Renaissance Quiz

Question 1

Define renaissance

Answer 1

Rebirth

Question 2

What was the Renaissance?

Answer 2

A period of intellectual awakening in Italy

Question 3

Define intellectual

Answer 3

Dealing with ideas and reasoning

Question 4

When did the Renaissance occur?

Answer 4

During the 1300s and 1600s

Question 5

What was the Renaissance the rebirth of?

Answer 5

Classical thought

Question 6

Why did classical thought have to be reborn in the Renaissance?

Answer 6

During the Middle Ages, Europeans largely neglected Greek and Roman works

Question 7

What topics about the Renaissance did we cover? (5)

Answer 7

Art
Architecture
Literature
Politics
Science

Question 8

What were the defining features of Medieval art? (5)

Answer 8

Didn’t aim for realism
Didn’t prioritize displaying emotion
All people were drawn the same without concept of individuality
Struggled creating depth
Often revolved around religious and government themes

Question 9

What are the defining features of Renaissance art? (3)

Answer 9

Prized emotion, individualism, and realism
Focused on secular topics
Improved greatly on creating depth using linear perspective

Question 10

Who was Brunelleschi?

Answer 10

The inventor of the first freestanding dome since Roman times

Question 11

Where was Brunelleschi’s dome located?

Answer 11

Florence, Italy

Question 12

Who was Petrarch?

Answer 12

Inventor of the sonnet and one of the first people to write using vernacular instead of Latin

Question 13

Define vernacular

Answer 13

The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region

Question 14

What was Petrarch’s nickname?

Answer 14

Father of the Renaissance

Question 15

Who was Dante Alighieri?

Answer 15

Author of “The Inferno”

Question 16

What is The Inferno?

Answer 16

A guidebook to Hell

Question 17

Who was Nicolo Machiavelli?

Answer 17

Author of “The Prince”

Question 18

What question did “The Prince” ask?

Answer 18

Is it better for a ruler to be feared or loved?

Question 19

What idea did Machiavelli argue for?

Answer 19

The ends always justify the means

Question 20

What did Galileo Galilei do?

Answer 20

His telescope innovations enabled him to make some adjustments to previous ideas about the universe

Question 21

What theory did Galileo come up with?

Answer 21

Heliocentric Theory

Question 22

What is Heliocentric Theory?

Answer 22

Claims that the sun is at the center of the Universe

Question 23

Where did the Renaissance begin? Where did it travel to?

Answer 23

Italy
Northern Europe

Question 24

What factors led to the Renaissance beginning in Italy?

Answer 24

Urbanization
The Black Death
Wealthy Merchant Class

Question 25

Define urbanization

Answer 25

People moving from rural to urban areas

Question 26

How did urbanization help the Renaissance begin in Italy?

Answer 26

Led to Italy having a highly cosmopolitan population

Question 27

Define cosmopolitan

Answer 27

A population with diverse perspectives

Question 28

When was the Black Death?

Answer 28

1347-1351

Question 29

How many people did the Black Death kill?

Answer 29

1/3 - 1/2 of the European population

Question 30

How did the Black Death help the Renaissance begin in Italy? (2)

Answer 30

Many people became more secular, leading to secular topics in art Fewer workers led to higher wages, which led to people having more money to spend on things like art

Question 31

How did Italy come to have a wealthy merchant class?

Answer 31

Italy was a central location between many trade places, so Italian merchants could easily get products from other people to sell at a premium

Question 32

How did the wealthy Italian merchant class help the Renaissance begin in Italy?

Answer 32

Wealthy merchant families could become patrons and pay for/hire artists to be their family artists

Question 33

What was the most famous patron family?

Answer 33

The Medici family

Question 34

Who did the Medici family sponsor?

Answer 34

Botticelli, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Donatello

Question 35

What is another example of famous patrons?

Answer 35

The papacy (Catholic popes)