Renaissance Test 15.1-15.2
This quiz is about the early Renaissance.
- 1.A German printer who worked on a project that would create a new way of printing books. He created the printing press and movable type.
- A.
Jan van Eyck
- B.
Johannes Guttenberg
- C.
Pleiade
- D.
Thomas More
- 2.A sculptor who lived during the 1400's. He made the 'David' sculpture.
- A.
MIchaelangelo
- B.
Donatello
- C.
Cosimo de Medici
- D.
Leonardo DaVinci
- 3.The first great humanist and poet.
- A.
Cosimo de Medici
- B.
Mama Lisa
- C.
Francesco Petrarch
- D.
Nike Mania
- 4.Individual letters and marks that can be arranged and rearranged quickly
- A.
Movable type
- B.
Movable keys
- C.
Classical type
- D.
Humanism
- 5.A popular Italian term of poetry that Sir Thomas Wyatt and the Earl of Surrey helped to introduce.
- A.
Pasta e fagioli
- B.
Pleiade
- C.
Sonnet
- D.
Utopia
- 6.Classical works that focused upon worldly issues, not religious matters. Nature, beauty and other concepts were explored which had been ignored in Medieval times.
- A.
Constitution
- B.
Renaissance
- C.
Humanism
- D.
Realism
- 7.A government where people can pick their own leader
- A.
Monarchy
- B.
Socrates rules
- C.
City-states
- D.
Republic
- 8.Who created 4,000 notebook pages filled with sketches and notes?
- A.
Leonardo DaVinci
- B.
Donatello
- C.
Francesco Petrarch
- D.
Michelangelo
- 9.What is the Mona Lisa?
- A.
This piece of art was created as a gift to DaVinci for his support to the church.
- B.
This is one of the most famous piece of art in the world, created by DaVinci.
- C.
Cosimo de Medici created this famous painting which changed the way art was made during the Renaissance.
- D.
This is one of the most famous piece of art in the world, created by Donatello.
- 10.Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
- A.
Trade happened because Italy is on the Mediterranean Sea which supported the Renaissance.
- B.
The church was centered in Italy and helped organize Renaissance ideas.
- C.
Italy had trade which caused more religious ideas to spread
- D.
Italian artists traveled and spoke all through Europe spreading their new ideas.
- 11.This is a work by Sir Thomas More that describes an ideal world that is based on Greek philosophy.
- A.
Angelica
- B.
In Praise of Unity
- C.
Utopia
- D.
Mona Lisa
- 12.What significant change in art occurred from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance?
- A.
Art had a religious focus in the Middle Ages which changed to nature and people in the Renaissance
- B.
The Middle Ages focused upon nature and religious themes, which became more religious during the Renaissance.
- C.
Trade caused art to become more colorful during the Renaissance because of discoveries from the East
- D.
After the Middle Ages art was very focused on supporting religious themes spreading through northern Europe.
- 13.Who was England's best known poet?
- A.
William Shakespeare
- B.
John Donne
- C.
Madox Brown
- D.
Sir Thomas More
- 14.A German painter who was also a master of wood cuts and engravings.
- A.
Johannes Albrecht
- B.
Durer van Eyck
- C.
Albert Dararker
- D.
Albrecht Durer
- 15.These were the most powerful Italian cities, which were wealthy because of trade, and were not under the control of a king or noble.
- A.
City-republics
- B.
City-states
- C.
Pleiades
- D.
Renaissance-states
- 16.This religious thinking formed during the Renaissance and emphasized beauty and goodness of people everywhere.
- A.
Catholicism
- B.
Rationalism
- C.
Christian humanism
- D.
Idealism
- 17.Who was the Frenchman who was a devoted follower of Erasmus whose best known works are Gargantua and Pantagruel
- A.
Jaques D'Amboise
- B.
Jean Luc Durer
- C.
Francois Rabelais
- D.
William Shakespeare
- 18.What caused the spread the Renaissance northward?
- A.
Spread of Chritianity
- B.
Strengthened Churches
- C.
New forms of art and literature, plus trade
- D.
Hercules and Nike
- 19.Renaissance group of literary poets whose name originates from the name of of a seven star cluster
- A.
Sonnet
- B.
Pantagruel
- C.
Petrarch
- D.
Pleiades
- 20.One of Erasmus's close friends, a lawyer, who was influenced by Green thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle.
- A.
Dante Thomas
- B.
Jan Van Rabelais
- C.
Cosimo de Medici
- D.
Sir Thomas More
- 21.Who created the famous work 'In Praise of Folly' that mocked certain church practices.
- A.
Dante Maniatis
- B.
Desiderius Erasmus
- C.
Cosimo de Erasmus
- D.
Donetello
- 22.The themes of Love and Patriotism
- A.
These themes caused Christian religious artists to grow throughout Europe.
- B.
'In Praise of Folly' had these as its main themes which caused trade to increase
- C.
In France and England Renaissance writers centered their work upon these themes.
- D.
These were lacking in the Renaissance.
- 23.Who was one of the best known supporters of art and head of one of the most powerful families in Florence?
- A.
Cosmos Pleiade
- B.
Francois Rabelais
- C.
Cosimo de Medici
- D.
The Pope of the Church in Rome
- 24.A Flemish painter who lived in the early 1400's, who was a master of realistic portraits.
- A.
Jan van Eyck
- B.
Donatello
- C.
Cosimo de Medici
- D.
Francois Rabelais
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