Question 1

Which Dutch artist is best known for his quiet scenes of ordinary domestic life?

Accepted Answer

A)  van Dyck 
B)  Rubens 
C)  Vermeer 
D)  Sweelinck 
A)  van Dyck 
B)  Rubens 
C)  Vermeer 
D)  Sweelinck C

Question 2

What was the Ptolemaic view of the Universe and why was this view supported by the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

The Ptolemaic view of the Universe held that the Earth lay at its center. The Copernican model of the Universe was heliocentric (Sun-centered). The church favored the former view because it underscored the primacy of humanity as God's creation and was in accord with the Biblical descriptions of the movements of the Sun.

Question 3

What was the name of the predominant European art style of the 1600s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Renaissance 
B)  Baroque 
C)  Rococo 
D)  Arcadian 
A)  Renaissance 
B)  Baroque 
C)  Rococo 
D)  Arcadian B

Question 4

Who was the most important Italian sculptor of the Baroque Age?

Accepted Answer

A)  Borromini 
B)  Bernini 
C)  Brunelleschi 
D)  Gentileschi 
A)  Borromini 
B)  Bernini 
C)  Brunelleschi 
D)  Gentileschi

Question 5

Who designed the colonnaded piazza added to St. Peter's Basilica?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bramante 
B)  Borromini 
C)  Bernini 
D)  Maderno. 
A)  Bramante 
B)  Borromini 
C)  Bernini 
D)  Maderno.

Question 6

Who was Rubens' assistant before beginning his own career as an artist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Heinrich Schütz 
B)  Annibale Carracci 
C)  Diego Velázquez 
D)  Anthony van Dyck 
A)  Heinrich Schütz 
B)  Annibale Carracci 
C)  Diego Velázquez 
D)  Anthony van Dyck

Question 7

Which German-born composer achieved his greatest success in London, became an English citizen, and wrote Italian operas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bach 
B)  Handel 
C)  Schütz 
D)  Buxtehude 
A)  Bach 
B)  Handel 
C)  Schütz 
D)  Buxtehude

Question 8

Which German composer worked for 27 years as the music director at a church school?

Accepted Answer

A)  Johann Sebastian Bach 
B)  Georg Frederic Handel 
C)  Heinrich Schütz 
D)  Jean Philippe Rameau 
A)  Johann Sebastian Bach 
B)  Georg Frederic Handel 
C)  Heinrich Schütz 
D)  Jean Philippe Rameau

Question 9

Who was the creator of French Baroque comedy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Racine 
B)  Molière 
C)  Corneille 
D)  Rameau 
A)  Racine 
B)  Molière 
C)  Corneille 
D)  Rameau

Question 10

This female contemporary of Caravaggio was famous for her dramatic paintings of Biblical scenes.

Accepted Answer

A)  Annibale Carracci 
B)  Artemesia Gentileschi 
C)  René Lorrain 
D)  Jan Sweelinck 
A)  Annibale Carracci 
B)  Artemesia Gentileschi 
C)  René Lorrain 
D)  Jan Sweelinck

Question 11

Who was Antonio Vivaldi? What was his major achievement?

Accepted Answer

Vivaldi was a Venetian composer. He pion

Question 12

What was the name of the religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Army of Christ 
B)  the Spanish Inquisition 
C)  the Society of Jesus, "Jesuits" 
D)  Soldiers of the Cross 
A)  the Army of Christ 
B)  the Spanish Inquisition 
C)  the Society of Jesus, "Jesuits" 
D)  Soldiers of the Cross

Question 13

What is generally considered to be the greatest epic poem in English of the 1600s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Canonization 
B)  Paradise Lost 
C)  On the Wounds of Our Crucified Lord 
D)  Leviathan 
A)  The Canonization 
B)  Paradise Lost 
C)  On the Wounds of Our Crucified Lord 
D)  Leviathan

Question 14

Which of the following statements about the musical form known as opera is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It originated in Florence. 
B)  It sought to recreate the dramatic power of Greek tragedy. 
C)  It relied heavily on monody. 
D)  The musicians who developed opera considered the sung text to be secondary to the music. 
A)  It originated in Florence. 
B)  It sought to recreate the dramatic power of Greek tragedy. 
C)  It relied heavily on monody. 
D)  The musicians who developed opera considered the sung text to be secondary to the music.

Question 15

Which term designates the musical form in which a single theme is passed from voice to voice or instrument to instrument?

Accepted Answer

A)  oratorio 
B)  chorale variations 
C)  fugue 
D)  sonata 
A)  oratorio 
B)  chorale variations 
C)  fugue 
D)  sonata

Question 16

Which work is considered the greatest novel in the Spanish language?

Accepted Answer

A)  Il Gesù 
B)  Tartuffe 
C)  Don Quixote 
D)  La Primavera 
A)  Il Gesù 
B)  Tartuffe 
C)  Don Quixote 
D)  La Primavera

Question 17

According to Hobbes, what do laws protect people from?

Accepted Answer

A)  the government 
B)  human greed and aggression 
C)  the church 
D)  foreign influences 
A)  the government 
B)  human greed and aggression 
C)  the church 
D)  foreign influences

Question 18

What term refers to a kind of reasoning-crucial to the scientific method-that arrives at conclusions on the basis of specific examples?

Accepted Answer

A)  metaphysical 
B)  materialist 
C)  deduction 
D)  induction 
A)  metaphysical 
B)  materialist 
C)  deduction 
D)  induction

Question 19

Who wrote Paradise Lost , an account of Adam and Eve intended to "justify the ways of God to men"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Donne 
B)  Milton 
C)  Locke 
D)  Molière 
A)  Donne 
B)  Milton 
C)  Locke 
D)  Molière

Question 20

What was the response of the Roman Catholic Church to Protestant criticism of its belief in purgatory, transubstantiation, and celibacy for the clergy? What is meant by the doctrine of "transubstantiation"?

Accepted Answer

To defend against the surge of Reformist

Exam 15: The Seventeenth Century

Which Dutch artist is best known for his quiet scenes of ordinary domestic life?

What was the Ptolemaic view of the Universe and why was this view supported by the Catholic Church?

What was the name of the predominant European art style of the 1600s?

Who was the most important Italian sculptor of the Baroque Age?

Who designed the colonnaded piazza added to St. Peter's Basilica?

Who was Rubens' assistant before beginning his own career as an artist?

Which German-born composer achieved his greatest success in London, became an English citizen, and wrote Italian operas?

Which German composer worked for 27 years as the music director at a church school?

Who was the creator of French Baroque comedy?

This female contemporary of Caravaggio was famous for her dramatic paintings of Biblical scenes.

Who was Antonio Vivaldi? What was his major achievement?

What was the name of the religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola?

What is generally considered to be the greatest epic poem in English of the 1600s?

Which of the following statements about the musical form known as opera is NOT true?

Which term designates the musical form in which a single theme is passed from voice to voice or instrument to instrument?

Which work is considered the greatest novel in the Spanish language?

According to Hobbes, what do laws protect people from?

What term refers to a kind of reasoning-crucial to the scientific method-that arrives at conclusions on the basis of specific examples?

Who wrote Paradise Lost , an account of Adam and Eve intended to "justify the ways of God to men"?

What was the response of the Roman Catholic Church to Protestant criticism of its belief in purgatory, transubstantiation, and celibacy for the clergy? What is meant by the doctrine of "transubstantiation"?

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The Fourteenth Century a Time of Transition

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The High Renaissance in Italy

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