Renaissance Test Review

A key feature of European Renaissance culture was

• a new focus on the individual and the secular part of life
• a reliance on the Pope and his knights to maintain political stability
• a shift in production from the domestic system to the factory system
• a way of thinking stressing humility and Christian faith

One factor that enabled the Renaissance to flourish in Italy was that the region had

• wealthy patrons that invested in the arts
• a socialist form of government
• limited contact with the Byzantine Empire
• a shrinking middle class

Renaissance painters and sculptors gave great attention to

• public opinion
• medieval art
• landscape
• human anatomy

What is the technique in painting that makes distant objects look smaller than those close to the viewer?

• shading
• perspective
• blending oil paints
• Rubenesque

Which of the following best explains why the Renaissance occurred later in northern Europe than it did in Italy?

• There was little interest in art in northern Europe
• The Black Death delayed the economic growth in northern Europe.
• Few people were educated in northern Europe.
• Northern Europe was a region of only poor peasants.

The differences in style between Italian Renaissance art and Northern Renaissance art may be the result of

• differences in the government systems
• differences in climate & geography
• the schism in the Roman Catholic Church
• being taught by Ms. Guido or Ms. Tinucci

9. Which term is defined as a Renaissance movement characterized by independent thought and a renewed interest in classical Greek and Roman culture?

• Multiculturalism
• Nationalism
• Humanism
• Monasticism

10. Which work was the first to be printed with a moveable-type press by Johann Gutenberg?

• Shakespeare’s plays
• The Christian Bible
• Mary Poppins
• The Koran

11. Which of the following were effects of the printing press revolution in the 1500s?

• less interest in the arts that led to decrease in funds
• increased competition and tension with China
• people stopped learning how to read
• the spread of new ideas and increased literacy

12. Which statement best explains why Shakespeare’s works are still relevant and widely studied today?

• Shakespeare wrote many work of science fiction
• Shakespeare understood human nature
• Shakespeare’s writing was done in Google Docs
• His works were performed at the Globe Theatre in London