Deck 5: The Renaissance

Question 1

All of the following are true regarding the Renaissance period EXCEPT

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

Answer 1

There was a improvement in the social status of women.

Question 2

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)Paracelus
C)Martin Luther
D)Andreas Vesalius

Answer 2

Juan Luis Vives

Question 3

___________ 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

Answer 3

Juan Luis Vives

Question 4

_________ 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)Niccolò Machiavelli

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

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 7

_________ 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)Niccolò Machiavelli

Question 8

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 9

The founder of modern skepticism was

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

Question 10

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 11

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 12

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 animals

Question 13

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 14

According to Montaigne children should find learning and education to be

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

Question 15

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 16

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 17

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)Niccolò Machiavelli

Question 18

____________ provided an intellectual groundwork for modern social psychology.

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

Question 19

_________ 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)Niccolò Machiavelli
C)Juan Luis Vives
D)Andreas Vesalius

Question 20

_____________ found medieval scholasticism to be limited and brought forward Greek and Roman concerrns with the immediate quality of this life.

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

Question 21

____________ was known as the founder of Renaissance humanism and was obsessed with the rediscovery of the Greek and Roman classics.

A)Francesco Petrarch
B)Leonardo da Vinci
C)Galileo Galilei
D)Juan Luis Vives

Question 22

____________ viewed vision as the most important sense and as the instrument of human knowledge.

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

Question 23

The term Renaissance means

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

Question 24

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

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

Question 25

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

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

Question 26

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 27

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 28

The key figure in the initiation of the Reformation was

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

Question 29

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
B)Catholics.
C)Science gained much because the Protestant dogma of the individual priesthood of the believer was
D)consistent with the spirit of empiricism which was to investigate for oneself.
E)The role of the Reformation in Renaissance science remains subject to interpretation.
F) Science was fueled by the Reformation. It was the key factor in the development of modern science.

Question 30

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 dissections
D)research in other areas was stagnant

Question 31

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 32

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 33

___________ 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 34

___________ was the German astronomer and mathematician who added to the 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 35

_________ 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 36

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 37

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