AP EURO UNIT 1 EXAM: RENAISSANCE & THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

The School of Athens exhibits all of the following characteristics of Renaissance art EXCEPT:

• A. Linear perspective

• B. Chiaroscuro

• C. Spiritual subject matter

• D. Proportionality

This particular piece of art was commissioned by…

• The pope

• The Medici family

• A merchant guild

• Public fundraising efforts

The subject matter of this painting ties most to which of the following themes of the Renaissance?

• The worth and dignity of man

• Classicism and antiquity

• Religious reform

• Commercial growth

Renaissance humanists were different from their medieval counterparts in that...

• Renaissance humanists did not look to history for inspiration

• Renaissance humanists had no interest in religion

• Renaissance humanists exalted the dignity of man, while medieval humanists exalted the dignity of God

• Renaissance humanists rejected Christianity in favor of paganism, while medieval humanists rejected paganism in favor of Christianity

Which of the following is most accurate?

• Renaissance Europe was a feudal society with an agricultural economy and domination by the church whereas Medieval Europe was characterized by an urban economy based on organized commerce and capitalism.

• Renaissance Europe was a feudal society with an agricultural economy and domination by the church whereas Medieval Europe was characterized by a growing national consciousness and political centralization.

• Medieval Europe was a feudal society with an agricultural economy and domination by the church whereas Renaissance Europe was characterized by a growing national consciousness and political centralization.

• Medieval and Renaissance Europe were both feudal societies that focused on an urban economy and organized commerce.

The Renaissance was able to begin in Italy primarily because of...

• Italy's culturally sophisticated monasteries

• The dominance of the Catholic Church in Italy

• Strong alliances between Italian city-states

• Wealth created from Italy's extensive trade network

The French invasion of Italy was most directly caused by:

• A. Tensions between the pope in Avignon & the Italian pope

• B. Feuding between the Italian city-states

• C. The economic rivalry between France and Italy

• D. The increase influence of the Ottoman Empire

The French invasions of Italy influenced Machiavelli in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

• A. He scolded the Italians for the disunity between the city-states

• B. He hoped a strong ruler would emerge from the Medici family

• C. He longed for the days of ancient Rome when citizens possessed virtu

• D. He resigned his post as ambassador to France

Which of the following is FALSE about economics in the Renaissance?

• Making money became less important than following the church.

• Wealthy people engaged in philanthropy.

• Sponsoring art became a way to display economic success.

• Joining a guild and learning a trade could be a path to upward mobility

PETER: See? What I see is new to me, like nothing I ever saw before, and I might say monstrous. JULIUS: But if you're not stone-blind, you're bound to recognize this key, even if you aren't familiar with the golden oak tree. You can certainly see my triple crown, as well as my cloak all gleaming with gold and gems. PETER: That silver key of yours I do recognize, though there's only one of them, and it's very different from those that were given to me long ago by the one true shepherd of the church, that is, Christ. But that glorious crown of yours, how could I possibly recognize it? No tyrant ruling over barbarian peoples ever ventured to wear one like it, much less anyone who came here asking for admission. Your cloak doesn't impress me either; for I always used to consider gold and jewels as trash to be despised. But what does this amount to really? In all this stuff-the key, the crown, the cloak-I recognize marks of that rascally cheat and impostor who shared a name with me but not a faith, that scoundrel Simon whom I once flung down with the aid of Christ.

SOURCE: Julius Excluded from Heaven, Erasmus, 1514.

Like other Northern Humanists, Erasmus wanted to:

• lead an armed revolt against the Catholic Church

• centralize the city-states under national monarchs in opposition to the pope

• put an end to all social hierarchy in line with the ideals of Christ

• reform the Catholic Church