
Renaissance buildings were modeled on ancient ruins
45
What political unit contributed most to the development of the Renaissance?
country
city
city-state
village
46
What was Machiavelli’s book
The Prince
about?
How a prince should act with decorum
The ideal way a courtier should behave
How rulers can make their states strong
All of the above
47
Who wrote the handbook The Book of the Courtier?
Baldassare Castiglione
Niccolo Machiavelli
Thomas More
Desiderius Erasmus
48
What is the name of this painting?
St. Mary
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa Vito
Madonna
49
Who wrote
The Divine Comedy
?
Erasmus
Cervantes
Brunelleschi
Dante
50
Which of the following was an advance in Renaissance painting style?
All of these choices
Renaissance figures had lifelike poses
Renaissance figures showed emotions
Renaissance figures were more realistic
51
Machiavelli wrote “In the actions of....princes, from which there is no appeal,_____”
absolute power corrupts absolutely
honesty is the best policy
the truth will out
the end justifies the means
52
Dominican priest and leader of Florence from 1494-1498 known for religious reformation, and anti-Renaissance preaching
Donatello
Fra Angelico
Ghiberti
Savonarola
53
____________'s greatest work was the School of Athens, a fresco painted in the private apartments of Pope Julius II.
Leonardo
Donatello
Michelangelo
Raphael
54
Who wrote about his vision of an ideal society, in which people live in peace and harmony?
Desiderius Erasmus
William Shakespeare
Sir Thomas More
François Rabelais
55
What technique allowed artists to create more realistic art by making distant objects smaller?
Shading
Perspective
Engraving
Depth