Deck 21: The European Renaissance

Question 1

In comparison to the Renaissance in Italy, that of northern Europe was

A) more materialistic.
B) culturally inferior.
C) artistically inferior.
D) less pagan.
E) less serious.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

How would you describe the state of the Renaissance Church? Identify the Church's major problems.

Answer 2

Answer not provided.

Question 3

Thomas More's Utopia was somewhat controversial because it

A) proposed a society based on communal living.
B) advocated the overthrow of the prevailing political system.
C) stressed the responsibility of individuals to improve the societies in which they lived.
D) flew in the face of what humanists believed, since he laid the source of sin squarely at Adam's feet.
E) radically altered the thinking of many "commoners" toward their government, encouraging them to question authority

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Define the Renaissance, and explain its underlying philosophy and character.

Question 5

The Renaissance was

A) more secular and anticlerical in northern Europe.
B) mainly a phenomenon affecting a relatively small number of urban residents.
C) a movement given its name by people who experienced it directly.
D) begun in northern Europe.
E) a direct precursor of the Protestant Revolution.

Question 6

The main role models for Renaissance humanists were

A) John Wyclif and Jon Hus.
B) Old Testament Hebrews.
C) Classical Greco-Romans.
D) Muslim philosophers.
E) ancient Egyptians.

Question 7

Describe instances in which racist and sexist attitudes made themselves more manifest in Renaissance Europe than had earlier been the case.

Question 8

Explain why the Renaissance began in Italy. Identify the principal sources involved in the early Renaissance.

Question 9

The signing of the Magna Carta by England's John the First in the 13^th century had led to

A) English monarchs' acceptance that their powers were limited.
B) helped establish a more centralized monarchy.
C) led directly to the War of the Roses.
D) contributed to the country's losses in the Hundred Years' War.
E) finally placed some minimal restraints on the unruly nobles.

Question 10

The War of the Roses was waged over

A) who should succeed to the English throne.
B) the need for reforms within the Church.
C) French and English attempts to control Germany.
D) Parliament's rights and prerogatives.
E) Russia's claims to own Europe.

Question 11

The Italian city-states of the Renaissance were

A) workers' democracies with much freedom.
B) princely oligarchies run despotically.
C) constitutional monarchies led by a king.
D) theocracies led by the church.
E) parliamentary republics with little true representation.

Question 12

In what ways did political life during the Renaissance signal the coming of a "new reality"?

Question 13

The Italian Renaissance is best known for

A) the translation of the classics into Italian.
B) its emphasis on self-realization for individuals.
C) the religious changes that resulted from the work of religious scholars.
D) the rejection of Christianity.
E) its contribution to the thinking of Desiderius Erasmus.

Question 14

Which of these was not a dominant Renaissance value?

A) individualism
B) secularism
C) democracy
D) classicism
E) humanism

Question 15

Assess what you think were the most significant factors contributing to the explosion of artistic creativity during the Renaissance.

Question 16

In Praise of Folly , Erasmus called for

A) political reform.
B) religious reform.
C) educational change.
D) the use of vernacular literature.
E) more emphasis on simple values.

Question 17

Secularism would most strongly emphasize

A) spiritual renewal through education.
B) overcoming original sin.
C) poverty and self-denial as universal values.
D) this life as a time of opportunity.
E) a need to prepare for the afterlife.

Question 18

Russia differed from the other European powers during the 1600s in that

A) the rulers kept no standing army.
B) the people had not been exposed to Renaissance ideas.
C) the country had given up all pretense of being "European."
D) the Mongols still ruled parts of the Russian lands.
E) despite the backwardness of their country, the Russians had allowed a woman to become their ruler.

Question 19

Erasmus had a tremendous impact on

A) the Catholic Church.
B) the government.
C) literary style.
D) Christian reformers.
E) all of the above

Question 20

The early humanist scholars were dedicated to

A) helping people achieve their full potential.
B) reconciling faith and human reason.
C) increasing literacy so that individuals would have access to the classics.
D) building workable utopian societies.
E) reawakening individuals to their duties to others, and the reformation of the Christian church.

Question 21

The unifying design of the Habsburgs in Germany was ultimately frustrated by

A) economic depression.
B) Catholic-Protestant divisions.
C) Papal opposition.
D) Russian attacks.
E) military occupation by Prussia.

Question 22

As a force in German politics, the Holy Roman Emperor could most accurately be described as

A) commander-in-chief of the army.
B) almost equal to the Tsar.
C) head of a powerful bureaucracy.
D) a leader with little power.
E) a hereditary ruler with hereditary rights.

Question 23

The primary architectural style of the Renaissance was the adaptation of

A) Italian urban areas.
B) classical temples.
C) eleventh century churches.
D) French classicism.
E) Gothic cathedrals.

Question 24

In wealthy Renaissance households, children were usually

A) educated under the direction of their fathers.
B) sent to boarding schools at the age of seven if they were male and taught domestic skills if they were girls.
C) beaten for the slightest infraction of family rules.
D) isolated as much as possible from their poor neighbors.
E) indulged to the point of being unfit for real work as adults.

Question 25

The greatest examples of the northern Renaissance in art were the

A) Flemish portraitists.
B) French sculptors.
C) Italian artists.
D) Dutch impressionists.
E) Italian architects.

Question 26

This Renaissance writer concentrated on the themes of the importance of an education, and the inner nature of Christianity:

A) Thomas More
B) Niccolo Macchiavelli
C) Desiderius Erasmus
D) Petrarch
E) John Hus

Question 27

During Mongol occupation, which of the following became true for Russia?

A) The Church declined in influence.
B) Superstitions lost their hold on the people.
C) The Principality of Kiev became the center of power.
D) Ignorance and isolation became the norm throughout the land.
E) The only countries that maintained contact with the Russians were Poland and Hungary.

Question 28

A revolutionary development of Renaissance painting was

A) the development of large frescoes.
B) the use of oil paints.
C) the mastery of perspective.
D) realistic portraiture.
E) using oil paints on large frescoes.

Question 29

Thomas More's satire on human society and government was entitled ____________________.

Question 30

Fifteenth century English kings who gradually established royal power over the nobility were

A) Philip IV, Richard III, and Henry VII.
B) Edward IV, Ivan IV, and Henry VII.
C) Charles VII, Louis XI, and Henry VII.
D) Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry VII.
E) Philip IV, Ivan IV, and Henry VII.

Question 31

By Renaissance times, the Papacy

A) had seen its political significance dwindle to almost nothing.
B) was controlled and fought over by powerful noble families.
C) was beginning to embark on an extensive program of reform.
D) began proposing radical doctrinal changes.
E) had gained control of the Italian court.

Question 32

Which of the following was not a criticism of the clergy by leaders of the Renaissance movement?

A) fathering illegitimate children
B) taking wives despite vows of celibacy
C) being illiterate
D) avoiding their parishioners
E) being overly fond of money

Question 33

Middle class Renaissance women most likely

A) took care of household business only when husbands were away on business themselves.
B) ran their households without ever consulting their husbands.
C) fought, to no avail, against the patriarchal society in which they lived.
D) worked as equals with their husbands in city businesses.
E) usually received a fairly diverse education.

Question 34

Which of the following would most accurately describe upper class life during the Renaissance?

A) Young women often married middle-aged widowers.
B) Men for the first time began to marry in their twenties.
C) Well-to-do couples began to limit the number of children they raised.
D) Marriage to a wealthy widow was viewed as a positive move for a young man.
E) Dowries were expected for all young women who lived in cities.

Question 35

The best-known Northern humanist, author of Praise of Folly , was ____________________ ____________________.

Question 36

A new element in Renaissance Italian city-state politics was

A) the preference for using fear rather than piety as a basis of government.
B) a professional army of mercenaries.
C) an absolute monarchy.
D) the organization of a taxation agency.
E) the concept of a secular state that existed independently of both ruler and ruled.

Question 37

According to secularists, ____________________ was the measure of what life had to offer.

Question 38

European artistic and cultural interests began to focus on the ancient civilizations of ____________________ and ____________________ during the Renaissance.

Question 39

During the Renaissance, the term "divine spark" became associated with

A) artists.
B) patrons of the arts.
C) the clergy.
D) newly converted Christians.
E) princes.

Question 40

One descriptive word for how the architecture of the Renaissance differed from medieval architecture would be

A) evolutionary.
B) radical.
C) restrictive.
D) innovative
E) sedentary.

Question 41

In part, ____________________ designed the architecture for St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome.

Question 42

____________________ was the most significant of the 15^th century English kings.

Question 43

In 1480, Russia regained its freedom from the rule of the ____________________.

Question 44

In Renaissance Europe, a young woman without a suitable ____________________ was unmarriageable.