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 monarchies New monarchies Petrarch Renaissance art

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Petrarch

The printing press helped spread the ideas of the renaissance. A focus on the human body and human achievements. New military technology meant only centralized government could afford to go to war. Monarchs became more powerful, nobility lost power. His death marked the start of the renaissance. He was called the father of humanism.

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Separation of church and state.

French monarchy in the renaissance Humanism Renaissance monarchies Secularism

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Renaissance monarchies

The printing press helped spread the ideas of the renaissance. A long career as a diplomat for Milan. Wrote “the courtier” on how a gentleman should behave in court. New military technology meant only centralized government could afford to go to war. Monarchs became more powerful, nobility lost power. Separation of church and state.

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Poco della Mirandola

He wrote the famous “oration on the dignity of man”, the manifesto of the renaissance. Humans are free to become whatever they want An emphasis on the public good Focused much more on realism as artists learned how to use perspective Machiavelli wrote about how an effective ruler should behave: they should maintain order and stability, be feared but not hated.

#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

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

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

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

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

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

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

Petrarch

Separation of church and state.

Renaissance monarchies

Poco della Mirandola

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

A focus on the human body and human achievements.

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

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

Leonardo Bruni

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

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