Question 1

What was Borromini's most important contribution to the architecture of Rome?

Accepted Answer

A) San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 
B) The Sistine Chapel 
C) St.Mark's Cathedral 
D) Il Duomo Nuevo

Question 2

What is generally considered to be the greatest epic poem in English of the 1600s?

Accepted Answer

A) The Canonization 
B) Paradise Lost 
C) On the Wounds of Our Crucified Lord 
D) Leviathan

Question 3

This female contemporary of Caravaggio was famous for her dramatic paintings of Biblical scenes.

Accepted Answer

A) Annibale Carracci 
B) Artemesia Gentileschi 
C) René Lorrain 
D) Jan Sweelinck

Question 4

_______________________ System of reasoning that starts from the observation of specific instances

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Question 5

What was the response of the Roman Catholic Church to Protestant criticism of its belief in purgatory, transubstantiation, and celibacy for the clergy? What is meant by the doctrine of "transubstantiation"?

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Question 6

_______________________ Musical form in which the same themes are repeated and combined in counterpoint

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Question 7

Why did Dutch painters have to depend on the tastes and demands of the open market rather than the patronage of the Church?

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Question 8

What was the name of the military religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola?

Accepted Answer

A) The Army of Christ 
B) The Spanish Inquisition 
C) The Society of Jesus 
D) Soldiers of the Cross

Question 9

What is the greatest novel in the Spanish language?

Accepted Answer

A) Don Juan 
B) El caballero loco 
C) El día ordinario 
D) Don Quixote

Question 10

Which Dutch artist is best known for his quiet scenes of ordinary domestic life?

Accepted Answer

A) van Dyck 
B) Rubens 
C) Vermeer 
D) Sweelinck

Question 11

What was the name of the military religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola? Why was it so successful?

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Question 12

Which German composer worked for 27 years as the music director at a church school?

Accepted Answer

A) Johann Sebastian Bach 
B) Georg Frederic Handel 
C) Heinrich Schütz 
D) Jean Philippe Rameau

Question 13

Which work is considered the greatest novel in the Spanish language?

Accepted Answer

A) Il Gesù 
B) Tartuffe 
C) Don Quixote 
D) La Primavera

Question 14

What was the Ptolemaic view of the universe and why was this view supported by the Catholic Church?

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Question 15

How did Galileo study motion and learn how objects move in time and space?

Accepted Answer

A) by logical reasoning 
B) by experimentation 
C) by reading Greek texts 
D) by asking for expert opinions

Question 16

What technique did Caravaggio use to increase the dramatic impact of his The Calling of Saint Matthew?

Accepted Answer

A) sfumato 
B) linear perspective 
C) vanishing point 
D) chiaroscuro

Question 17

What kinds of subjects were commonly commissioned from Dutch painters?

Accepted Answer

A) Group portraits 
B) Solo portraits 
C) Battle scenes 
D) Agricultural scenes

Question 18

_______________________ Keyboard instrument, the forerunner of the modern piano

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Question 19

_______________________ Italian word for "slow," used to indicate musical tempo

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Question 20

_______________________ Court created by the Catholic Church to try those accused of heresy, including Galileo

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Exam 14: The High Renaissance in the North