Exam 1: Famous Works and Achievements of the Renaissance ERA

'Paradise Los't is the work of …………………..

…………………….wrote a series of love sonnets to "Laura".

………………… wrote "his racy stories in Italian", the Decameron.

The Renaissance had its origin in……………

"The Last Supper" is connected with …………………

Book of Common Prayers was the work of …………………….

'Praise of Folly' was written by ………..

Michelangelo, great sculptor, painter and architect had many achievements to his credit, among which his statue of 'David' at…………, is a masterpiece of classical dignity.

Whose most excellent painting is the grand fresco of 'The Last Judgement' in the same chapel?

Galileo was an …………… astronomer

Printing press was set up in 1477 in England by ……………

'Faerie Queen' is the work of ………………

………..was credited with discovering 'the law of gravitation'.

……………..fashioned the statue of 'Perseus and the slain Medusa'.

Desiderius Erasmus was the greatest Renaissance scholar in ……………..

In the 13th century, ……………..laid the foundations of modern science, by insisting on the experimental method, and discovered the uses of gunpowder and the magnifying lens.

…………….created the lifelike statue of 'St. Mark' in Venice.

Who wrote the book 'The Waning of the Middle Ages'?

……………..wrote 'The Divine Comedy in Italian rather than Latin.

In England…………..'s Utopia appeared in English in 1551.