Renaissance and Reformation Quiz

What powerful family ruled Florence in the 1400s?

• the Machiavelli

• the Medici

• the Brunelleschi

• the da Vinci

Who nailed the 95 theses to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany?

• Jan Hus

• Martin Luther

• John Wycliffe

• Ulrich Zwingli

What was the first book Johannes Gutenberg printed on his new printing press?

• the Bible

• the 95 Theses

• The Prince

• Utopia

Who wrote some of the most famous sonnets/plays in English?

• Petrarch

• Thomas More

• William Shakespeare

• Desiderius Erasmus

Why did Henry VIII break away from the Catholic Church?

• so he could marry Anne Boleyn

• because he opposed the sale of indulgences

• because he was angered by the way the Catholic Church raised money

• so he could create Puritanism in England

What Catholic order spread Catholicism through missionary work?

• the Anabaptists

• the Jesuits

• the Anglicans

• the Calvinists

Fill in the blank: The Medici family was a powerful family that ruled _______ in the 1400s.

• Rome

• Florence

• Venice

• Milan

What movement sought to reform and strengthen the Roman Catholic Church?

• Humanism

• the Renaissance

• the Counter Reformation

• the Protestant Reformation

Which cultures were the most influential during the European Renaissance?

• Russian, French, and Asian cultures

• German and African cultures

• classical Greek, Roman, and eastern cultures

• Italian and Muslim cultures

Which of the following piece of art became a symbol of victory over tyranny?

• Michelangelo’s sculpture Pietà

• Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait Mona Lisa

• Jan van Eyck’s Portrait of a Man

• Michelangelo’s sculpture David