Cultural Foundations Quarter 1 Test Review

This Renaissance artist was a painter and inventor who created the Mona Lisa & The Last Supper

Why does Shakespeare’s chorus call the couple “star-crossed lovers?”

What is the name of the town William Shakespeare was born?

“The which if you w/ patient ears attend,/What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend”

This term means "many-sided person" and means a person who is educated in many areas of study:

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Scientific Revolution?

What theory did Copernicus come up with?

What did Descartes say that the starting point of knowledge was (in his deductive method)?

This term means a meeting of German Princes (during the 16th century):

What was the point of the Catholic Reformation?

Sir Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes are considered the creators of what important procedure?

Words spoken directly to the audience but not overheard by other characters on the stage:

What name is given to someone who gives money to artists or scientists?

Rom: “You have dancing shoes/with nimble soles;I have a soul of lead" Lit Dev?

What type of play is Romeo and Juliet?

This allowed German princes to choose whether their land was Catholic or Lutheran:

This Ren. art technique is a clear example of the influence of humanism on art:

What kinds of plays did Shakespeare NOT write?

This movement was based on classical culture and education. It celebrated the abilities of ppl!

Cap: "Death is my son in-law, Death is my heir;/My daughter he hath wedded” Lit Device?

This leader started the English Reformation b/c he wanted to divorce his wife and have a son:

The following lines are an ex. of which literary device?“It is the East and Juliet is the sun!”

Which two characters first die after Romeo and Juliet get married?

Jul:“Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, / As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.” Lit Dev?

What was different about the trials of Galileo and Martin Luther.

The ideas in Luther's 95 Theses inspired this group to revolt over their place in society:

Who convinces Romeo to attend the Capulet's party?

What prompted Martin Luther to write his 95 Theses?

A long speech by a character with nobody on the stage to hear them is called:

Why doesn't Friar Laurence's letter get to Romeo?

What was the popular controversy over Shakespeare’s plays?

Why did the Church have a problem with scientific thinkers during the Renaissance time period?

True or False: Copernicus came up with heliocentrism in order to challenge the Catholic Church

What is the name of the theater William Shakespeare’s plays were performed?

A fourteen lined poem with an a b rhyme scheme, ending in couplet is called:

When was William Shakespeare alive?

Martin Luther believed that what two things were needed to achieve salvation?

At the end of ACT 5, all of the following characters are dead except:

This Ren. art technique allowed for realism b/c it made face outlines soft and "smoke-like"

Why were Shakespeare's plays so successful?