Renaissance Quiz

What does Renaissance mean?

• Rebirth

• Death

• War

• Creativity

(Select ALL that apply): The new ideas of the Renaissance had an effect on what? 

• Politics

• Art

• Literature

• Economics

The Renaissance was a time of what? 

• Creativity

• Invention

• Education

• All of the above

What did humanists study? 

• Poetry & Literature

• Drama & Grammar

• History & Philosophy

• All of the above

True or False: Scholars paid MORE attention to religious issues than classical culture and worldly subjects. 

• True

• False

During the Renaissance, people looked up to who?

• The Renaissance poets who wrote about life

• To the builders of the Renaissance Period who built the city

• To those who were well-rounded and could do well in many areas

• To those who were good at art and were famous

Who made sketches of inventions such as submarines and flying machines? 

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

• Geoffrey Chaucer

True or False: Geoffrey Chaucer painted the Mona Lisa during the Renaissance. 

• True

• False

Who was one of the most important writers of the Renaissance? 

• Michelangelo

• Shakespeare

• Da Vinci

• Gutenberg

Who wrote about reality in politics instead of the ideal? 

• Michelangelo

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Shakespeare

• Geoffrey Chaucer