Deck 21: The Late European Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Question 1

Thomas Moore'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; the problem was with society, not the individual sinner.
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 1

stressed the responsibility of individuals to improve the societies in which they lived; the problem was with society, not the individual sinner.

Question 2

Who were the main role models for Renaissance humanists?

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

Answer 2

Classical Greco-Romans.

Question 3

What was the main emphasis of secularism?

A)It emphasized a spiritual renewal through education.
B)Secularism taught how to overcome original sin.
C)It was about the universal values of poverty and self-denial.
D)More attention was paid to worldly affairs and less attention to the eternal.
E)Secularism pushed a need to prepare for the afterlife.

Answer 3

More attention was paid to worldly affairs and less attention to the eternal.

Question 4

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 5

Erasmus had a tremendous impact on and his works were directed toward

A)the Protestant Church.
B)the government.
C)literary style.
D)Christian reformers.
E)all of the options are correct

Question 6

What message did Erasmus send in his work Praise of Folly ?

A)He wanted political reform.
B)He wanted religious reform.
C)He pressed for educational change.
D)He encouraged the use of vernacular literature.
E)He wanted a return to simple virtues.

Question 7

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 8

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 9

A common problem for late Middle Age European monarchs were

A)powerful and wealthy nobility.
B)wealthy merchants.
C)lax law enforcement.
D)peasant rebellions.
E)political legitimacy.

Question 10

The guilds of late Middle Age Europe benefitted which of the following?

A)monarchs
B)nobility
C)new urban apprentices
D)established master artisans
E)journeymen

Question 11

What material  was used to make the Doors of Paradise ?

A)Steel.
B)Bronze.
C)Marble.
D)Granite.
E)Copper.

Question 12

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.

Question 13

Which of these was not a dominant Renaissance value?

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

Question 14

What was the dispute in England that led to the War of the Roses?

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 15

How would you characterize the Renaissance?

A)It was more secular and anticlerical in northern Europe.
B)It was mainly a phenomenon affecting a relatively small number of urban residents.
C)The Renaissance was a movement given its name by people who experienced it directly.
D)The Renaissance began in northern Europe and spread to the rest of the world.
E)The Renaissance was a direct precursor of the Protestant Revolution.

Question 16

What was the purpose of the Magna Carta signed by England's John the First in the 13 ^th century?

A)English monarchs accepted that their powers were limited and they too were bound to the laws.
B)The Magna Carta helped establish a more centralized English monarchy.
C)The Magna Carta led directly to the War of the Roses.
D)It contributed to the country's losses in the Hundred Years' War.
E)It finally placed some minimal restraints on the unruly nobles.

Question 17

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 18

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 19

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)None of the options are correct.

Question 20

What would best describe the position of the Holy Roman Emperor in German politics?

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

Question 21

Who was the acknowledged leader in architecture and sculpture during the Renaissance?

A)Erasmus.
B)Michelangelo.
C)De Vinci.
D)Giotto.
E)Botticelli.

Question 22

Which of the following was NOT part of the theory of the state in Renaissance thinking?

A)Legitimacy.
B)Sovereignty.
C)Universal Suffrage.
D)Territory.
E)Possession of real estate.

Question 23

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 24

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

Question 25

Which of the following represents one of the greatest achievements of Renaissance painters?

A)Their development of large frescoes.
B)Their use of oil paints.
C)Their mastery of perspective.
D)Their invention of portrait painting.
E)Their use of water colors on large frescoes.

Question 26

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

Question 27

What was one of the new elements in Renaissance Italian city-state politics?

A)The preference for using fear rather than piety as a basis of government.
B)Using a professional army of mercenaries to control the peasants.
C)The concept of an absolute monarchy who ruled with divine approval.
D)The organized collection of taxes using government agents.
E)The concept of a secular state that existed independently of both ruler and ruled.

Question 28

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 29

What point of view did Niccolo Machiavelli take toward European governments in   The Prince ?

A)He wrote about governments in an idealized way.
B)He expressed his views on government in terms of the Bible.
C)He wrote from the perspective of the monarch.
D)He wrote about the governments as they were in reality.
E)None of the options are correct.

Question 30

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 31

After the liberation of Russia in the 1480s the ruler of Russia took on the title of ____________________, which is Slavic for Caesar.

Question 32

Which of the following best describes Renaissance art?

A)Traditional
B)Experimental
C)Modern
D)Gothic
E)None of the options are correct.

Question 33

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

Question 34

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

Question 35

A serf could runaway and be made free if he lived in a town and stayed out of trouble for a ____________________ and a day.

Question 36

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)Both B and C.

Question 37

____________________ was the most significant of the 15^th century English kings and founder of the Tudor Dynasty.

Question 38

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

Question 39

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

Question 40

The ____________________ was a political organization that existed independently of the ruler or the subject and possessed the three essential qualities of legitimacy, sovereignty, and territory.

Question 41

How did the lower classes rise up and gain some power in the Late Medieval Period?

Question 42

Term for identification: individualism

Question 43

Compare and contrast the Renaissance in the North and South of Italy.

Question 44

Term for identification: Thomas More

Question 45

Term for identification: Michelangelo

Question 46

Term for identification: Magna Carta

Question 47

How did the Renaissance affect political issues?

Question 48

What role did religion play in the Renaissance?

Question 49

Term for identification: Desiderius Erasmus

Question 50

Term for identification: witchcraft

Question 51

Term for identification: Petrarch

Question 52

Elaborate on the significant art, literature, and architecture of the Renaissance.

Question 53

Term for identification: Niccolo Machiavelli

Question 54

Term for identification: secularism

Question 55

Explain why the Renaissance began in Italy.

Question 56

Term for identification: Louis XI