9 weeks exam study

What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?

•    Christian devotion

• art and learning

• Chivalry and tournaments

• Good health after the plague

Which of the following was NOT a reason Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• Thriving City-States

• Wealthy merchants

•   Patrons of the arts

• Classical heritage of the Greeks and Romans

For what was the Medici family famous?

• For being artists

• For being writers

• For being rulers and supporters of the arts

•    For being religious reformers

What were Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More?

• German painters

• Flemish painters

• Patrons of the arts

• Christian humanists

The idea of individual achievement came from what group?

• Artists

• Monarchs

• Christian humanists

• Wealthy merchants

Who is the father of Humanism?

• Giovanni Boccaccio

• Desiderius Erasmus

• Francesco Petrarch

• Thomas More

   

Which Renaissance writer wrote The Prince?

• Niccolò Machiavelli

• Christine de Pizan

• Francesco Petrarch

• Thomas More

The Elizabethan era gave us which popular playwright?

• Giovanni Boccaccio

• Geoffrey Chaucer

•   Niccolò Machiavelli

• William Shakespeare

Which of the following describe city life in the Renaissance?

•    Most people travelled by horse and buggy

• The poor could not afford vegetables

• Audiences would throw garbage on stage at plays they did not like

• Everyone used Pomanders to cover the smell of garbage

What was the first full sized book Gutenberg printed?

• Utopia

•    Romeo and Juliet

• The Bible

• The Prince