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

Chapter 10: A New Spirit in the West

True or False Quiz

1
Renaissance thinkers used medieval texts to reinforce traditional ideals of authority and a hierarchical social order.
A)True
B)False
2
The Italians' proximity to classical traditions provided an important stimulus for Renaissance ideas.
A)True
B)False
3
The Renaissance encouraged active participation in public affairs.
A)True
B)False
4
The humanism of the Renaissance led to a flowering of education, but women were prohibited from reading and learning.
A)True
B)False
5
The church reinforced religious themes by patronizing the arts.
A)True
B)False
6
North African Muslims are credited with the invention of bronze type, which transformed printing technology.
A)True
B)False
7
Principalities were ruled by the medieval institution of city communes.
A)True
B)False
8
Cosimo emulated Caesar Augustus, enhancing his own power while maintaining the appearance of a republican government.
A)True
B)False
9
Naples was ruled by the militaristic Visconti and Sforza dynasties.
A)True
B)False
10
Popes in the Renaissance period often succumbed to the worldly pressures of family life and granted relatives favors and positions within the papal government.
A)True
B)False
11
Machiavelli insisted that the most important virtues of leaders were charity and generosity.
A)True
B)False
12
Legislation requiring prostitutes to wear special clothing improved these women's position within Florentine society.
A)True
B)False
13
The humanism of the Renaissance led to greater tolerance of Jews in the fifteenth century.
A)True
B)False
14
The development of banking had been impeded in the Middle Ages by Christian prejudices against money-lending practices.
A)True
B)False
15
Muslim and Greek Orthodox slaves were replaced by sub-Saharan Africans as the Portuguese entered the slave trade.
A)True
B)False
16
Renaissance marriages were based upon a combination of medieval ideals of courtly love and Renaissance ideas about individualism rather than family alliances.
A)True
B)False
17
Renaissance families prepared their children for hardship by depriving them of sleep and feeding them poorly.
A)True
B)False
18
Most Renaissance artists came from wealthy families who could support such a career.
A)True
B)False
19
Renaissance architecture demonstrated classical influence in its emphasis on human form and proportions.
A)True
B)False
20
Leonardo da Vinci's interests ranged from painting and machines to human anatomy.
A)True
B)False
21
As French rulers expanded across the Alps, they were exposed to the ideas and aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance.
A)True
B)False
22
During the Renaissance, paper steadily replaced parchment as a printing medium.
A)True
B)False
23
During the Renaissance, Arabic numerals steadily replaced Roman numerals, facilitating higher orders of calculations.
A)True
B)False
Sherman: The West in the World, Fourth Edition
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