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1
Petrarch exemplified the Renaissance interest in the classics by writing letters to
A)Giotto.
B)Livy.
C)Dante.
D)Alberti.
2
Historians have promoted all but which of the following factors to explain why the Renaissance emerged in Italy?
A)the close proximity of classical ruins and texts
B)the constant warfare among Italian polities
C)frugality and the rejection of materialism
D)the plague
3
Which of the following values did not characterize the Renaissance?
A)individualism
B)optimism
C)anti-religion sentiment
D)activism
4
The basis of a Renaissance education was the humanities, which included all but which of the following disciplines?
A)literature
B)mathematics
C)philosophy
D)history
5
The artists and writers of the Renaissance were
A)rarely appreciated in their own day.
B)snubbed by the emerging bourgeoisie.
C)supported by the patronage of various groups and persons.
D)staunchly opposed by the church.
6
The success of the printing press in late-fifteenth-century Europe in part depended upon
A)skilled scribes.
B)a wealthy but very limited readership.
C)wood-block printing.
D)paper-making technology.
7
The two general categories of Italian city-state governments were
A)republics and principalities.
B)republics and communes.
C)communes and principalities.
D)principalities and hereditary monarchies.
8
Two years after Lorenzo's death, the city of Florence
A)was invaded by French armies.
B)became a principality under the leadership of Savonarola.
C)was governed by a commune.
D)became a hereditary monarchy.
9
Venice enjoyed stability and prosperity under the rule of
A)a prince.
B)a monk.
C)the doge.
D)the Medici dynasty.
10
The Visconti family's strategy for rule in Milan emphasized
A)maritime imperialism.
B)the rejection of materialism.
C)friendly relations with neighboring powers.
D)military strength.
11
Whom did Pope Julius II hire to decorate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
A)Platina
B)Machiavelli
C)Michelangelo
D)Brunelleschi
12
In 1547 England passed a law stipulating that _____ be branded and enslaved for two years.
A)famine and the plague
B)corrupt rulers
C)Jews
D)wanderers and vagabonds
13
The largest exodus of Jews during the Renaissance took place in
A)Vienna in 1421.
B)German cities.
C)Poland and Russia.
D)Spain in 1492.
14
Florence's silk trade boomed
A)with the arrival of silkworms from China.
B)with the arrival of the Chinese silk loom.
C)with the rise of banking.
D)with the rise of Venetian trade.
15
Slavery appears to have been reintroduced in Europe during the Renaissance
A)to meet the labor shortages in agriculture.
B)to meet the labor shortages in industry.
C)to meet demands for domestic help.
D)because slave labor was remarkably cheap.
16
Wealthy families who could not afford dowries for all their daughters sent some of them to
A)convents.
B)poorhouses.
C)brothels.
D)universities.
17
Child-raising techniques differed in which of the following ways for boys and girls?
A)Marriages for boys were arranged at an early age.
B)Marriages for girls were arranged at an early age.
C)Girls were well-fed and well-dressed in comparison to boys.
D)Boys were sent to wet nurses.
18
Architects during the Renaissance period
A)were rarely trained in the craft of architecture.
B)received special training in architectural workshops.
C)followed Gothic models.
D)did not depend upon patrons.
19
Raphael was praised for his ability to combine _____ in his paintings.
A)two- and three-dimensional perspectives
B)portraiture and linear perspectives
C)realism and transcendent themes
D)illusion and mathematical ratios
20
Leonardo gained his knowledge of human anatomy primarily
A)by studying Renaissance architecture that was based upon human form and proportion.
B)by dissecting cadavers.
C)by reading the classics.
D)by sketching classical sculpture.
21
Which French king served as the patron of Leonardo da Vinci?
A)Charles VIII
B)Louis XI
C)Henry VIII
D)Francis I
22
The South Bank of London was famous for its crime, its prostitution, and
A)being the home of Thomas More.
B)St. Paul's Cathedral.
C)the school attended by Shakespeare.
D)the Globe theater.





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