Deck 5: The Renaissance

Question 1

The term Renaissance means

A) stagnation.
B) the rebirth.
C) a middle period.
D) discovery.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

According to the text, the Renaissance covers a period of time that includes

A) the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries.
B) the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries.
C) the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
D) the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

As the plague swept Europe, ________ were often blamed and persecuted as scapegoats.

A) Jews
B) Muslims
C) Christians
D) racial minorities

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The plague contributed to doubts about the adequacy of authorities and institutions because

A) institutions were powerless to protect people from the plague.
B) authorities were relatively untouched by the plague.
C) only those who devoutly followed the directives of authorities remained safe.
D) all of the above.

Question 5

All of the following were true of the Renaissance period EXCEPT

A) expansion of geographic boundaries
B) tremendous improvement in the social status of women
C) rediscovery of the Greek classics
D) growth of empirical studies

Question 6

The key figure in the initiation of the Reformation was

A) Leonardo da Vinci.
B) Michael Servetus.
C) Martin Luther.
D) Andreas Vesalius.

Question 7

Which of the following, best captures the conclusion in the text regarding the effects of the Reformation on the
Development of science?

A) Science gained nothing from the Reformation, the Protestants were as intoxicated on authority as the
Catholics.
B) Science gained much because the Protestant dogma of the individual priesthood of the believer was
Consistent with the spirit of empiricism which was to investigate for oneself.
C) The role of the Reformation in Renaissance science remains subject to interpretation.
D) Science was fueled by the Reformation. It was the key factor in the development of modern science.

Question 8

According to the text, research on human anatomy flourished during the Renaissance in large part because

A) restrictions and prohibitions on certain scientific methods were reduced
B) new tools were invented
C) the Church commissioned work on dissection
D) research in other areas was stagnant

Question 9

Mathematics during the Renaissance

A) was largely derivative from other periods and thus unimaginative.
B) was regarded as relatively unimportant.
C) was almost nonexistent.
D) was original and distinctive and a subject of great interest.

Question 10

Development of the geocentric cosmology is attributed to ________, whereas the development of the
Heliocentric cosmology is attributed to ________.

A) Ptolemy . . . Luther
B) Copernicus . . . Kepler
C) Kepler . . . Galileo
D) Ptolemy . . . Copernicus.

Question 11

________ was the Polish astronomer often regarded as the founder of heliocentric theory and the author of On
The Revolution of the Celestial Spheres.

A) Nicolaus Copernicus
B) Johannes Kepler
C) Galileo Galilei
D) Leonardo da Vinci

Question 12

________ was the German astronomer and mathematician who added to heliocentric theory with his discovery
That the planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun.

A) Nicolaus Copernicus
B) Johannes Kepler
C) Galileo Galilei
D) Petrarch

Question 13

________ was the astronomer who was the first to systematically employ the telescope in the study of
Astronomy. With the telescope he discovered imperfections on the moon, rings of Saturn, moons of Jupiter,
And sunspots.

A) Nicolaus Copernicus
B) Johannes Kepler
C) Galileo Galilei
D) Leonardo da Vinci

Question 14

Astronomers' challenges of geocentric cosmology helped introduce empirical knowledge into a culture whose
Primary source of knowledge was

A) authority.
B) reason.
C) science.
D) aesthetics.

Question 15

________ found Medieval scholasticism to be limited and brought forward Greek and Roman concerns with
The immediate quality of this life.

A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Francesco Petrarch
C) Juan Luis Vives
D) Julius Caesar Scaliger

Question 16

________ was one of the first to emphasize a purely descriptive and objective social science that rejected
Moralistic approaches to human behavior.

A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Niccolo Machiavelli
C) Juan Luis Vives
D) Andreas Vesalius

Question 17

_____ provided an intellectual groundwork for modern social psychology

A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Niccolo Machiavelli
C) Juan Luis Vives
D) Andreas Vesalius

Question 18

One could reasonably argue, that in terms of methods employed and problems investigated, _____ is the true
Originator of modern psychology.

A) Juan Luis Vives
B) Paracelsus
C) Martin Luther
D) Andreas Vesalius

Question 19

________ was deeply interested in the functions and workings of memory; he also investigated such topics as
Association and learning.

A) Francesco Petrarch
B) Juan Luis Vives
C) Girolamo Savanarola
D) Paracelsus

Question 20

________ gained a place in the history of psychology predominantly due to his contributions to knowledge of the senses, particularly the anatomical, physiological, physical, geometrical, and psychological properties of
Vision.

A) Paracelsus
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Juan Luis Vives
D) Niccolo Machiavelli

Question 21

________
Argued against demonology and for harmony with nature, and also believed in an interplay between mental and physical health.

A) Paracelsus
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Juan Luis Vives
D) Niccolo Machiavel

Question 22

The expression Renaissance Person is used to describe

A) any person who has had a religious or political rebirth.
B) any person who displays old fashioned attitudes.
C) a versatile person with knowledge in many areas.
D) a thinker with a narrow perspective.

Question 23

_____ contributed to our understanding of visual perception, including his work describing effects of contrast and perspective on perception

A) Paracelsus
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Juan Luis Vives
D) Niccolo Machiavelli

Question 24

The expression Renaissance Humanism refers to

A) the denial that God plays any role at all in the world.
B) new interest in human anatomy, human problems, secular music, etc.
C) the denial of the existence of God.
D) agnosticism.

Question 25

The founder of modern skepticism was

A) Montaigne.
B) Descartes.
C) Bacon.
D) Hobbes.

Question 26

In "Apology for Raimond Sebond," Montaigne attacks those who claim knowledge based in

A) reason
B) experience
C) both a and b
D) none of the above

Question 27

The original human malady according to Montaigne is

A) original sin or the obsession with sexuality.
B) original sin interpreted as the quest for knowledge .
C) timidity.
D) presumption, arrogance, or unjustified vanity.

Question 28

When comparing humans and animals, Montaigne argued that

A) humans are intellectually, but not morally superior to animals.
B) humans are intellectually and morally superior to animals.
C) humans are superior to animals in all ways.
D) there are no grounds for our claims that we are superior to the animals.

Question 29

Which of the following is true of the claims of the text regarding Montaigne's influence?

A) his influence pervaded three centuries and four continents and he had extensive influence on subsequent
Philosophers
B) he had almost no influence during his life, but 100 years after his death his works were rediscovered
C) He was influential in Protestant but not Catholic countries
D) He was influential during his life, but his ideas quickly lost favor after he died

Question 30

According to Montaigne, children should find learning and education to be

A) pleasurable
B) painful
C) irritating
D) cruel

Question 31

Montaigne would most likely endorse which of the following statements

A) "Faith should be justified through reason"
B) "Strive for perfection in all you do"
C) "Rely on habit and tradition to guide your actions"
D) "Appreciate life, but question and critique your experiences"

Question 32

Oliva Sabuco, a Renaissance Spanish scholar and apparent author of New Philosophy on the Nature of Man,
Emphasized the importance of

A) unconscious processes.
B) equilibrium or balance as a key to health.
C) challenging authority.
D) history as a theory of progress.

Question 33

This Renaissance scholar was one of the first to write on individual differences, aptitude and temperament. He
Was

A) Thomas Aquinas.
B) Paracelsus.
C) Juan Huarte.
D) Machiavelli.

Question 34

The Renaissance period served as a foundation for all of the following EXCEPT

A) advances in philosophical epistemology
B) intellectual advancement through technology and discovery
C) questioning authority
D) advancements in the social status of all genders