Renaissance Formative 1 WH

1.  How did Italy's location help it become the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• a.  Italy was protected from the rest of the European kingdoms by the Alps

• b.  ideas could spread easily by means of Italy's fleet of ships 

• c.  Italy was exposed to Roman ruins and scholars of Greek and text from Constantinople

• d.  The Black Death had not reached the southern tip of Europe

2.  The intellectual and cultural movement known as humanism arose from the study of which of the following?

• a.  classical Greek and Roman culture

• b.  Medieval scholarship

• c.  Original Christian scholarship

• d.  ideas from classical Chinese works

3.  According to The Courtier, which ofd the following is not a quality of a Renaissance man?

• a.  be wealthy

• b.  create art

• c.  educated

• d.  skilled fighter

4.  Which of the following is a cause of the Renaissance?

• a.  trade created a new class of society, called the middle class who were patrons of art

• b.  the Black Death didn't reach Italy

• c.  Ancient English texts were brought to Italy from scholars fleeing wars

• d.  literacy rates decreased among the wealthy

5.  In what way was humanism different from the intellectual movements during the Middle Ages?

• a.  emphasized piety and modesty 

• b.  it stressed obedience to local rulers over national monarchs

• c.  stressed a secular world view instead of a strictly religious view.

• d.  emphasized submitting to religious leaders.

6.  How were Renaissance painters able to show three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface?

• a.  shading

• b.  realism

• c.  balancing

• d.  perspective

7.  Leonardo da Vinci is a true Renaissance man because he excelled at which of the following?

• a.  politics, writing, religion, and sculpting

• b.  painting, science, inventing, sculpting

• c.  sculpting, painting, poetry, and politics

• d.  painting, architecture, politics, banking

8.  Which is a similarity between the Renaissance and Middle Ages?

• a.  use of oil based paints for realistic detail

• b.  religion was a focal point

• c.  people lacked emotion

• d.  Humanism heavily influenced creation and look

9.  Which of the following was a guiding principle in The Prince?

• a.   Rulers should be honest with their subjects to gain their trust

• b.  Rulers should allow the needs of a given situation to guide their actions to be politically effective and not be concerned with  their conscience

• c.  Rulers should base their actions on similar situations found in historical study

• d.  Rulers should take advice from religious leaders in order to avoid making immoral decisions

10.  Which is a dominant feature of Renaissance art?

• a.  Realism

• b.  Utopian

• C.  Humanism

• d.  Sfumato