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Renaissance test review 2017. Ocean House.
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1
What is the Mona Lisa?
a statue by Michelangelo Buonarroti
a painting by Michelangelo Buonarroti
a statue by Leonardo da Vinci
a painting by Leonardo da Vinci
2
What is satire?
a type of paper made from linen rags
a piece of writing that uses sarcasm to attach folly
a small metal letter used in printing
a person who wants to bring reform
3
Which of the following did William Shakespeare write?
The Inferno
Don Quixote
Hamlet
The Divine Comedy
4
Who wrote a novel about a landowner who decides to become a knight?
Filippo Brunelleschi
Petrarch
Dante Alighieri
Miguel de Cervantes
5
What is a patron?
a peasant who moves to a city for work
a noble who lives in a city instead of on a manor
a person who gives money to support artists
a person who works in commerce or trade
6
What major change did Giovanni Boccaccio bring about?
He painted The Birth of Venus.
He wrote in the vernacular instead of Latin.
He was the first to study ancient Greek manuscripts.
He convinced others that "man is the measure of all things."
7
The Church allowed the printing of the Bible in many languages during the Renaissance
true
false
8
Galileo claimed the earth, not the sun, was the center of the solar system
false
true
9
Michelangelo was a painter, sculptor, architect, and poet.
false
true
10
Which of the following is a reason why Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance? *
New ideas flowed through Italy
Italy had never been under Feudalism
Italy was a crossroads between Europe and Asia
Italy was an economic center and focus of trade
11
Which of the following is a long-term effect of the invention of the printing press.
more people were influences by bad/immoral ideas
fewer books became available
more people desired to learn to read
book prices increased
12
What was Johann Gutenberg's main achievement?
he invented printing that used movable type
he helped the Catholic Church censor books
he wrote a book satirizing the Church
he translated in Praise of Folly
13
The "new learning" was characterized by an emphasis on
humanism, realism and secularism
humanism, individualism and secularism
individualism, secularism and theology
humanism, realism and theology
14
Who wrote Gargantua and Pantagruel?
Francois Rabelais
Desiderius Eramus
Thomas More
Johann Gutenberg
15
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Filippo Brunelleschi
Petrarch
16
The new Calendar was the Julian calendar.
False
True
17
What was the Renaissance?
a new economic structure that replaced the manor system
an increase in the pope's power
the practice of using wealth to build expensive city homes
a revival of interest in classic art, learning, & literature
18
In Praise of Folly uses satire to show that the Church has abandoned Christian morality.
false
true
19
Art was more realistic and focused on individuality and emotion.
false
true
20
What was the main subject of Niccolo Machiavelli's book The Prince?
the biography of the founder of Florenceon 1
the pope's role as head of the church
how to persuade a ruler to become a patron
how to get and keep political power
21
Brunelleschi built the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.
false
true
22
What does the term "utopia" mean
movable pieces of metal
to stop work from being published
a made-up, ideal place
a person of gigantic size
23
What was humanism?
a movement to write literature in the native languages
a movement in art that emphasized individual portraits
the view that religion need not be the center of life
a cultural movement based on the study of classical works
24
What did linear perspective help most artists accomplish?
portray human anatomy more accurately
place domes on top of cathedrals
make buildings more graceful and beautiful
show three dimensions on flat surfaces
25
Domes, round arches, and columns were not used in Renaissance buildings.
true
false
26
Pieter Bruegel painted peasants in everyday life settings and styles.
true
false
27
The secularism of the Renaissance was a change from the
older emphasis on individual achievement
religious emphasis of the Middle Ages
manor system of feudalism
study of classic art and learning
28
Who was Lorenzo de' Medici
the head of a banking family in Florence
a famous pope during the Renaissance
the owner of an Italian textile factory
a famous artist during the Renaissance
29
Elizabeth I was queen of France during the Renaissance.
true
false
30
Why did the growth of trade and industry weaken feudalism? *
Wealthy merchants bought castles from poor nobles.
Nobles fought to get control of industrial regions.
Agriculture stopped being profitable.
Peasants left manors for towns where they could find work.
