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 Humanism French monarchy in the renaissance

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

Petrarch Impacts of the printing press The prince Humanism

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Separation of church and state.

Petrarch Secularism Leonardo Bruni Poco della Mirandola

#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.

Renaissance monarchies Castiglione New monarchies Petrarch

#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

Humanism Secularism Poco della Mirandola Poco della Mirandola

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

The prince

Machiavelli wrote about how an effective ruler should behave: they should maintain order and stability, be feared but not hated.

True

False

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

Humanism

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

True

False

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

Beliefs on education in the renaissance

Believed education should promote individual virtue and self sacrificing public service. Aka. Civic humanism

True

False

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

Impacts of the printing press

The pope rented the power to appoint church officials in France to the king through the accordo di bologna

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.

Separation of church and state.

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

Machiavelli wrote about how an effective ruler should behave: they should maintain order and stability, be feared but not hated.

Humanism

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

Beliefs on education in the renaissance

Believed education should promote individual virtue and self sacrificing public service. Aka. Civic humanism

Impacts of the printing press

The pope rented the power to appoint church officials in France to the king through the accordo di bologna

Leonardo Bruni

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

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