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1

Renaissance thinkers used medieval texts to reinforce traditional ideals of authority and a hierarchical social order. _____
A)True
B)False
2

The Italians’ proximity to classical traditions provided an important stimulus for Renaissance ideas. _____
A)True
B)False
3

One aspect of the Renaissance encouraged people’s active participation in public affairs. _____
A)True
B)False
4

The humanism of the Renaissance led to a flowering of education, but women were prohibited from reading and learning. _____
A)True
B)False
5

The church reinforced religious themes by patronizing the arts. _____
A)True
B)False
6

Muslims are credited with the invention of bronze type, which transformed printing technology. _____
A)True
B)False
7

Principalities were ruled by the medieval institution of city communes. _____
A)True
B)False
8

Venetian involvement in extensive overseas trade created an atmosphere of instability and conflict within the city-state. _____
A)True
B)False
9

Cosimo emulated Caesar Augustus, enhancing his own power while maintaining the appearance of a republican government. _____
A)True
B)False
10

Naples was ruled by the militaristic Visconti and Sforza dynasties. _____
A)True
B)False
11

Popes in the Renaissance period often succumbed to the worldly pressures of family life and granted relatives favors and positions within the papal government. _____
A)True
B)False
12

Machiavelli insisted that the most important virtues of leaders were charity and generosity. _____
A)True
B)False
13

Legislation requiring prostitutes to wear special clothing improved these women’s position with Florentine society. _____
A)True
B)False
14

The humanism of the Renaissance led to greater tolerance of Jews in the fifteenth century. _____
A)True
B)False
15

The development of banking had been impeded in the Middle Ages by Christian prejudices against money-lending practices. _____
A)True
B)False
16

Muslim and Greek Orthodox slaves were replaced by Africans as the Portuguese entered the slave trade. _____
A)True
B)False
17

Renaissance marriages were based upon a combination of medieval ideals of courtly love and Renaissance ideas about individualism rather than family alliances. _____
A)True
B)False
18

Renaissance families prepared their children for hardship by depriving them of sleep and feeding them poorly. _____
A)True
B)False
19

Most Renaissance artists came from wealthy families who could support such a career. _____
A)True
B)False
20

Renaissance architecture demonstrated classical influence in its emphasis on human form and proportions. _____
A)True
B)False
21

Raphael’s interests ranged from painting and machines to human anatomy. _____
A)True
B)False
22

As French rulers expanded across the Alps, they were exposed to the ideas and aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance. _____
A)True
B)False
23

The English learned of Renaissance ideas by inviting Italian humanists and diplomats to the court of Henry VII. _____
A)True
B)False
24

Pope Julius II commissioned da Vinci for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. _____
A)True
B)False
25

During the Renaissance, paper steadily replaced parchment as a printing medium. _____
A)True
B)False
26

During the Renaissance, Arabic numerals steadily replaced Roman numerals, facilitating higher orders of calculations. _____
A)True
B)False





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