Question 1

The emphasis on the past in Renaissance Italy

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A) ​indicated the humanists' belief that the ancients had the same worldly concerns as they did. 
B) ​meant that humanists identified completely with antiquity. 
C) ​signaled support for the clerical learning of the medieval period. 
D) ​was undertaken for philosophical purposes only, rather than answering practical questions. 
E) all of the above 
A) ​indicated the humanists' belief that the ancients had the same worldly concerns as they did. 
B) ​meant that humanists identified completely with antiquity. 
C) ​signaled support for the clerical learning of the medieval period. 
D) ​was undertaken for philosophical purposes only, rather than answering practical questions. 
E) all of the above

Question 2

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 classical

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Classical refers to a style, form, or ap

Question 3

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).   
 Locate and label the country in which the following individuals lived and worked: Erasmus, Sir Thomas More, Montaigne, Rabelais, Jiménez, Shakespeare, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Gutenberg, and Petrarch.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 4

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Was the new Renaissance image of human beings created by humanists compatible with contemporary ideas about women? Why or why not?

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The new Renaissance image of human being

Question 5

The central thesis of the Oration on the Dignity of Man was

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A) man's dignity comes from the fact that God loved man so intensely that he became human and died for his sins. 
B) a challenge to Papal authority after the disastrous fourteenth century. 
C) a defense of republican government against the threat posed by the condottieri . 
D) that God gave man the freedom to shape his own being. 
E) that the human body was beautiful and should be portrayed in its natural state: nude. 
A) man's dignity comes from the fact that God loved man so intensely that he became human and died for his sins. 
B) a challenge to Papal authority after the disastrous fourteenth century. 
C) a defense of republican government against the threat posed by the condottieri . 
D) that God gave man the freedom to shape his own being. 
E) that the human body was beautiful and should be portrayed in its natural state: nude.

Question 6

The text states that individualism in Renaissance Italy

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A) included concern for the masses. 
B) was an ideal that was open to both men and women. 
C) included a drive to win fame and glory. 
D) was an ideal that was open to both rich and poor. 
E) all of the above 
A) included concern for the masses. 
B) was an ideal that was open to both men and women. 
C) included a drive to win fame and glory. 
D) was an ideal that was open to both rich and poor. 
E) all of the above

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Utopia

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Utopia is a term that refers to an imagi

Question 8

In The Prince , Machiavelli states that

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A) it is more important to know how politics and government actually operate than how ideally they should be run. 
B) a successful prince must be both wily and virtuous but must always appear virtuous even when he is not. 
C) religion was not the foundation of government but simply a useful tool. 
D) a new army comprised of citizens is necessary to free Italy of its invaders. 
E) all of the above 
A) it is more important to know how politics and government actually operate than how ideally they should be run. 
B) a successful prince must be both wily and virtuous but must always appear virtuous even when he is not. 
C) religion was not the foundation of government but simply a useful tool. 
D) a new army comprised of citizens is necessary to free Italy of its invaders. 
E) all of the above

Question 9

Patronage of the arts in Renaissance Italy served

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A) to manifest the power of the patron. 
B) as a focus of civic pride and patriotism. 
C) as a means to increase the diminishing prestige of the Papacy. 
D) to provide the trappings and justification of power. 
E) all of the above 
A) to manifest the power of the patron. 
B) as a focus of civic pride and patriotism. 
C) as a means to increase the diminishing prestige of the Papacy. 
D) to provide the trappings and justification of power. 
E) all of the above

Question 10

The word renaissance means

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A) investigate. 
B) rebirth. 
C) renewal. 
D) reconfiguration. 
E) reintroduction. 
A) investigate. 
B) rebirth. 
C) renewal. 
D) reconfiguration. 
E) reintroduction.

Question 11

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Italy to answer the question(s).   
 Locate and label the five major powers that emerged on the Italian peninsula: the kingdom of Naples and Sicily, the Papal States, Florence, Venice, and Milan.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 12

In addition to Venice, the main powers in fifteenth century Italy were

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A) Milan, Florence, and the kingdom of Naples and Sicily. 
B) Genoa, Siena, Rome, the Papal States, and Naples. 
C) Modena, Florence, the Papal States, Rome, and Naples. 
D) Milan, the Papal States, Florence, Rome, and the kingdom of Naples and Sicily. 
E) Rome and Florence. 
A) Milan, Florence, and the kingdom of Naples and Sicily. 
B) Genoa, Siena, Rome, the Papal States, and Naples. 
C) Modena, Florence, the Papal States, Rome, and Naples. 
D) Milan, the Papal States, Florence, Rome, and the kingdom of Naples and Sicily. 
E) Rome and Florence.

Question 13

In  The Instruction of a Christian Woman , Juan Vives argued that women

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A) should get the same education as men. 
B) should be protected from the new learning since their natural inclination toward religion. 
C) should receive a humanist education with the exception of rhetoric since women were not suited for leadership roles. 
D) possessed reason but did not possess the ability to use it effectively. 
E) presented the ideals of education and refinement toward which men should aspire. 
A) should get the same education as men. 
B) should be protected from the new learning since their natural inclination toward religion. 
C) should receive a humanist education with the exception of rhetoric since women were not suited for leadership roles. 
D) possessed reason but did not possess the ability to use it effectively. 
E) presented the ideals of education and refinement toward which men should aspire.

Question 14

Petrarch fostered Ciceronian values primarily by

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A) emphasizing the importance of rhetoric and moral philosophy. 
B) emphasizing the purity of classical Latin as opposed to medieval Latin. 
C) advocating the overthrow of the Holy Roman Emperor seen as another Julius Caesar. 
D) defending the republican form of government. 
E) rejecting Christianity and officially adopting Stoicism. 
A) emphasizing the importance of rhetoric and moral philosophy. 
B) emphasizing the purity of classical Latin as opposed to medieval Latin. 
C) advocating the overthrow of the Holy Roman Emperor seen as another Julius Caesar. 
D) defending the republican form of government. 
E) rejecting Christianity and officially adopting Stoicism.

Question 15

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 lay piety

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Lay piety refers to the religious devoti

Question 16

Which of the following statements concerning male humanists' views on women is NOT accurate?

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A) Sir Thomas More forbid his daughters from acquiring education. 
B) Erasmus advocated female education as a way to banish idleness at home. 
C) Juan Vives argued that women should be taught virtue and cheerful obedience to their husbands. 
D) Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim argued that women are not intellectually inferior to men. 
E) Humanists as a whole were decidedly antifeminist. 
A) Sir Thomas More forbid his daughters from acquiring education. 
B) Erasmus advocated female education as a way to banish idleness at home. 
C) Juan Vives argued that women should be taught virtue and cheerful obedience to their husbands. 
D) Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim argued that women are not intellectually inferior to men. 
E) Humanists as a whole were decidedly antifeminist.

Question 17

The Prince was written after Italy had fallen prey to which of the following two states?

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A) France and Spain 
B) The Ottoman Empire and France 
C) The Byzantine and Ottoman Empires 
D) Spain and the Turks 
E) France and the Holy Roman Empire 
A) France and Spain 
B) The Ottoman Empire and France 
C) The Byzantine and Ottoman Empires 
D) Spain and the Turks 
E) France and the Holy Roman Empire

Question 18

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What is meant by secularism in the Renaissance?

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Secularism in the Renaissance refers to

Question 19

Renaissance writers and artists seemed to be conscious of the novelty of their age by

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A) calling the centuries that separated them from antiquity, the "Dark Ages." 
B) consciously breaking with standard artistic and literary forms. 
C) emulating classical forms that had been forgotten for centuries. 
D) adopting a secularism virtually unknown in their time. 
E) all of the above 
A) calling the centuries that separated them from antiquity, the "Dark Ages." 
B) consciously breaking with standard artistic and literary forms. 
C) emulating classical forms that had been forgotten for centuries. 
D) adopting a secularism virtually unknown in their time. 
E) all of the above

Question 20

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What is the meaning of the term individualism in the Renaissance context? How was the individualism of the Renaissance incompatible with the medieval worldview?

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The term individualism in the Renaissanc

Exam 13: The Renaissance Transition to the Modern Age

The emphasis on the past in Renaissance Italy

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? classical

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the country in which the following individuals lived and worked: Erasmus, Sir Thomas More, Montaigne, Rabelais, Jiménez, Shakespeare, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Gutenberg, and Petrarch.

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Was the new Renaissance image of human beings created by humanists compatible with contemporary ideas about women? Why or why not?

The central thesis of the Oration on the Dignity of Man was

The text states that individualism in Renaissance Italy

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Utopia

In The Prince , Machiavelli states that

Patronage of the arts in Renaissance Italy served

The word renaissance means

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Italy to answer the question(s). Locate and label the five major powers that emerged on the Italian peninsula: the kingdom of Naples and Sicily, the Papal States, Florence, Venice, and Milan.

In addition to Venice, the main powers in fifteenth century Italy were

In The Instruction of a Christian Woman , Juan Vives argued that women

Petrarch fostered Ciceronian values primarily by

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? lay piety

Which of the following statements concerning male humanists' views on women is NOT accurate?

The Prince was written after Italy had fallen prey to which of the following two states?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What is meant by secularism in the Renaissance?

Renaissance writers and artists seemed to be conscious of the novelty of their age by

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What is the meaning of the term individualism in the Renaissance context? How was the individualism of the Renaissance incompatible with the medieval worldview?

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State Democratic Politics

Greek Thought From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire a World-State

Early Christianity a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome Byzantium Islam and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages Vitality and Enewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages Crisis and Dissolution

The Reformation the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment Reason and Reform

The French Revolution the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

Imperialism Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness New Views of Nature Human Nature and the Arts

World War I the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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