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Unit One Exam - Renaissance and Reformation
Multiple Choice
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1. What was the chief goal of the Crusades?
a. to liberate Spain
c. to free the Holy Land
b. to conquer England
d. to defeat the Hindus
2. Which of the following was a result of the plague in Europe?
a. economic decline
c. the rebirth of Christianity
b. political reform
d. the Hundred Years’ War
3. A major conflict between the Holy Roman emperors and the popes concerned
a. who would appoint bishops.
c. who would control England.
b. the right to succession.
d. the right to wage war.
4. Why is Joan of Arc remembered?
a. She led a peasant uprising that ended feudalism.
b. She led the French to victories against the English in the Hundred Years’ War.
c. She led English troops in the Hundred Years’ War.
d. She drove the English from Calais.
5. The artists of the Renaissance focused on
a. humanistic concerns.
c. the universe.
b. the spiritual world.
d. the Catholic Church.
6. The development of printing in Europe led to
a. religious tolerance.
b. increased competition with China.
c. increased literacy.
d. increased corruption in the Roman Catholic Church.
7. Luther criticized the Roman Catholic Church for
a. selling indulgences.
c. translating the Bible into German.
b. preaching forgiveness.
d. believing in the Bible.
8. Luther believed that
a. good deeds were necessary for salvation.
b. the Pope was the sole religious authority.
c. the Bible was a hoax.
d. salvation could be achieved through faith alone.
9. How did Henry VIII react when the Pope refused to annul his marriage?
a. He started a war.
b. He took over the English church.
c. He started the Reformation.
d. He imposed fines on the Roman Catholic Church.
10. The term "humanism," when applied to Renaissance Italy, refers primarily to the
a. renewed interest in the scientific method c. antireligious movement among leading
at many Italian universities
Italian intellectuals
b. capitalist values advanced by leading
d. scholarly interest in teh study of the
Italian merchant bankers
classical cultures of Greece and Rome.
11. Which of the following beliefs was central to Martin Luther's religious philosophy?
a. The equality of men and women
c. Salvation through faith alone
b. The sacrament of penance
d. The priesthood defined as distinct from
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the laity.
A primary difference between the Italian and the Northern Renaissance was that the latter was:
a. more secular
c. more concerned with national issues
b. more religious
d. relatively unimportant for their societies
Just before the advent of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Iberian Peninsula could best be described as
a. a heterogenous region consisting of
c. a culturally poor and backward region.
several ethnic groups and diverse
languages and cultures
b. an area more tied to North Africa than to d. a region dominated equally by Arabs and
Europe.
Jews in both numbers and power.
Luther tacked his 95 Theses to the Wittengberg church door in response to:
a. the illiteracy of the clergy
c. the oppressive rule of Frederick of Saxon.
b. the sale of indulgences
d. the violent uprising of peasants.
The first symptom of the bubonic plague was
a. cold chills
c. high fever
b. vomiting
d. a goil the size of a nut or apple in the
armpit, groin or neck.
In general, the clergy during the plague
a. cared for the sick and buried the dead
c. let nuns take care of the sick
b. fled to monasteries in the countryside
d. were relatively untouched by the epidemic
During the Hundred Years' War, the English kings were supported by some French barons because the latter
a. disapproved of the Babylonian Captivity. c. wanted to stop the French monarchy's
centralizing efforts.
b. were promised estates in England.
d. were Lollards.
The ______ whipped and scourged themselves as penance for their and society's sins.
a. mendicants
c. pope and his closest advisors
b. flagellants
d. women of London
In the absence of the papacy during the Babylonian Captivity, Rome
a. experienced an economic rebirth.
c. was racked by heretical uprisings.
b. pledged its allegiance to the Byzantine
d. was left poverty stricken.
empire.
Theologian John Wyclif argued that
a. the conciliar movement was heretical.
c. there was no Trinity.
b. Scripture alone should determine church d. popes should be elected by all members of
belief and practice.
the clergy.
In the Middle Ages, who and when a person married were determined by
a. economic considerations and parental
c. accidental pregnancies.
direction.
b. romantic love.
d. physical attraction.
Jan Hus died
a. at the stake.
c. in exile.
b. of old age.
d. while trying to escape.
The first artistic and literary manifestation of the Italian Renaissance appeared in
a. Florence.
c. Venice.
b. Rome.
d. Naples.
The Italian popolo
a. established democracies in the Italian
c. were never able to influence Italian
city-states.
politics.
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b. desired government offices and equality of d. controlled the wool industry.
taxation.
25. The official attitude toward rape indicates that
a. the status of women had improved.
c. it was not seen as a serious crime against
either the victim or society.
b. it was a serious crime against the victim
d. prostitution was designed to eradicate the
and society.
crime.
26. The Florentine Office of the Night was created to control
a. homosexual activites.
c. the outbreak of heresy during the
Renaissance.
b. prostitution.
d. taverns.
27. Castiglione's manual on gentlemanly conduct
a. focused on ridding oneself of vermin.
c. asserted that real men need not learn
French.
b. suggested that early choice of a profession d. suggested that gentlemen cultivate their
was crucial in becoming a gentleman.
abilities in a variety of fields, athletics to
music to art to mathematics.
28. ________'s On the Dignity of Man argued that there are no limits on what humans can achieve.
a. Lorenzo Valla
c. Da Vinci
b. Pico della Mirandola
d. Dante
29. According to Machiavelli, the sole test of "good" government was whether it
a. provided the necessary public services.
c. protected the liberty of its citizens.
b. was based on Christian morality.
d. was effective.
30. The invention of movable type led to all of the following except
a. increased literacy.
c. the use of government propaganda.
b. the use of French as the language of polite d. the inculcation of national loyalties
society.
31. Thomas More's Utopia placed the blame for society's problems on
a. human nature.
c. society itself.
b. God's will.
d. the individual.
32. According to the Dutch humanist Erasmus, the key to reform was
a. adherence to church dogma.
c. the concerted effot that only a strong state
could afford.
b. education.
d. a pious life.
33. The _________ recognized the French king's right to select French bishops and abbots.
a. Concordat of Worms
c. Treaty of Milan
b. Peace of Paris
d. Concordat of Bolgna
34. In the fifteenth century, many clerics held more than one benefice, a practice known as
a. pluralism.
c. indulgence.
b. investiture.
d. councilarism.
35. Martin Luther's father was a
a. priest.
c. wool merchant.
b. poor peasant.
d. miner.
36. In 1521, Charles V ordered Luther to appear before
a. Diet of Worms.
c. Diet of Wittenburg.
b. Council of Augsburg.
d. Tribunal of the Holy Office.
37. Luther saw the _________ as the special domain of women.
a. church
c. public market
b. home
d. convnet
____ 38. John Knox was influential in the Reformation in
a. Ireland.
c. Sweden.
b. Scotland.
d. Swabia.
____ 39. According to the text, the Calvinist doctrine of predestination led to
a. a moon of fatalism among Calvin's
c. a mass exodus from the city of Geneva.
followers.
b. a withdrawl from the world of business
d. a confidence among Calvinists in their
and politics.
own salvation.
____ 40. The Reformation in England was primarily the result of
a. dynastic and romantic concerns of Henry c. efforts by Luther and his followers.
VIII.
b. the missionary activity of the Lollards.
d. Elizabeth I's conversion to Presbyterian.
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