How Well Do You Know The Renaissance And Reformation?
A fun filled quiz about facts from the Renaissance and the Reformation. Includes everyone from da Vinci to Martin Luther. Created by Keith Means, using information from our textbook.
- 1.The Renaissance began in what country?
- A.
France
- B.
Italy
- C.
Germany
- D.
Spain
- 2."Renaissance" means:
- A.
Rebirth
- B.
New world
- C.
Maturation
- D.
Escape
- 3.Who were the Medici?
- A.
Venetian Painters
- B.
Milanese Rulers
- C.
Florentine Bankers
- D.
Papal Priests
- 4.Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince, which details his thoughts on politics. Which statement best describes the impact of this treatise?
- A.
It led to the establishment of a republican Italian state.
- B.
It created a new attitude of moral responsibility among politicians.
- C.
It developed thge modern secular concept of power politics.
- D.
It was largely ignored and had little lasting impact.
- 5.Neoplatonism was based on what two ideas?
- A.
Hierarchy of substances and spiritual love
- B.
Dualism of nature and cult life
- C.
Love of God and order of the universe
- D.
Knowledge of the mind and knowledge of the spirit
- 6.The Hundred Years' War was fought by:
- A.
France and Spain over a border dispute
- B.
The Papal States (with Italian allies) and The Holy Roman Empire over Christian theory
- C.
The Holy Roman Empire and Spain over dynastic succession issues
- D.
England and France over
- 7.Henry VII of England, Louis XI of France, and Ferdinand and Isabelle of Spain are all examples of __________, which emerged in the 15th century to centralize power in their states.
- A.
"authoritarians"
- B.
"reactionaries"
- C.
"new monarchs"
- D.
"heretics"
- 8.Which of the following was not a work by Martin Luther?
- A.
Ninety-Five Theses
- B.
Institutes of the Christian Religion
- C.
"The Babylonian Captivity of the Church"
- D.
"To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation"
- 9.Who issued the Edict of Worms?
- A.
Charles V
- B.
Martin Luther
- C.
Ulrich Zwingli
- D.
Henry VIII
- 10.Zwingli's interpretation of the Lord's Supper differed from Luther's in that:
- A.
Luther held to the Catholic belief in transubstantiation
- B.
Luther said that the ceremony was totally symbolic
- C.
Zwingli wanted to eliminate the ceremony from church practices
- D.
Zwingli held to the belief called consubstantiation
- 11.The Act of Supremacy established which church?
- A.
Luthern
- B.
Mennonite
- C.
Anglican
- D.
Calvinist
- 12.John Calvin reformed which city?
- A.
Vienna
- B.
Paris
- C.
London
- D.
Geneva
- 13.The Council of Trent:
- A.
Compromised with the Protestants on the doctrine of Justification by Faith
- B.
Agreed with most Protestants that there were only two sacraments
- C.
Reaffirmed traditional Catholic beliefs
- D.
Asserted the importance of doctrine over ritual
- 14.Which English monarch attempted to restore Catholicism as the official religion?
- A.
Henry VIII
- B.
Elizabeth I
- C.
Mary I
- D.
George I
- 15.Martin Luther's early life was characterized by:
- A.
Failure to follow the daily routine of monastic life
- B.
An obsession with his own sins
- C.
His love for the study of law
- D.
His rejection of the Bible as a contradictory work
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