RENAISSANCE QUIZ

1. In what country did the Renaissance begin?

• a.Italy
  
  

• b.France

• c.England

• d.Germany

Answer explanation

Italy was the cradle for Renaissance.

2. Who is considered as the model of the people during the Renaissance?

• a.greek and austrian

• b.roman and french

• c.roman and greek

• d.french and greek

3. The word renaissance means

• a.the rebirth of learning or knowledge

• b.reading of books

• c.the time of astronauts

• d.the study of art

4.Which of the following techniques was NOT used in the Renaissance art?

• a.realism

• b.perspective

• c.individualism

• d.abstractioin

5. What sparked the Renaissance?

• a.The feudal system was collapsing
  
  
  

• b.the “95 theses”

• c.the Crusades

• d.the Black Plague

6. Who lost the most power during the renaissance?

• a.Italian merchants
  
  
  

• b.catholic church

• c.black people

• d.king and queen of Spain

7. Utopia was written by:

• a) Cervantes
  
  
  

• b) Machiavelli

• c) Poliziano

• d) Thomas More

8. 8. Who translated the New Testament into German for the first time?

• a) Poliziano
  
  
  

• b) Cervantes

• c) Martin Luther

• d) Alexander VI

10. 9. Renaissance thinkers argued that women should be educated

• a) just the same as men
  

• b) with emphasis on science and mathematics

• c)not at all

• d) confined solely to music, dancing, and knitting

10. The “father of humanism” was

• a) Petrarch
  
  
  

• b)Dante

• c)Boccaccio

• d)Pico della Mirandola