Question 1

Which of the following changed Florence's tradition of government in the hands of wealthy merchants in 1494?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Venetian Doge 
B)  A reform-minded preacher 
C)  The pope 
D)  An open election by all of the city guilds 
E)  None of these. 
A)  The Venetian Doge 
B)  A reform-minded preacher 
C)  The pope 
D)  An open election by all of the city guilds 
E)  None of these.

Question 2

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Emmanuel Chrysoloras

Accepted Answer

Important Greek scholar who in

Question 3

Discuss the causes and impact of the War of Chioggia?

Accepted Answer

For over one hundred years there was com

Question 4

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Richard III

Accepted Answer

King of England after his youn

Question 5

The Hanseatic League was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  an association of German merchants in various outposts in the Baltics and Scandinavia 
B)  an alliance of principalities within the Holy Roman Empire who opposed Sigismund 
C)  a confederation of humanist scholars who tried to separate the empire from its affiliation with the Catholic Church 
D)  a group of Germanic princes who sought to enforce their rule over the northern Italian city-states 
E)  None of these. 
A)  an association of German merchants in various outposts in the Baltics and Scandinavia 
B)  an alliance of principalities within the Holy Roman Empire who opposed Sigismund 
C)  a confederation of humanist scholars who tried to separate the empire from its affiliation with the Catholic Church 
D)  a group of Germanic princes who sought to enforce their rule over the northern Italian city-states 
E)  None of these.

Question 6

Machiavelli's most influential work was entitled ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Prince 
B)  The Courtier 
C)  The Courtesan 
D)  The Vendetta 
E)  Sonnets 
A)  The Prince 
B)  The Courtier 
C)  The Courtesan 
D)  The Vendetta 
E)  Sonnets

Question 7

In Venice, only patrician men were allowed to wear the red gowns known as giubba .

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Who won the War of Chioggia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Naples 
B)  Venice 
C)  Rome 
D)  Florence 
E)  Genoa 
A)  Naples 
B)  Venice 
C)  Rome 
D)  Florence 
E)  Genoa

Question 9

One of the most popular forms of literature in England was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Petrarchian sonnets 
B)  Arthurian legends 
C)  utopianism 
D)  Christian humanist debates 
E)  None of these. 
A)  Petrarchian sonnets 
B)  Arthurian legends 
C)  utopianism 
D)  Christian humanist debates 
E)  None of these.

Question 10

The final showdown for power among the English royal factions, which installed the Tudor dynasty, was at ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Hastings 
B)  Bosworth Field 
C)  Calais 
D)  Crécy 
E)  Kent 
A)  Hastings 
B)  Bosworth Field 
C)  Calais 
D)  Crécy 
E)  Kent

Question 11

How did the Medici come to power in Florence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Through the distribution of favors 
B)  By military conquest 
C)  By papal decree 
D)  By royal decree 
E)  Through democratic election 
A)  Through the distribution of favors 
B)  By military conquest 
C)  By papal decree 
D)  By royal decree 
E)  Through democratic election

Question 12

Which of the following was not a fear that stemmed from the production of a Bible in the vernacular (common language)?

Accepted Answer

A)  That laity would not rely on the church for spiritual guidance 
B)  That availability of the Bible would lead to a call for more schools and universities 
C)  That laity would read but not correctly understand the Bible 
D)  That women might get out of line if they were able to read the Bible 
E)  That it would alienate people from religion altogether in the face of new studies in philosophy 
A)  That laity would not rely on the church for spiritual guidance 
B)  That availability of the Bible would lead to a call for more schools and universities 
C)  That laity would read but not correctly understand the Bible 
D)  That women might get out of line if they were able to read the Bible 
E)  That it would alienate people from religion altogether in the face of new studies in philosophy

Question 13

Sumptuary laws regulated ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  furniture 
B)  alcohol 
C)  food 
D)  clothing 
E)  All of these. 
A)  furniture 
B)  alcohol 
C)  food 
D)  clothing 
E)  All of these.

Question 14

Masters, such as Giotto, who created religious art were not deemed artists, but ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  artisans 
B)  craftsmen 
C)  clients 
D)  apprentices 
E)  None of these. 
A)  artisans 
B)  craftsmen 
C)  clients 
D)  apprentices 
E)  None of these.

Question 15

How did papacy deal with threats to its power during the Renaissance period?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The papacy was, of co

Question 16

The maritime republics of Venice and Genoa went to war with each other four times over ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  claims of territory for trade 
B)  monopolies on certain luxury goods 
C)  refusal to engage in price-setting accords 
D)  trying to undercut one another in Constantinople 
E)  being the chief purveyor of goods to the papacy 
A)  claims of territory for trade 
B)  monopolies on certain luxury goods 
C)  refusal to engage in price-setting accords 
D)  trying to undercut one another in Constantinople 
E)  being the chief purveyor of goods to the papacy

Question 17

Typical furniture for a family of modest means in the fourteenth century would have included all of the following except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  one or two beds for the family 
B)  a common table used for work and dining 
C)  a stool or bench 
D)  a cabinet for clothing 
E)  a chest for storage 
A)  one or two beds for the family 
B)  a common table used for work and dining 
C)  a stool or bench 
D)  a cabinet for clothing 
E)  a chest for storage

Question 18

Lorenzo Valla ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  proved the Donation of Constantine was a forgery 
B)  wrote The Prince 
C)  experimented with linear perspective 
D)  translated the New Testament into Greek 
E)  brought the works of Aristotle to Milan 
A)  proved the Donation of Constantine was a forgery 
B)  wrote The Prince 
C)  experimented with linear perspective 
D)  translated the New Testament into Greek 
E)  brought the works of Aristotle to Milan

Question 19

Florence became a center of Greek revival because manuscripts arrived there from ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Greece 
B)  Paris 
C)  the Ottoman Empire 
D)  Macedonia 
E)  Damascus 
A)  Greece 
B)  Paris 
C)  the Ottoman Empire 
D)  Macedonia 
E)  Damascus

Question 20

How were Italian states governed during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Almost all political

Exam 12: The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Which of the following changed Florence's tradition of government in the hands of wealthy merchants in 1494?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Emmanuel Chrysoloras

Discuss the causes and impact of the War of Chioggia?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Richard III

The Hanseatic League was ______________.

Machiavelli's most influential work was entitled ______________.

In Venice, only patrician men were allowed to wear the red gowns known as giubba .

Who won the War of Chioggia?

One of the most popular forms of literature in England was ______________.

The final showdown for power among the English royal factions, which installed the Tudor dynasty, was at ______________.

How did the Medici come to power in Florence?

Which of the following was not a fear that stemmed from the production of a Bible in the vernacular (common language)?

Sumptuary laws regulated ______________.

Masters, such as Giotto, who created religious art were not deemed artists, but ______________.

How did papacy deal with threats to its power during the Renaissance period?

The maritime republics of Venice and Genoa went to war with each other four times over ______________.

Typical furniture for a family of modest means in the fourteenth century would have included all of the following except ______________.

Lorenzo Valla ______________.

Florence became a center of Greek revival because manuscripts arrived there from ______________.

How were Italian states governed during the Renaissance?

The Origins of the West in the Ancient Near East

Iron Age Civilizations

The Rise of Greek Civilization

From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

The Rise of Rome

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

The Eastern Mediterranean

The Kingdoms of Western Europe

The High Middle Ages

Reversals and Disasters

Europes Age of Expansion

Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

State Building and the European State System

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Trade and Empire

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe

Industrialization and Society

The Triumph of the Nation-State

The Culture of Industrial Europe

The Age of Imperialism

War and Revolution

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments

Democracy Under Siege

Europe Divided

Lifting the Iron Curtain

Europe in a Globalizing World

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