Question 1

_______________________Author of Lives of the Artists

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________Author of Lives of the Artists...

Question 2

_______________________ Songs for two or three voices with no accompanying instruments

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Songs for two or three voices...

Question 3

What was the subject of the painting the Lamentation?

Accepted Answer

A) The body of Christ surrounded by the disciples 
B) An unnamed father's loss of his child to the plague 
C) St.Peter's remorse at having betrayed Christ 
D) Dido's grief at being abandoned by Aeneas 
A) The body of Christ surrounded by the disciples 
B) An unnamed father's loss of his child to the plague 
C) St.Peter's remorse at having betrayed Christ 
D) Dido's grief at being abandoned by Aeneas

Question 4

Who was the primary subject of the 300 sonnets and 49 canzoni songs in Petrarch's Canzoniere Songbook?

Accepted Answer

A) Augustina 
B) Laura 
C) Maria 
D) Christina 
A) Augustina 
B) Laura 
C) Maria 
D) Christina

Question 5

Who was one of the first women in medieval Europe to make a living as a professional writer?

Accepted Answer

A) Francesca Caccini 
B) Nicola Pisano 
C) Christine de Pisan 
D) Laura Brunelleschi 
A) Francesca Caccini 
B) Nicola Pisano 
C) Christine de Pisan 
D) Laura Brunelleschi

Question 6

What was the subject matter of The Book of the City of Ladies 1404?

Accepted Answer

A) It was an account of a group of plague survivors. 
B) It was intended to serve as a guide for the proper comportment of women. 
C) It presented an argument against antifeminine writers. 
D) It was a fictional account of the lives of three urban women. 
A) It was an account of a group of plague survivors. 
B) It was intended to serve as a guide for the proper comportment of women. 
C) It presented an argument against antifeminine writers. 
D) It was a fictional account of the lives of three urban women.

Question 7

______________________ Embellishment or improvising upon noted music with sounds not written on the page

Accepted Answer

The answer of ______________________ Embellishment or improvising upon noted music...

Question 8

Which two European countries were the main combatants in the Hundred Years' War?

Accepted Answer

A) France and Italy 
B) England and Italy 
C) France and Spain 
D) France and England 
A) France and Italy 
B) England and Italy 
C) France and Spain 
D) France and England

Question 9

In what respects did the art of Cimabue and Duccio di Buoninsegna move beyond the Italo-Byzantine tradition?

Accepted Answer

The paintings of Cimabue and D

Question 10

Where was the residence of the Papacy from 1309 to 1367?

Accepted Answer

A) Aachen 
B) Ravenna 
C) Avignon 
D) Reims 
A) Aachen 
B) Ravenna 
C) Avignon 
D) Reims

Question 11

What musical qualities distinguished ars nova from the music of the previous era?

Accepted Answer

A) rhythmic and melodic simplicity 
B) rhythmic and melodic complexity 
C) consistently homophonic texture 
D) consistently monophonic texture 
A) rhythmic and melodic simplicity 
B) rhythmic and melodic complexity 
C) consistently homophonic texture 
D) consistently monophonic texture

Question 12

What Italian author used the events of 1348 as a backdrop for his work the Decameron?

Accepted Answer

A) Bernini 
B) Boccaccio 
C) Petrarch 
D) Vasari 
A) Bernini 
B) Boccaccio 
C) Petrarch 
D) Vasari

Question 13

Which writer was exiled from Florence for political reasons in 1300?

Accepted Answer

A) Thomas Aquinas 
B) Dante 
C) Petrarch 
D) Vergil 
A) Thomas Aquinas 
B) Dante 
C) Petrarch 
D) Vergil

Question 14

What is the narrative framework of Canterbury Tales?

Accepted Answer

A) a group of Renaissance artists 
B) a group fleeing to the countryside 
C) a group on a pilgrimage 
D) a group of traveling musicians 
A) a group of Renaissance artists 
B) a group fleeing to the countryside 
C) a group on a pilgrimage 
D) a group of traveling musicians

Question 15

_______________________ Medieval verse tales with comic, ribald themes

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________________ Medieval verse tales with comic, ribald...

Question 16

What dramatic event in 1348 greatly reduced the population of Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) the influenza epidemic 
B) the Thirty Years' War 
C) the Florentine Wars 
D) the bubonic plague 
A) the influenza epidemic 
B) the Thirty Years' War 
C) the Florentine Wars 
D) the bubonic plague

Question 17

After the return of the papacy to Rome, what name was given to the split 1378-1417)in the Roman Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

A) The Reformation 
B) The Great Schism 
C) The Inquisition 
D) The Papal Divide 
A) The Reformation 
B) The Great Schism 
C) The Inquisition 
D) The Papal Divide

Question 18

What is the meaning of the term "trecento"?

Accepted Answer

A) enlightenment 
B) three hundred 
C) fourteen 
D) age of reason 
A) enlightenment 
B) three hundred 
C) fourteen 
D) age of reason

Question 19

What book, published in 1550, documents the relationship between Giotto and Dante?

Accepted Answer

A) The Good City 
B) The Lives of the Artists 
C) The Decameron 
D) The Great Awakening 
A) The Good City 
B) The Lives of the Artists 
C) The Decameron 
D) The Great Awakening

Question 20

What style is exemplified by Simone Martin's Annunciation?

Accepted Answer

A) The Byzantine Style 
B) The International Style 
C) The Florentine Style 
D) The Venetian Style 
A) The Byzantine Style 
B) The International Style 
C) The Florentine Style 
D) The Venetian Style

_______________________Author of Lives of the Artists

_______________________ Songs for two or three voices with no accompanying instruments

What was the subject of the painting the Lamentation?

Who was the primary subject of the 300 sonnets and 49 canzoni songs in Petrarch's Canzoniere Songbook?

Who was one of the first women in medieval Europe to make a living as a professional writer?

What was the subject matter of The Book of the City of Ladies 1404?

______________________ Embellishment or improvising upon noted music with sounds not written on the page

Which two European countries were the main combatants in the Hundred Years' War?

In what respects did the art of Cimabue and Duccio di Buoninsegna move beyond the Italo-Byzantine tradition?

Where was the residence of the Papacy from 1309 to 1367?

What musical qualities distinguished ars nova from the music of the previous era?

What Italian author used the events of 1348 as a backdrop for his work the Decameron?

Which writer was exiled from Florence for political reasons in 1300?

What is the narrative framework of Canterbury Tales?

_______________________ Medieval verse tales with comic, ribald themes

What dramatic event in 1348 greatly reduced the population of Europe?

After the return of the papacy to Rome, what name was given to the split 1378-1417)in the Roman Catholic Church?

What is the meaning of the term "trecento"?

What book, published in 1550, documents the relationship between Giotto and Dante?

What style is exemplified by Simone Martin's Annunciation?

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Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period

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The Rise of the Biblical Tradition

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The Rise of Medieval Culture

The Fourteenth Century: a Time of Transition

The Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century

The High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

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_______________________Author of Lives of the Artists

_______________________ Songs for two or three voices with no accompanying instruments

What was the subject of the painting the Lamentation?

Who was the primary subject of the 300 sonnets and 49 canzoni songs in Petrarch's Canzoniere Songbook?

Who was one of the first women in medieval Europe to make a living as a professional writer?

What was the subject matter of The Book of the City of Ladies 1404?

______________________ Embellishment or improvising upon noted music with sounds not written on the page

Which two European countries were the main combatants in the Hundred Years' War?

In what respects did the art of Cimabue and Duccio di Buoninsegna move beyond the Italo-Byzantine tradition?

Where was the residence of the Papacy from 1309 to 1367?

What musical qualities distinguished ars nova from the music of the previous era?

What Italian author used the events of 1348 as a backdrop for his work the Decameron?

Which writer was exiled from Florence for political reasons in 1300?

What is the narrative framework of Canterbury Tales?

_______________________ Medieval verse tales with comic, ribald themes

What dramatic event in 1348 greatly reduced the population of Europe?

After the return of the papacy to Rome, what name was given to the split 1378-1417)in the Roman Catholic Church?

What is the meaning of the term "trecento"?

What book, published in 1550, documents the relationship between Giotto and Dante?

What style is exemplified by Simone Martin's Annunciation?

Beginnings

The Rise of Greece

Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period

Rome

Ancient Civilizations of India and China

The Rise of the Biblical Tradition

Early Christianity: Ravenna and Byzantium

Islam

The Rise of Medieval Culture

The Fourteenth Century: a Time of Transition

The Renaissance in the Fifteenth Century

The High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

The High Renaissance in the North

The Seventeenth Century: the Baroque Era

The Eighteenth Century

Romanticism, Realism, and Photography

Toward the Modern Era: 1870-1914

India, China, and Japan: From Medieval to Modern Times

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