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| 1 | The Renaissance began in northern Italy in part because?: |
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Charlemagne ruled there. |
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the Italian city-states were wealthy. |
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the Protestant Reformation began there. |
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scholars used the vernacular rather than Latin. |
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| 2 | Renaissance painters made their works look more realistic by using?: |
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tempera paints. |
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religious themes as the subjects of their paintings. |
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just two or three basic colors. |
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rules of perspective. |
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| 3 | Which of the following was NOT one of the major sources of wealth for northern Italy's patrons of the arts?: |
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banking. |
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trade. |
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agriculture. |
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wool manufacturing. |
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| 4 | The humanities include all of the following EXCEPT?: |
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grammar. |
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theology. |
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poetry. |
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history. |
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| 5 |
He should have talent, grace, and beauty, dress well, known how to wrestle and to bear
arms. He
ought to know how to swim, jump, and run. He should know Latin, Greek, the poets and historians.
This statement expresses the ideas of?: |
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Baldassare
Castiglione. |
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John Knox. |
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Jan Van Eyck. |
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Niccolo Machiavelli. |
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| 6 | Compared to medieval art, Renaissance war was?: |
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flatter and less lifelike. |
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more religious. |
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more realistic. |
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less accurate. |
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| 7 | In
The Prince, Machiavelli says that a wise ruler is one who?: |
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keeps taxes and food prices low. |
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allows his advisers to speak their minds. |
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encourages education and the arts. |
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does whatever he has to do so stay in power. |
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| 8 | In the Middle Ages, people worked for the glory of God; in the Renaissance, people worked for the glory of the?: |
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individual. |
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state. |
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artist. |
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king. |
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| 9 | The most important result of the pope's support for the arts was to?: |
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make Rome a beautiful city. |
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make Rome a center of culture. |
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increase the power of the popes. |
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make Rome a center of commerce. |
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| 10 | For Leonardo da Vinci, an artist's work was enhanced by his knowledge of?: |
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mathematics. |
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philosophy. |
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astronomy. |
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earlier paintings. |
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| 11 | The Golden Age of Greece and the Renaissance in Europe were both characterized mainly by?: |
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religious revival. |
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economic decline. |
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social reform and political upheaval. |
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artistic and literary achievements. |
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| 12 | Lorenzo de Medici is best remembered today as a?: |
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leading architect of the Renaissance. |
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Renaissance painter. |
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leading patron of the arts during the Renaissance. |
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translator of the orator Cicero's work. |
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| 13 | A "Renaissance Person" is one of?: |
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great material wealth. |
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broad learning and skills. |
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great spiritual piety. |
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cunning and unscrupulous character. |
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