Humanities: Renaissance and Reformation in the North

Question 1

What countries did Flanders encompass?

Answer 1

modern Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg

Question 2

Who compared the population of Bruges to the people of the Golden Age Athens?

Answer 2

Desiderius Erasmus

Question 3

Who was the person that many scholars considered the Master of Flemalle, and therefore the creator of the Merode Altarpiece?

Answer 3

Robert Campin

Question 4

What is a 3-part work, or triptych?

Answer 4

The Merode Altarpiece

Question 5

Where is the altarpiece’s patrons depicted?

Answer 5

in the left panel of the Merode Altarpiece

Question 6

What is depicted in the central panel of the Merode Altarpiece?

Answer 6

The Annunciation

Question 7

Who’s reflection of an artist can be seen in the mirror at the back of the room depicted in the double portrait of Giovanni Arnofini and Giovanna Cenami?

Answer 7

Jan van Eyck

Question 8

Who created the Garden of Earthly Delights?

Answer 8

Heironymous Bosch

Question 9

Who created the Isenheim Altarpiece?

Answer 9

Matthias Grunewald

Question 10

Where was the Isenheim Altarpiece commissioned?

Answer 10

Abbey’s Hospital

Question 11

Who created the Large turf, a watercolor depicting the minutest details of nature?

Answer 11

Albrecht Durer

Question 12

Who is the author of in praise of folly?

Answer 12

Desiderius Erasmus

Question 13

In direct conflict with the established church of Rome, Martin Luther supported the salvation by

Answer 13

Faith rather than by works

Question 14

Who was chosen as people’s priest of the Zurich’s Great Minister Church and led the Protestant’s against the Catholics in Switzerland?

Answer 14

Ulrich Zwingli

Question 15

Who proposed the concept of the Elect and the Damned in Institutes of the Christian Religion?

Answer 15

John Calvin

Question 16

What machine according to the author probably contributed the most to the spread of Luther’s idea?

Answer 16

printing press

Question 17

Who translated the Bible into English?

Answer 17

William Tyndale

Question 18

__________ is among the hymns that Martin Luther composed?

Answer 18

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Question 19

Who composed A Mighty Fortress Is Our God?

Answer 19

Martin Luther

Question 20

What is considered a “revenge play”?

Answer 20

Hamlet

Question 21

While Hans Holbein the Younger painted a portrait of England’s King Henry VIII, what was the King wearing?

Answer 21

He was dressed in the clothes he wore when he married Anne of Cleves.

Question 22

What did Thomas More write?

Answer 22

Utopia

Question 23

What are the specific virtues among these most esteemed by all in Utopia?

Answer 23

• Equality
• Kindness
• Charity

Question 24

Who became Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII in 1519?

Answer 24

Thomas More

Question 25

What did Michel de Montaigne invent?

Answer 25

A new style of writing known as the “personal essay”

Question 26

Who is considered the greatest playwright of the Elizabethan era?

Answer 26

William Shakespeare

Question 27

What was the standard price of admission for all London theaters during the time of Richard Burbage?

Answer 27

1 penny

Question 28

What was most closely associated with Lord Chamberlain’s players and with William Shakespeare?

Answer 28

The Globe

Question 29

What did the Jesuits advocate?

Answer 29

A return to strict and uncompromising obedience to the authority of the Church and it’s ecclesiastical hierarchy.

Question 30

The Council of Trent concluded that the arts should be directed toward 3 specific areas?

Answer 30

• Clarity
• Realism
• Emotion