Question 1

An indulgence was

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A) a grant from the pope for a Christian to indulge in sinful living. 
B) a pardon that reduced the time spent for doing penance. 
C) the taking of the Holy Eucharist while in a state of sin. 
D) the sale of a church office.

Question 2

Calvin's concept of predestination meant that

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A) each priest had the power to save his congregation. 
B) every believer who took the sacraments was saved. 
C) only God knew who was saved or not saved. 
D) all Christians were predestined to die and go to purgatory.

Question 3

What type of song was most expressive of late-sixteenth-century music?

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A) Gregorian chant 
B) canzone 
C) motet 
D) madrigal

Question 4

Shakespeare's reputation is greatest for which literary genre?

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A) comedy 
B) history 
C) sonnet 
D) tragedy

Question 5

Whose paintings represent a continuation of the late Gothic style rather than a northern development of Renaissance tendencies?

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A) Albrecht Dürer 
B) Matthias Grünewald 
C) Hieronymus Bosch 
D) Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Question 6

In his search for answers to his sense of sin,Luther finally found the solution through the

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A) preachings of the local bishop. 
B) biblical passages stressing salvation through one's faith. 
C) forgiving quality of the clergy. 
D) use of the seven sacraments.

Question 7

Who of the following specialized in word paintings-musical illustrations of the written text?

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A) Miguel de Cervantes 
B) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 
C) Thomas Weelkes 
D) El Greco

Question 8

Which of the following is correct regarding Elizabethan England?

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A) It fell into economic and international decline. 
B) It experienced a cultural flowering,especially with a secular and commercial theater. 
C) It became the leader of Europe's Catholic states. 
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 9

Besides paintings,Dürer also is known for his

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A) engravings. 
B) sculptures. 
C) bronze castings. 
D) architectural designs.

Question 10

Who of the following founded Anglicanism?

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A) Henry VIII 
B) Elizabeth I 
C) Martin Luther 
D) John Calvin

Question 11

Describe some of the responses used by secular leaders to the religious dissent brought on by the Protestant Reformation,including the actions of Charles V and Phillip II.

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Question 12

What is the name of Don Quixote's male sidekick in Cervantes's novel?

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A) Sancho Panza 
B) Lazarillo de Tormes 
C) Dulcinea 
D) Gabby Hayes

Question 13

Which was an accomplishment of the Council of Trent?

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A) It condemned indulgences. 
B) It adopted the Protestant belief that the Bible alone was the basis of authority on the word of God. 
C) It affirmed that salvation should be sought by faith and good works. 
D) It resolved to try to mend the split in Christian Europe.

Question 14

What events brought about the English Reformation?

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Question 15

How did Rabelais differ from other northern humanists?

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A) He affirmed the goodness of human nature. 
B) He demonstrated a secular outlook on life. 
C) He often made obscene references. 
D) He thought that men and women were able to lead useful lives based on reason and common sense.

Question 16

Bosch'sGarden of Earthly Delights depicts

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A) heaven. 
B) heaven and hell. 
C) the Garden of Eden,a garden devoted to fleshly sins,and hell. 
D) Erasmus's vision of the good life.

Question 17

The Lutheran reforms positively affected women by

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A) calling for equality between husbands and wives. 
B) opening state-run schools for young women. 
C) enabling clergy to marry and thus giving respectability to marriage. 
D) permitting women to become priests.

Question 18

A theme of the Isenheim Altarpiece was the

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A) horror and anguish of the fate of Jesus. 
B) belief that humanity is basically good. 
C) encoding of religious myth within an allegory using animals. 
D) use of classical myth to express a Christian message.

Question 19

What techniques did Hieronymus Bosch borrow from Flemish art?

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A) jewel tones and gleaming surfaces 
B) disjunctive perspective and repetitive facial types 
C) chiaroscuro and dark colors 
D) sweeping landscapes and precise detail

Question 20

Luther attacked the sale of indulgences in his

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A) Ninety-five Theses. 
B) Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation. 
C) treatise on free will. 
D) translation of the Bible.

Exam 14: Northern Humanism, northern Renaissance, religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism, 1500-1603