The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 10: A New Spirit in the West

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Petrarch exemplified the Renaissance interest in the classics by writing letters to
A)Giotto.
B)Livy.
C)Caesar Augustus.
D)Alberti.
2
Proximity to the ancient ruins and texts, political instability, and ________ acted as catalysts to the rise of Renaissance ideas in Italy.
A)individualism
B)humanism
C)economic prosperity
D)the plague
3
The Renaissance was mostly secular because
A)it took place within churches and monasteries.
B)its primary opponents were antireligious.
C)it emphasized applying its ideas to this world, not the next.
D)it emphasized an accurate view of the world.
4
________ formed the basis of an ideal Renaissance education.
A)Grammar
B)The humanities
C)The arts
D)Rhetoric
5
Humanist scholarship and the arts of the Renaissance
A)were the achievements of determined young men.
B)suffered because of the lack of patronage.
C)were made possible by patronage.
D)would not have existed without the patronage of the church.
6
The success of the printing press in Europe in part depended upon
A)skilled scribes.
B)the study of classical texts.
C)the Carolingian minuscule.
D)paper-making technology.
7
The two general categories of Italian city-state governments were
A)republics and principalities.
B)republics and communes.
C)communes and principalities.
D)principalities and hereditary monarchies.
8
After Lorenzo's death, the city of Florence
A)was invaded by French armies.
B)became a principality under the leadership of Savonarola.
C)was governed by a commune.
D)became a hereditary monarchy.
9
Venice enjoyed stability and prosperity under the rule of
A)a prince.
B)a monk.
C)the doge.
D)the Medici dynasty.
10
The Visconti family's strategy for rule in Milan emphasized
A)trade.
B)pious living.
C)individualism.
D)military strength.
11
Pope Julius II made Rome a cultural hub by hiring artists like
A)Platina.
B)Machiavelli.
C)Michelangelo.
D)Brunelleschi.
12
Most people during the Renaissance blamed ________ for the rise in crime.
A)famine and the plague
B)corrupt rulers
C)Jews
D)wanderers and vagabonds
13
The largest exodus of Jews during the Renaissance took place in
A)Vienna in 1421.
B)German cities.
C)Poland and Russia.
D)Spain in 1492.
14
Florence's silk trade boomed with the
A)arrival of silkworms from China.
B)arrival of the Chinese silk loom.
C)rise of banking.
D)rise of Venetian trade.
15
Slavery appears to have been reintroduced in Europe during the Renaissance
A)to meet the labor shortages in agriculture.
B)to meet the labor shortages in industry.
C)to meet demands for domestic help.
D)because of the bubonic plague.
16
Families who could not afford dowries for their daughters
A)encouraged them to enter convents.
B)took out loans from the public dowry fund.
C)arranged marriages with wealthy families.
D)did not feed them well.
17
Child-raising techniques differed in which of the following ways for boys and girls?
A)Marriages for boys were arranged at an early age.
B)Marriages for girls were arranged at an early age.
C)Girls were well-fed and well-dressed in comparison to boys.
D)Boys were sent to wet nurses.
18
Architects during the Renaissance period
A)were rarely trained in the craft of architecture.
B)received special training in architectural workshops.
C)followed Gothic models.
D)did not depend upon patrons.
19
Raphael combined ________ in his paintings.
A)two- and three-dimensional perspectives
B)portraiture and linear perspectives
C)realism and religious themes
D)illusion and mathematical ratios
20
Leonardo gained his knowledge of human anatomy by
A)studying Renaissance architecture that was based upon human form and proportion.
B)dissecting cadavers.
C)reading the classics.
D)sketching classical sculpture.
21
Among the famous Renaissance figures brought to the French court was
A)Castiglione.
B)Rabelais.
C)Machiavelli.
D)Leonardo da Vinci.
22
The South Bank of London was famous for its crime, its prostitution, and
A)the home of Thomas More.
B)St. Paul's Cathedral.
C)the school attended by Shakespeare.
D)the Globe theater.
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