Question 1

Marsilio Ficino taught that human beings are capable of attaining their own salvation:

Accepted Answer

A)  by understanding the separation of their souls from their bodies. 
B)  through a complete rejection of this world and constant prayer and solitude. 
C)  by engaging fully in ethical civic action. 
D)  through participating in all the sacraments. 
E)  by exercising their own talents to the fullest degree possible. 
A)  by understanding the separation of their souls from their bodies. 
B)  through a complete rejection of this world and constant prayer and solitude. 
C)  by engaging fully in ethical civic action. 
D)  through participating in all the sacraments. 
E)  by exercising their own talents to the fullest degree possible.

Question 2

What differences separated the twelfth-century renaissance from the Italian Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

One of the foremost differences was the

Question 3

Niccolò Machiavelli was:

Accepted Answer

A)  a great prose stylist in the vernacular. 
B)  an accomplished textual scholar. 
C)  the era's greatest philosophical pragmatist. 
D)  a pagan,not a Christian. 
E)  well acquainted with Arabic literary styles. 
A)  a great prose stylist in the vernacular. 
B)  an accomplished textual scholar. 
C)  the era's greatest philosophical pragmatist. 
D)  a pagan,not a Christian. 
E)  well acquainted with Arabic literary styles.

Question 4

Erasmus's subject in his book Colloquies was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the art and architecture of his time. 
B)  scholastic learning. 
C)  dogmatism. 
D)  contemporary religious practices. 
E)  Christian pacifism and piety. 
A)  the art and architecture of his time. 
B)  scholastic learning. 
C)  dogmatism. 
D)  contemporary religious practices. 
E)  Christian pacifism and piety.

Question 5

_________ taught that people could achieve salvation through the exercise of their unique talents.

Accepted Answer

A)  Marsilio Ficino 
B)  Lorenzo Valla 
C)  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 
D)  Niccolò Machiavelli 
E)  Leonardo Bruni 
A)  Marsilio Ficino 
B)  Lorenzo Valla 
C)  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 
D)  Niccolò Machiavelli 
E)  Leonardo Bruni

Question 6

In the fifteenth century,the majority of the great painters were from:

Accepted Answer

A)  Venice. 
B)  Rome. 
C)  Pisa. 
D)  Florence. 
E)  Naples. 
A)  Venice. 
B)  Rome. 
C)  Pisa. 
D)  Florence. 
E)  Naples.

Question 7

The Renaissance intellectual ideal may be summarized in the term humanism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Why did the Renaissance develop first in Italy?

Accepted Answer

The Plague had helped transform northern

Question 9

The tenets of humanism influenced the geometrical proportion of the floors of the great buildings because they reflected the harmony of the universe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Albrecht Dürer was the first northern European artist to master Italian Renaissance:

Accepted Answer

A)  developments in oil painting. 
B)  techniques of engraving. 
C)  techniques of proportion,perspective,and modeling. 
D)  anatomical precision of nudes. 
E)  technique of tempura painting. 
A)  developments in oil painting. 
B)  techniques of engraving. 
C)  techniques of proportion,perspective,and modeling. 
D)  anatomical precision of nudes. 
E)  technique of tempura painting.

Question 11

How was Utopia a critique of sixteenth-century society?

Accepted Answer

In Utopia More presents critiques of his

Question 12

Painting in oil rather than fresco gave the artist more time to work slowly and incorporate more complexities into a painting,as drying time was longer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Erasmus wrote works of all the following types EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  humorous satires and dialogues. 
B)  Christian moral treatises. 
C)  letters to friends and contemporaries. 
D)  treatises of scholastic theology. 
E)  a Greek New Testament. 
A)  humorous satires and dialogues. 
B)  Christian moral treatises. 
C)  letters to friends and contemporaries. 
D)  treatises of scholastic theology. 
E)  a Greek New Testament.

Question 14

Renaissance Neoplatonists sought to combine classical Platonic thought with:

Accepted Answer

A)  vigorous diplomatic training and public service. 
B)  Islamic mysticism,theology,and ritual. 
C)  ancient mysticism and mainstream Christianity. 
D)  a rejection of the Jewish Kabbalah. 
E)  the precepts of the Jewish Kabbalah. 
A)  vigorous diplomatic training and public service. 
B)  Islamic mysticism,theology,and ritual. 
C)  ancient mysticism and mainstream Christianity. 
D)  a rejection of the Jewish Kabbalah. 
E)  the precepts of the Jewish Kabbalah.

Question 15

As the Church became gradually more intolerant of the humanists,many Christian humanists:

Accepted Answer

A)  embraced Protestant church reforms and became Protestants. 
B)  abandoned their humanistic studies in order to concentrate on church reform. 
C)  remained Catholic,while continuing to espouse their ideals of no ritualistic inward piety. 
D)  were silenced by the Inquisition. 
E)  worked as teachers in the various courts of Europe. 
A)  embraced Protestant church reforms and became Protestants. 
B)  abandoned their humanistic studies in order to concentrate on church reform. 
C)  remained Catholic,while continuing to espouse their ideals of no ritualistic inward piety. 
D)  were silenced by the Inquisition. 
E)  worked as teachers in the various courts of Europe.

Question 16

The Northern Renaissance artist who did portraits of Erasmus and Sir Thomas More was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hans Holbein the Younger. 
B)  Albrecht Dürer. 
C)  Rogier van der Weyden. 
D)  Guillaume de Machaut. 
E)  Hans Holbein the Elder. 
A)  Hans Holbein the Younger. 
B)  Albrecht Dürer. 
C)  Rogier van der Weyden. 
D)  Guillaume de Machaut. 
E)  Hans Holbein the Elder.

Question 17

In contrast to the civic humanists,Castiglione's Courtier stressed as the hallmark of true nobility:

Accepted Answer

A)  strenuous public service on behalf of the city-state. 
B)  an ideal of effortlessness and elegance at court. 
C)  the necessity for a courtier to be an accomplished scholar. 
D)  a disdain for women who sought to play roles outside the private household. 
E)  the ability to take as lovers as many of the women at court as possible. 
A)  strenuous public service on behalf of the city-state. 
B)  an ideal of effortlessness and elegance at court. 
C)  the necessity for a courtier to be an accomplished scholar. 
D)  a disdain for women who sought to play roles outside the private household. 
E)  the ability to take as lovers as many of the women at court as possible.

Question 18

What factors combined to make the Renaissance possible?

Accepted Answer

The Renaissance originated in Italy for

Question 19

Machiavelli,in his book Discourses on Livy,attempted to show why the form of government of the old Roman Republic was unsuited to the Europe of his time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The early humanist Petrarch criticized late-medieval scholasticism because he felt it:

Accepted Answer

A)  concentrated more on virtuous living than abstract speculation. 
B)  concentrated more on abstract speculation than virtuous living. 
C)  focused too much on Christianity and salvation. 
D)  encouraged a solitary life of contemplation and asceticism. 
E)  was much too worldly in its approach to education. 
A)  concentrated more on virtuous living than abstract speculation. 
B)  concentrated more on abstract speculation than virtuous living. 
C)  focused too much on Christianity and salvation. 
D)  encouraged a solitary life of contemplation and asceticism. 
E)  was much too worldly in its approach to education.

Exam 12: Renaissance Ideals and Realities,c.1350–1550

Marsilio Ficino taught that human beings are capable of attaining their own salvation:

What differences separated the twelfth-century renaissance from the Italian Renaissance?

Niccolò Machiavelli was:

Erasmus's subject in his book Colloquies was:

_________ taught that people could achieve salvation through the exercise of their unique talents.

In the fifteenth century,the majority of the great painters were from:

The Renaissance intellectual ideal may be summarized in the term humanism.

Why did the Renaissance develop first in Italy?

The tenets of humanism influenced the geometrical proportion of the floors of the great buildings because they reflected the harmony of the universe.

Albrecht Dürer was the first northern European artist to master Italian Renaissance:

How was Utopia a critique of sixteenth-century society?

Painting in oil rather than fresco gave the artist more time to work slowly and incorporate more complexities into a painting,as drying time was longer.

Erasmus wrote works of all the following types EXCEPT:

Renaissance Neoplatonists sought to combine classical Platonic thought with:

As the Church became gradually more intolerant of the humanists,many Christian humanists:

The Northern Renaissance artist who did portraits of Erasmus and Sir Thomas More was:

In contrast to the civic humanists,Castiglione's Courtier stressed as the hallmark of true nobility:

What factors combined to make the Renaissance possible?

Machiavelli,in his book Discourses on Livy,attempted to show why the form of government of the old Roman Republic was unsuited to the Europe of his time.

The early humanist Petrarch criticized late-medieval scholasticism because he felt it:

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