Question 1

Which is not an essential quality of a courtier, according to Castiglione?

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A)  dancing
B)  military knowledge
C)  conversation
D)  classical education
E)  Scholastic philosophyF) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

Is the Renaissance Christian or not (explain your answer in the context of Classical studies, literature, art, and architecture)?

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Question 3

In The Book of the Courtier, Castiglione advised all of the following except that

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A)  women should organize a court's discussions.
B)  grace was inborn in every nobleman and needed to be drawn out.
C)  martial and religious values were no longer fashionable.
D)  true gentlemen should have an unstudied naturalness.
E)  under no circumstances should a woman dominate a debate.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

What position did Thomas More attain in England?

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A)  Prime Minister
B)  Lord Chancellor
C)  Archbishop of Canterbury
D)  King's secretary
E)  Lord High ExecutionerF) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

Which of the following statements describes how northern art changed in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?

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A)  Religious topics were abandoned and linear perspective was adopted.
B)  Austerity and an emphasis on vertical lines gave way to complexity and emotion, while ornate, vivid painting was replaced by an emphasis on depth.
C)  It was supplanted by the Italian style and became a business.
D)  Religious topics were abandoned and aerial perspective was adopted.
E)  Northern art moved away from highly formalized style to a detailed representation of specific places.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

The spread of humanist culture was greatly aided by

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A)  the use of printing.
B)  the growth of agnosticism and atheism.
C)  the preaching of missionaries.
D)  the use of a new common language, French.
E)  new interests in the past works of great Islamic writers and philosophers.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

Erasmus' general outlook was that Christianity should focus on

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A)  devotional exercises.
B)  Penitence.
C)  ethical living.
D)  the institutional Church.
E)  salvation by Faith.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 8

Referring to the chapter feature, "The Global Record: Gentile Bellini Travels to Meet the Turkish Sultan, " how did the Muslim Turks, and especially Mehmed II, react to Gentile?

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A)  The portrait of Emperor Mehmed II by Gentile was the result of an unusual meeting between painter and Islamic leaders of the time.
B)  Islam does not allow pictorial representations, but Italian paintings and their artists amazed the Turks.
C)  Turks could not believe that any mortal man could present so much divinity in a piece of art.
D)  Because the Emperor considered himself a miracle, he forbade any portrait of himself.
E)  Not being able to actually pay Bellini for painting a portrait of the Emperor Mehmed II, Bellini was overwhelmed with impressive gifts.F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 9

Machiavelli believed

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A)  like the humanists, that educated people will choose virtue instead of vice.
B)  like Petrarch, that rulers should practice Christian virtues.
C)  that government must be based on power and that the end justifies the means.
D)  that Classical learning would create good rulers and good citizens.
E)  that governments must resist change.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

The architectural work of Brunelleschi

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A)  built on the work of Suger.
B)  was based on his study of Classical buildings.
C)  resembled no style ever used in the past.
D)  sought for greater height than that of the Gothic cathedrals.
E)  was based on religious themes.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

Describe civic humanism.To what does it refer, and what were its goals? What type of education is associated with it?

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Question 12

Leonardo da Vinci was known for

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A)  abstract painting and nonfigurative sculpture.
B)  great literary expertise and humanist accomplishments.
C)  construction of the first successful airplanes and submarines.
D)  chiaroscuro painting and analytical observation.
E)  his emphasis on the classics.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

Dürer left Nuremberg to travel both to France and Italy, learning the art of painting.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following statements is not true in describing Petrarch?

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A)  He coined the expression "Dark Ages."
B)  He felt that the goal of a philosopher or teacher was to teach the student to be good.
C)  He memorized the writings of the classical authors to internalize their values.
D)  He recognized the tension between the Christian present and the pagan past.
E)  Because of the study of Greek and Roman theology, Petrarch denounced the Catholic Church.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

The Renaissance had a significant impact on all of the following except

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A)  Sweden.
B)  Poland.
C)  Hungary.
D)  Russia.
E)  Austria.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 16

Discuss the patronage of art during the Renaissance.What role did public institutions play? What were some traits of courtly life in Italy? What connection was there between the rise to power of wealthy families and the proliferation of artworks?

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Question 17

Who is the first figure recognized as a founder of the Renaissance?

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A)  Leonardo da Vinci
B)  Michelangelo
C)  Petrarch
D)  Machiavelli
E)  ErasmusF) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 18

The first Pope who recognized the utility of the Renaissance for Rome was

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A)  Urban Vi
B)  Nicholas V
C)  Alexander VI
D)  Julius II
E)  Clement VIIF) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 19

Humanist fascination with education produced all of the following except

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A)  a new understanding of language, philosophy, and religion.
B)  an intense search for classics that young Roman men studied to become educated Romans.
C)  a lending library at the Vatican.
D)  the creation of private libraries of the classics.
E)  co-educational schools.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 20

What was the "polyglot" bible?

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A)  Erasmus' first Greek edition of the New Testament
B)  A parallel edition of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew
C)  The first vernacular translation of the bible
D)  The first printed bible
E)  None of these.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Exam 12: The Renaissance

Referring to the chapter feature, "The Global Record: Gentile Bellini Travels to Meet the Turkish Sultan, " how did the Muslim Turks, and especially Mehmed II, react to Gentile?

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What was the "polyglot" bible?

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The architectural work of Brunelleschi

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The Renaissance had a significant impact on all of the following except

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Humanist fascination with education produced all of the following except

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Who is the first figure recognized as a founder of the Renaissance?

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In The Book of the Courtier, Castiglione advised all of the following except that

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What position did Thomas More attain in England?

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Which of the following statements describes how northern art changed in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?

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Dürer left Nuremberg to travel both to France and Italy, learning the art of painting.

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Discuss the patronage of art during the Renaissance.What role did public institutions play? What were some traits of courtly life in Italy? What connection was there between the rise to power of wealthy families and the proliferation of artworks?

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Which is not an essential quality of a courtier, according to Castiglione?

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Machiavelli believed

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Describe civic humanism.To what does it refer, and what were its goals? What type of education is associated with it?

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Is the Renaissance Christian or not (explain your answer in the context of Classical studies, literature, art, and architecture)?

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Which of the following statements is not true in describing Petrarch?

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