Quiz on Renaissance overview

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Focused much more on realism as artists learned how to use perspective

Renaissance art Castiglione The prince Petrarch

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

His death marked the start of the renaissance. He was called the father of humanism.

Leonardo Bruni New monarchies Petrarch Humanism

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Secularism

Separation of church and state. Believed education should promote individual virtue and self sacrificing public service. Aka. Civic humanism Focused much more on realism as artists learned how to use perspective An emphasis on the public good

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

New military technology meant only centralized government could afford to go to war. Monarchs became more powerful, nobility lost power.

Castiglione French monarchy in the renaissance Impacts of the printing press Renaissance monarchies

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

He wrote the famous “oration on the dignity of man”, the manifesto of the renaissance. Humans are free to become whatever they want

Poco della Mirandola Petrarch The prince Civic humanism

#6 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

The prince

He wrote the famous “oration on the dignity of man”, the manifesto of the renaissance. Humans are free to become whatever they want

True

False

#7 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Humanism

A focus on the human body and human achievements.

True

False

#8 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Beliefs on education in the renaissance

Isabella and Ferdinand conquered the Muslim state of Grenada, expelled Spanish Jews and tortured non-Catholics

True

False

#9 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Impacts of the printing press

A long career as a diplomat for Milan. Wrote “the courtier” on how a gentleman should behave in court.

True

False

#10 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Leonardo Bruni

First to coin the term “humanism”. First to divide history into 3 parts.

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Focused much more on realism as artists learned how to use perspective

His death marked the start of the renaissance. He was called the father of humanism.

Secularism

New military technology meant only centralized government could afford to go to war. Monarchs became more powerful, nobility lost power.

He wrote the famous “oration on the dignity of man”, the manifesto of the renaissance. Humans are free to become whatever they want

Section 2: True/false questions

The prince

He wrote the famous “oration on the dignity of man”, the manifesto of the renaissance. Humans are free to become whatever they want

Humanism

A focus on the human body and human achievements.

Beliefs on education in the renaissance

Isabella and Ferdinand conquered the Muslim state of Grenada, expelled Spanish Jews and tortured non-Catholics

Impacts of the printing press

A long career as a diplomat for Milan. Wrote “the courtier” on how a gentleman should behave in court.

Leonardo Bruni

First to coin the term “humanism”. First to divide history into 3 parts.

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