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Renaissance Test
1.
Machiavelli argued that a ruler should be kind in these circumstances.
A. All of the time because Machiavelli was a devout Christian.
B. When dealing with women and children because a ruler must be strong but fair.
C. In difficult times because people will be more productive when they are secure.
D. When dealing with great poets, artists, and writers. Machiavelli believed they were very sensitive
and needed the encouragement of the ruler.
E. Only when it suited his purposes because it is better to be feared than loved.
2.
What was the primary reason Europeans ventured into the sea in the second half of the fifteenth
century?
A. They wanted to travel to Africa to capture slaves.
B. They wanted to prove the earth was round.
C. The hoped to find the land Lief Ericcson called Vinland.
D. They hoped to set up trading links with spice-producing lands in Asia.
E. None of the statements above are true.
3.
Who was the first person to theorize that the earth was round?
a. Aristotle
b. Henry the Navigator
c. Bartholomeu Dias
d. Christopher Columbus
e. Ferdinand Magellan
4.
Which statement about Magellan is true?
A. Magellan was born in Spain.
B. The king of Portugal agreed to finance Magellan’s expedition around the world.
C. Magellan explored Asia as a young man.
D. Magellan sailed completely around the world.
5.
Magellan believed the earth was round, but he did not consider the immensity of this ocean. His error
added six months and 12,600 miles to his journey.
A. the Atlantic Ocean
B. the Pacific Ocean
C. the Indian Ocean
D. the Arctic Ocean
6.
When did Magellan prove to himself that he had sailed to the east by traveling west?
A. He noticed familiar plants and birds.
B. He met sailors who reached the Philippines by sailing east.
C. He discovered that his servant understood the local language.
D. All of the above are true.
E. None of the above are true. Magellan died before he realized he had circumnavigated the globe.
7.
Which statement about Magellan’s death is false?
A. Magellan was killed in the Philippines.
B. Magellan agreed to assist a local warrior who wanted to defeat a rival in battle.
C. Magellan’s men all agreed to join him in battle because they could not return home unless they won.
D. Magellan died after he was hit with a poison arrow.
8.
Which statement about the Renaissance is false?
A. Scholars became more interested in studying the world around them.
B. Renaissance is an Italian term.
C. Renaissance means “rebirth.”
D. Historians consider the Renaissance to be the beginning of modern history.
E. The Renaissance influenced painting, sculpture, and architecture.
9.
Which was an effect of the Renaissance?
A. Paintings became more realistic and focused less often on religious themes.
B. Rich families became patrons and commissioned great art.
C. Artists became more concerned with depicting the feelings of people.
D. A flowering of literature and drama in Britain included the plays of William Shakespeare.
E. All of the above are true.
10.
The Renaissance began in
A. ancient Greece.
B. northern Italy.
C. Cordoba, Spain.
D. Cluny, France.
E. Sicily.
11.
A factor in the early Renaissance involved relationships between Italian city-states with the ___ traders
who preserved the works of the ancient Greeks in the libraries.
A. Greek
B. German
C. Dutch
D. Arab
E. African
12.
The Renaissance was enhanced when many Christian scholars left Greece to move to Italy. What
caused the scholars to leave Greece for Italy?
A. Greece was under attack by the Huns and the Visigoths.
B. The Byzantine Empire fell to the Turks.
C. The Bubonic Plague was devastating the population of Greece.
D. The invention of the printing press offered the scholars an opportunity to publish their ideas.
E. Patrons in Venice and Florence offered the scholar wealth and glory.
13.
What are the classics?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the Gospels
the Old Testament
the works of the ancient Egyptians
the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans
All of the above.
14.
Which statement about the humanists is false?
A. The humanists looked to the past for inspiration.
B. The humanists emphasized the value of religious beliefs and ignored all other values.
C. The humanists found a spirit in the classics that valued innovation.
D. The humanists recreated classical styles in art, literature, and architecture.
15.
Something is secular if it is
A. modern.
B. ancient.
C. non-religious.
D. pertaining to ancient Greece and Rome.
E. pertaining to the Islamic world.
16.
Which statement about Johann Gutenberg is true?
A. Johann Gutenberg did not invent anything. His genius was to take what had already been
discovered, and to create a new product.
B. Gutenberg spent many years working in Florence under the patronage of Cosimo di Medici.
C. Gutenberg’s inventiveness made him one of the richest men in Europe.
D. All religious and government leaders hailed Gutenberg because his printing press would spread
ideas.
E. By the end of his life, Gutenberg was one of the most famous men in Europe.
17.
Which statement about printing is true?
A. The Chinese invented block printing as early as 868, but their process required a new woodcut for
every page.
B. The Chinese and Egyptians created ink as early as 2500BC by taking soot from fires and mixing it
with sap.
C. Gutenberg used an oil-based ink that lasted longer than the inks used in his time.
D. Gutenberg developed engraved signatures for each number, letter, and punctuation mark. This
made it possible for him to reuse the signatures for each new printing job.
E. All of the above are true.
18.
Before the invention of the printing press, few people besides the _____ could read or write.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
clergy
royal court
merchants
bankers
shopkeepers
19.
Gutenberg published the first mass-produced book, a 1,282 page edition of…
A. his life story.
B. The Adventures of Marco Polo.
C. The Bible.
D. Machiavelli’s The Prince
E. The Quran.
20.
Which statement about Venice is true?
A. People fleeing Attila the Hun founded Venice in the fifth century.
B. Venice is situated on a group of islands in the northeast corner of the Italian peninsula.
C. Shipbuilding was the primary industry in Venice during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
D. Venice had become one of the most prosperous cities in the world by the thirteenth century.
E. All of the above are true.
21.
Patron comes from the Latin word for…
A. humanist.
B. artist.
C. father.
D. god.
E. emperor.
22.
Which statement about Florence is false?
A. Florence was a center of wool processing
B. Wealthy merchants dominated Florence during the Renaissance.
C. Florence is a port city on the northeastern edge of the Italian peninsula.
D. All of the above are correct.
23.
In Renaissance Florence, the ___ owned much of the land and lived on huge estates outside the city walls.
A. clergy
B. immigrants
C. nobles
D. middle class
E. merchants
24.
Which statement about the merchants of the Renaissance era is false?
A. The merchants were the newly rich. They gained wealth in industries like wool processing and
shipbuilding.
B. The merchants sought to protect their interests by controlling the government and marrying into
wealthy families.
C. The merchants became patrons of great artists in order to gain public favor.
D. The merchants were the noble class of the Renaissance.
25.
Which statement about the Medici is true?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
The Medici maintained the appearance of republican government in Florence, but they appointed
relatives and people they could control to important positions.
The Medici controlled in Florence for many generations.
The Medici maintained control by exiling people who disagreed with them and encouraging other
Italian cities to form alliances with Florence.
Florence became one of the most beautiful and prosperous cities in Italy, as well as a center of the
Renaissance during the rule of the Medici.
All of the above.
Why was Lorenzo di Medici a “Renaissance Man?”
A. Lorenzo was a banker.
B. Lorenzo was a clever politician.
C. Lorenzo lived during the Renaissance.
D. Lorenzo was Italian.
E. Lorenzo had skills and talents in many fields.
True or False
Please circle TRUE or FALSE for each statement. Each response is worth four points.
TRUE FALSE More copies of the Bible have been printed than any other book.
TRUE FALSE The Holy Roman Emperors and the popes fought for control of Italy. A result
was the weakening of both sides, allowing several independent city-states to
form.
TRUE FALSE Today we refer to the study of mathematics and science as the humanities.
TRUE FALSE Leonardo da Vinci was born in Rome.
TRUE FALSE The ideas of the Renaissance began in northern Italy and spread throughout
Western Europe.
TRUE FALSE The Renaissance artists use of perspective gave their paintings the illusion of
depth.
TRUE FALSE Magellan died at sea, but most of his sailors managed to complete the journey.
Please select the correct responses from the list below. Each response is worth three points
Pieter Bruegel | Michelangelo Buonarroti | Donatello | Giotto | Leonardo da Vinci | Niccolo
Machiavelli | William Shakespeare
34.
This Florentine artist lived more than a century before the
Renaissance, but he painted in a style that would later be identified
with the period. The Madonna in Glory is one of his most famous
paintings.
35.
A scientist and inventor as well as an artist, this “Renaissance Man”
painted the Mona Lisa as well as The Last Supper.
36.
This Renaissance Man was a painter, sculptor, and an architect. His
works include the dome of St. Peter’s Church in Rome, and ceiling of
the Sistine Chapel.
37.
This Dutch painter showed people as they really were. His work
includes The Peasant Wedding.
38.
This Englishman was best-known writer of the Renaissance. His plays
mixed humor with drama, and showed the strengths and weaknesses
of people.
39.
This writer argued in The Prince that Italy could not be united unless
its leader was ruthless.
40.
Please select the correct responses from the list below. Each response is worth three points
Pieter Bruegel | Michelangelo Buonarroti | Donatello | Giotto | Leonardo da Vinci | Niccolo
Machiavelli | William Shakespeare
This Florentine artist lived more than a century before the
Renaissance, but he painted in a style that would later be identified
with the period. The Madonna in Glory is one of his most famous
paintings.
41.
A scientist and inventor as well as an artist, this “Renaissance Man”
painted the Mona Lisa as well as The Last Supper.
42.
This Renaissance Man was a painter, sculptor, and an architect. His
works include the dome of St. Peter’s Church in Rome, and ceiling of
the Sistine Chapel.
43.
This Dutch painter showed people as they really were. His work
includes The Peasant Wedding.
44.
This Englishman was best-known writer of the Renaissance. His plays
mixed humor with drama, and showed the strengths and weaknesses
of people.
45.
This writer argued in The Prince that Italy could not be united unless
its leader was ruthless.
Match the Explorers
Please select the correct responses from the list below. Each response is worth three points
John Cabot | Christopher Columbus | Vasco da Gama | Bartholomeu Dias | Henry the Navigator |
Ferdinand Magellan
46.
This Portuguese sailor reached the southern tip of Africa in 1486, but
he turned back because his crew was unwilling to travel any further
47.
He sailed completely around Africa from Portugal to India in 1497-98.
48.
This Portuguese monarch set up a school for sailors and encouraged
the exploration of the African coast.
49.
He made four voyages to the West Indies, but died believing he had
reached Asia.
50.
He was the captain of the first expedition to sail completely around the
world.
34-37. Short Answer- Answer any three of the four using complete sentences.
34. Why did learning and the arts begin to flourish during the Renaissance?
35. Describe the elements of Gutenberg’s printing press.
36. Explain why spices were an essential part of everyday life for Europeans.
37. Describe the European water routes to Asia.
Synthesis: Answer one of the two in the form of a complete paragraph.
38.Do you agree with Machiavelli that it is more important that a ruler be feared than loved? Explain your
answer.
39. Who made the greatest discovery, Christopher Columbus or Ferdinand Magellan? In order to earn full
credit, you will have to examine the accomplishments of both sailors.