Question 1

Many Northerners were predisposed to finding moral implications in decorative art to

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A) save it from destruction. 
B) increase its value. 
C) make it more interesting. 
D) justify owning it. 
A) save it from destruction. 
B) increase its value. 
C) make it more interesting. 
D) justify owning it.

Question 2

In both Melancholia I and Adam and Eve,light represents

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A) divine grace. 
B) innocence. 
C) Inspiration. 
D) Knowledge. 
A) divine grace. 
B) innocence. 
C) Inspiration. 
D) Knowledge.

Question 3

Explain how the Reformation might never have occurred without the invention of the printing press.

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The invention of the printing press play

Question 4

Martin Luther rejected the Church's doctrine that good deeds and work lead to salvation,because he believed that

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A) God elected people at birth to be saved or damned. 
B) infant baptism guaranteed salvation. 
C) faith alone would provide salvation. 
D) shunning evil and being moral brought salvation. 
A) God elected people at birth to be saved or damned. 
B) infant baptism guaranteed salvation. 
C) faith alone would provide salvation. 
D) shunning evil and being moral brought salvation.

Question 5

The Roman Catholic Church condemned François Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel for

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A) being a frivolous work of fiction. 
B) attacking medieval theology's dogmas and sacraments. 
C) glorifying Martin Luther's ideas about reforming the Church. 
D) including violence and bawdy humor. 
A) being a frivolous work of fiction. 
B) attacking medieval theology's dogmas and sacraments. 
C) glorifying Martin Luther's ideas about reforming the Church. 
D) including violence and bawdy humor.

Question 6

After the advent of the printing press,continental Europe's best-selling author was

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A) Martin Luther. 
B) François Rabelais. 
C) William Tyndale. 
D) Hartmann Schedel. 
A) Martin Luther. 
B) François Rabelais. 
C) William Tyndale. 
D) Hartmann Schedel.

Question 7

Identify and explain at least three reasons Martin Luther and other Protestants cited to support their anti-Semitic views.

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There are several reasons that Martin Lu

Question 8

Albrecht Dürer's popular and much reproduced The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse can be viewed as symbolizing the events of late-fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Western Europe.List the four horsemen,and describe at least two of that period's events that correspond with the horsemen.

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The four horsemen in Albrecht Dürer's Th

Question 9

Michel de Montaigne invented the

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A) personal essay. 
B) short story. 
C) memoir. 
D) journal. 
A) personal essay. 
B) short story. 
C) memoir. 
D) journal.

Question 10

Why was mid-sixteenth-century Geneva known as "a paradise for women"?

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A) Women were permitted to hold public office in Geneva. 
B) Geneva men who beat their wives were severely punished. 
C) Women were encouraged to attend the University of Geneva. 
D) John Calvin decreed that women were equal in every way to men. 
A) Women were permitted to hold public office in Geneva. 
B) Geneva men who beat their wives were severely punished. 
C) Women were encouraged to attend the University of Geneva. 
D) John Calvin decreed that women were equal in every way to men.

Question 11

Explain how the North's "new," post-Reformation art evolved to overcome the Protestant objection to religious art.

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The North's "new," post-Reformation art

Question 12

In Adam and Eve,Dürer includes a cat at Eve's feet ready to pounce on a mouse at Adam's feet.Explain the symbolism of that small portion of his engraving in relation to the entire work's theme.

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The inclusion of the cat and mouse in Dü

Question 13

Compare Luther's ideas about reform with Thomas Müntzer's.

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Luther and Müntzer were both influential

Question 14

In retaliation against Protestant simplicity,Roman Catholics increased the elaborateness of their churches to

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A) provide charitable employment for architects and artists. 
B) make the Protestant churches seem emotionally empty. 
C) lure the wealthy middle class into returning to Catholicism. 
D) show that the Reformation had not affected the Catholics. 
A) provide charitable employment for architects and artists. 
B) make the Protestant churches seem emotionally empty. 
C) lure the wealthy middle class into returning to Catholicism. 
D) show that the Reformation had not affected the Catholics.

Question 15

Peter Aertsen painted the Holy Family in the background of The Meat Stall to

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A) make his graphic painting seem more acceptable. 
B) remind viewers to give thanks to God for their prosperity. 
C) chide viewers for attending to the material instead of the spiritual. 
D) equate animal slaughter with Christ's crucifixion. 
A) make his graphic painting seem more acceptable. 
B) remind viewers to give thanks to God for their prosperity. 
C) chide viewers for attending to the material instead of the spiritual. 
D) equate animal slaughter with Christ's crucifixion.

Question 16

Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament into vernacular German was significant because,with it,people

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A) could own their own copy of the New Testament. 
B) no longer had to depend on the Church for biblical interpretation. 
C) no longer had to learn Latin to read the Bible. 
D) no longer felt the need to attend Church services. 
A) could own their own copy of the New Testament. 
B) no longer had to depend on the Church for biblical interpretation. 
C) no longer had to learn Latin to read the Bible. 
D) no longer felt the need to attend Church services.

Question 17

The first major work that Johannes Gutenberg published using his printing press was

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A) Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses. 
B) Desiderius Erasmus's In Praise of Folly. 
C) Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. 
D) The Forty-Two Line Bible. 
A) Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses. 
B) Desiderius Erasmus's In Praise of Folly. 
C) Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. 
D) The Forty-Two Line Bible.

Question 18

Match between columns
                        Premises: Martin Luther
Albrecht Altdorfer
Fran c¸oisRabelais
Desiderius Erasmus
Michel de Montaigne
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Hartmann Schendel
Albrecht Dürer
Lucas Cranach the Elder

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The Answer of Gargantua and pantagruel and "Of Cannibals" and is...

Question 19

The Church excommunicated Martin Luther in 1521 for

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A) not appearing at the Diet of Worms. 
B) translating the Bible into German. 
C) marrying a former nun. 
D) heresy. 
A) not appearing at the Diet of Worms. 
B) translating the Bible into German. 
C) marrying a former nun. 
D) heresy.

Question 20

Why in his later years did Martin Luther claim that the Jews were devils and blasphemers?

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A) Like the Catholics,the Jews believed in good works leading to salvation. 
B) Many Jews were merchants,which Luther viewed as a sinful occupation. 
C) European Jews sympathized with Muslims,whom Luther called heretics. 
D) Jews did not willingly convert in great numbers to the reformed Christianity. 
A) Like the Catholics,the Jews believed in good works leading to salvation. 
B) Many Jews were merchants,which Luther viewed as a sinful occupation. 
C) European Jews sympathized with Muslims,whom Luther called heretics. 
D) Jews did not willingly convert in great numbers to the reformed Christianity.

Many Northerners were predisposed to finding moral implications in decorative art to

In both Melancholia I and Adam and Eve,light represents

Explain how the Reformation might never have occurred without the invention of the printing press.

Martin Luther rejected the Church's doctrine that good deeds and work lead to salvation,because he believed that

The Roman Catholic Church condemned François Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel for

After the advent of the printing press,continental Europe's best-selling author was

Identify and explain at least three reasons Martin Luther and other Protestants cited to support their anti-Semitic views.

Albrecht Dürer's popular and much reproduced The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse can be viewed as symbolizing the events of late-fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Western Europe.List the four horsemen,and describe at least two of that period's events that correspond with the horsemen.

Michel de Montaigne invented the

Why was mid-sixteenth-century Geneva known as "a paradise for women"?

Explain how the North's "new," post-Reformation art evolved to overcome the Protestant objection to religious art.

In Adam and Eve,Dürer includes a cat at Eve's feet ready to pounce on a mouse at Adam's feet.Explain the symbolism of that small portion of his engraving in relation to the entire work's theme.

Compare Luther's ideas about reform with Thomas Müntzer's.

In retaliation against Protestant simplicity,Roman Catholics increased the elaborateness of their churches to

Peter Aertsen painted the Holy Family in the background of The Meat Stall to

Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament into vernacular German was significant because,with it,people

The first major work that Johannes Gutenberg published using his printing press was

The Church excommunicated Martin Luther in 1521 for

Why in his later years did Martin Luther claim that the Jews were devils and blasphemers?

The Rise of Culture: From Forest to Farm

Mesopotamia: Power and Social Order in the Early Middle East

The Stability of Ancient Egypt: Flood and Sun

The Aegean World and the Rise of Greece: Trade,War,and Victory

Golden Age Athens and the Hellenic World: The School of Hellas

Rome: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty

Emerging Empires in the East: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty in China and India

The Flowering of Christianity: Faith and the Power of Belief in the Early First Millennium

The Rise and Spread of Islam: a New Religion

Fiefdom and Monastery, pilgrimage and Crusade: The Early Medieval World in Europe

Centers of Culture: Court and City in the Larger World

The Gothic Style: Faith and Knowledge in an Age of Inquiry

Siena and Florence in the Fourteenth Century: Toward a New Humanism

Florence and the Early Renaissance: Humanism in Italy

The High Renaissance in Rome and Venice: Papal Patronage and Civic Pride

The Renaissance in the North: Between Wealth and Want

Encounter and Confrontation: the Impact of Increasing Global Interaction

England in the Tudor Age: This Other Eden

The Early Counter-Reformation and Mannerism: Restraint and Invention

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Exam 17: The Reformation: a New Church and the Arts

Many Northerners were predisposed to finding moral implications in decorative art to

In both Melancholia I and Adam and Eve,light represents

Explain how the Reformation might never have occurred without the invention of the printing press.

Martin Luther rejected the Church's doctrine that good deeds and work lead to salvation,because he believed that

The Roman Catholic Church condemned François Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel for

After the advent of the printing press,continental Europe's best-selling author was

Identify and explain at least three reasons Martin Luther and other Protestants cited to support their anti-Semitic views.

Albrecht Dürer's popular and much reproduced The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse can be viewed as symbolizing the events of late-fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Western Europe.List the four horsemen,and describe at least two of that period's events that correspond with the horsemen.

Michel de Montaigne invented the

Why was mid-sixteenth-century Geneva known as "a paradise for women"?

Explain how the North's "new," post-Reformation art evolved to overcome the Protestant objection to religious art.

In Adam and Eve,Dürer includes a cat at Eve's feet ready to pounce on a mouse at Adam's feet.Explain the symbolism of that small portion of his engraving in relation to the entire work's theme.

Compare Luther's ideas about reform with Thomas Müntzer's.

In retaliation against Protestant simplicity,Roman Catholics increased the elaborateness of their churches to

Peter Aertsen painted the Holy Family in the background of The Meat Stall to

Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament into vernacular German was significant because,with it,people

The first major work that Johannes Gutenberg published using his printing press was

The Church excommunicated Martin Luther in 1521 for

Why in his later years did Martin Luther claim that the Jews were devils and blasphemers?

The Rise of Culture: From Forest to Farm

Mesopotamia: Power and Social Order in the Early Middle East

The Stability of Ancient Egypt: Flood and Sun

The Aegean World and the Rise of Greece: Trade,War,and Victory

Golden Age Athens and the Hellenic World: The School of Hellas

Rome: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty

Emerging Empires in the East: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty in China and India

The Flowering of Christianity: Faith and the Power of Belief in the Early First Millennium

The Rise and Spread of Islam: a New Religion

Fiefdom and Monastery, pilgrimage and Crusade: The Early Medieval World in Europe

Centers of Culture: Court and City in the Larger World

The Gothic Style: Faith and Knowledge in an Age of Inquiry

Siena and Florence in the Fourteenth Century: Toward a New Humanism

Florence and the Early Renaissance: Humanism in Italy

The High Renaissance in Rome and Venice: Papal Patronage and Civic Pride

The Renaissance in the North: Between Wealth and Want

Encounter and Confrontation: the Impact of Increasing Global Interaction

England in the Tudor Age: This Other Eden

The Early Counter-Reformation and Mannerism: Restraint and Invention

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