The "new monarchs" of the late fifteenth century in Europe

were focused upon the acquisition and expansion of power.

The Renaissance papacy

was often seen as corrupt and debauched.

Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man stated that humans

could be whatever they chose or willed.

One of the foremost preoccupations of Italian Renaissance art was the

realistic portrayal of the human nude.

Machiavelli's The Prince advocates that a successful ruler must

act without scruples for the good of the state.

What was the " Book of the Courtier"?

a handbook of politics, the arts, & manners for aristocrats

The Peace of Lodi served to

maintain peace between the Italian states for 40 years.

Slavery in Renaissance Italy

had African & eastern European slaves as servants & labor.

Humanism's main effect on the writing of history was

its secularization & the explanation of change over time.

Which of the following statements best describes marriage in Renaissance Italy?

Marriages were arranged, to strengthen familial alliances.

Renaissance humanists in Italy

taught in schools & universities or were secretaries.

The monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella did all of the following EXCEPT

encouraged religious toleration.

Johannes Gutenberg was a key developer of

the movable type printing press.

Which of the following is NOT true of Northern Renaissance artists?

They valued the human form as a primary subject of painting.

The Italian Renaissance was primarily

a recovery of antiquity and Greco-Roman culture.

According to Jacob Burckhardt, the Renaissance in Italy represented

a distinct break from the Middle Ages to the modern world.

All of the following were successful in the centralization of their "new monarchies" EXCEPT

Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire.

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1
The "new monarchs" of the late fifteenth century in Europe
were focused upon the acquisition and expansion of power.
continued the trend toward decentralization.
accepted the domination of the church as a matter of course.
attempted to build up the nobility for support.
2
The Renaissance papacy
gave little support to the arts.
was often seen as corrupt and debauched.
was little concerned with war and politics.
was exemplified by the "spartan" & humble life of Leo X.
3
Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man stated that humans
could be whatever they chose or willed.
were nothing more than undifferentiated animals.
would survive because they were the fittest animals.
were divine and destined to spiritual life.
4
Perhaps the most famous of Italian ruling woman was
Christine de Pizan.
Isabella d'Este.
Christina of Milan.
Catherine de Medici.
5
One of the foremost preoccupations of Italian Renaissance art was the
elimination of religious images in painting & sculpture.
the exclusion of humans in favor of purely sacred images.
realistic portrayal of the human nude.
rejection of realism & emphasis on abstract artistic forms.
6
Machiavelli's The Prince advocates that a successful ruler must
care for the weak, poor, and helpless.
strive to earn the love of his people.
follow Christian principles in all his endeavors.
act without scruples for the good of the state.
7
Western Europe in the Renaissance saw
a decline in serfdom.
a decline in centralized royal government.
a decline in centralized royal government.
a rise in famine.
8
What was the " Book of the Courtier"?
primer on military training for nobles
work on how to achieve political power and then keep it
a handbook of politics, the arts, & manners for aristocrats
treatise against active participation in public life.
9
Which ancient writer was considered by civic humanists as their model?
Cicero
Aristotle
Plato
Marcus Aurelius
10
The Peace of Lodi served to
ensconce the Medici in both Florence and Naples.
maintain peace between the Italian states for 40 years.
keep Naples from interfering in northern Italian affairs.
maintain peace between the Italian communes for 100 years.
11
The painter of the Rome's Sistine Chapel ceiling was
Donatello.
Raphael.
Michelangelo.
Leonardo.
12
After 1438, the position of the Holy Roman Emperor remained in the hands of the
Habsburg dynasty.
pope.
Sforza family.
Medici family.
13
Slavery in Renaissance Italy
had African & eastern European slaves as servants & labor.
was universally condemned by the Catholic Church.
reached its height in the early sixteenth century.
disappeared entirely by the early fifteenth century.
14
Humanism's main effect on the writing of history was
its secularization & the explanation of change over time.
anti-Christian attacks on medieval historians.
a stress on God's influence on human events.
an increasing reliance on archaeological evidence.
15
Propertyless workers & the unemployed were what percentage of the population in cities?
50 to 70 percent.
30 to 40 percent.
70 to 90 percent.
greater than 90 percent.
16
In the late 1600s, Italy became a battleground for the competing interests of the rulers of
Spain and Germany
the Ottoman Empire and Spain.
Spain and England
Spain and France.
17
The wealth of the northern Italian cities that funded the Renaissance was gained mostly from
the slave trade.
military conquest.
trade.
colonization.
18
The family of merchants & bankers who dominated Florence in the Renaissance was the
Medici.
Bardi.
Gonzaga.
Sforza.
19
Which of the following statements best describes marriage in Renaissance Italy?
Marriages were arranged, to strengthen familial alliances.
Marriages occurred only after a lengthy courtship.
Women waited longer for marriage than in the Middle Ages.
Husbands were generally the same age as their spouses.
20
Renaissance humanists in Italy
focused on scientific rather than literary pursuits.
taught in schools & universities or were secretaries.
tended to be members of the clergy rather than laymen.
rejected the writings of Greeks in favor of Byzantine.
21
The commercial and military association known as the Hansa or Hanseatic League was created by?
the Italian republics
North German coastal towns
the kingdom of France
Constantinople
22
The monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella did all of the following EXCEPT
encouraged religious toleration.
expelled all professed Jews from Spain.
filled the royal council with middle-class lawyers.
conquered the last Muslim kingdom of Granada.
23
Johannes Gutenberg was a key developer of
the water wheel.
the astrolabe.
the movable type printing press.
smokeless gunpowder.
24
Which of the following is NOT true of Northern Renaissance artists?
They never portrayed the human body.
They valued the human form as a primary subject of painting.
The most influential artist was Jan van Eyck.
They had less mastery of perspective than Italian painters.
25
The Italian Renaissance was primarily
a religious reform movement.
a mass movement of the peasants.
a recovery of antiquity and Greco-Roman culture.
characterized by a preoccupation with religion.
26
According to Jacob Burckhardt, the Renaissance in Italy represented
an era of graft and corruption in Italian government.
a period of economic recovery.
a distinct break from the Middle Ages to the modern world.
a continuation of the culture of the High Middle Ages.
27
All of the following were successful in the centralization of their "new monarchies" EXCEPT
Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire.
Ferdinand of Aragon in Spain.
Henry VII of England.
Louis XI the Spider of France.
28
The Byzantine Empire was finally destroyed in 1453 by the
Seljuk Turks.
Russians.
Crusaders.
Ottoman Turks.
29
The author of "The Book of the Courtier", a handbook on courtly manners, was
Niccolo Machiavelli
Cosmo di Medici
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.
Baldassare Castiglione.
30
The first Italian humanist to gain a thorough knowledge of Greek was
Lorenzo Valla.
Petrarch.
Leonardo Bruni.
Pico della Mirandola.

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