Renaissance Pre-Test

What does the word Renaissance refer to?

• a period of renewed interest in the arts, based on the Classical period

• a series of wars between competing Italian city-states

• a breakout of infectious diseases that wiped out millions of people

• the migration of Italians to the New World

What was Humanism?

• a march of masses of people with the intent to visit the birthplace of Jesus Christ

• a way of thinking that balances religious faith with the individuality of humans, an interest in nature, and the power of the human mind to learn

• the practice of humans devoting all of their time to the practice of their religion, at the expense of all other activities

• a worldwide movement to improve people’s physical fitness during the 15th and 16th Centuries

What made the Italian City-States unique and important, compared to other European cities, during the Renaissance Period?

• the city-states were self-governing and conducted their own trade.

• the city-states were centrally located in Italy, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea region, where people from all over Europe came to trade and do their banking.

• the city-states were able to establish guilds of craftsmen, who were talented in making a variety of goods

• all of the above

Which of these was not true about the city of Florence during the Renaissance?

• it was the center of banking in Europe.

• it was the home, at one time, of Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo, as well as other artists

• architecture and statuary flourished in the city

• people who wished to practice Humanism were prohibited from doing so with the city’s borders.

What were some of the main goals of painters in Florence during the Renaissance Period?

• painters were trying to make their subjects in the paintings look flat and unemotional.

• painters were trying to make their backgrounds in the paintings look unrealistic.

• painters were trying to make their subjects look real, in lifelike poses, and show emotion.

• None of the above

Which artist sculpted the best-known Renaissance Period statue of David?

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Raphael

• Caravaggio

Renaissance painters discovered the concept of perspective, and were able to show it in their works. Which choice best describes perspective?

• the flattening of the subject in the painting to appear two-dimensional

• using only one solid color behind the main subjects

• using only dark colors in the foreground

• creating the appearance of depth; the appearance of three dimensions

Oil paints were developed by scientists during the Renaissance Period. This was revolutionary for artists of the time. What advances did oil paints make for them?

Which of the following was revolutionary for sculptors of the Renaissance Period?

• sculptors made the majority of their work out of wood.

• sculptors’ statues were freestanding, and could be viewed from any side

• sculptors’ works were mostly flat, carved into a rectangular background

• None of the above

There were great advances in literature in Italy during the Renaissance Period. Many writers changed to writing in dialects (forms of a language) that most people could understand. Before, during the Medieval Period, most writers had written in which language?

• Spanish

• French

• English

• Latin