1) Where did the Renaissance begin? a) France b) Italy c) Germany d) Greece e) Spain f) Cleveland 2) What does the French word "Renaissance" mean? a) redo b) relay c) resort d) rebirth 3) The Renaissance time period is considered to be a a) Dark age time period b) Golden age time period c) A time of warfare and poverty d) A time of the plagues and poor economies 4) The Renaissance begins after Europe recovers from... a) Bubonic Plague b) The Plague of 1912 c) The Polio Epidemic d) The Spanish Flu 5) The rich family of Florence, Italy who gave $ to artists and scientists. a) The Michelangelo Family b) The McDonalds Family c) The Medici Family d) The Mona Lisa Family 6) Why did the Renaissance have its beginnings in Italy? a) Italians had wealth from trade. b) Italy had the best art schools in Europe. c) Italy had the poorest artists in Europe. d) Italians were still dying of the plague. 7) People became more focused on their daily lives and less religious, so they became more ________. a) religious b) secular (worldly/balanced between religion and the individual) c) human d) artistic 8) HUMANISM became a popular idea for people during the Renaissance. What does this mean? a) More people became educated in the arts and sciences. b) More people began to like other humans. c) More people began to dislike other humans. d) More people stopped learning. 9) Italian merchants bought goods from Asia, then sold them for high prices. What goods? a) Guns, camels, mutton b) shoes, hats, and purses/bags c) salt and gold d) Silks, spices, wool 10) What is another important Renaissance city other than Florence? a) Rome b) Paris c) Spain d) Athens 11) Italy is a ... a) dessert b) isthmus c) peninsula d) island 12) ______ was first used in Renaissance art to make paintings more 3D and realistic. a) Politics b) Perspective c) Point of view d) Purpose 13) 4 famous Renaissance artists are Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and ________. a) Rodman b) Ronald c) Randy d) Raphael 14) Topics painted more often during the Renaissance were... a) portraits of people b) landscape scenes c) Scenes from Greek and Roman mythology d) All of the above 15) The most famous image in art history is the... a) Mona Lisa b) Sistine Chapel ceiling c) The Last Supper d) Creation of Adam 16) Who is considered to be a "true Renaissance man" for having many talents and interests? a) Leonardo da Vinci b) Florence Italy c) Donatello d) Cosimo Medici 17) Which Renaissance scientists built the 1st space telescope and discovered Saturn has rings? a) Isaac Newton b) Galileo c) Robert Boyle d) Dave Murphy 18) Which Renaissance scientist discovered the law of gravity and inertia? a) Isaac Newton b) Galileo c) Andreas Vasalius d) Bill Nye 19) How did Johann Gutenberg increase the literacy rate? a) He started a number of schools. b) He wrote books for children. c) He helped the Chinese invent wood block printing. d) He invented the printing press. 20) The invention of the LENS was then used in... a) eye glasses b) telescopes c) microscopes d) all of the above 21) What was one positive effect of the printing press? a) Books became cheaper, more could afford them b) Books became more expensive. c) The books spread bad ideas. d) Books contained beautiful calligraphy. 22) What Renaissance writer warned politicians: "it is better to be feared than to be loved"? a) William Shakespeare b) Niccolo Machiavelli c) Leonardo da Vinci d) Geoffrey Chaucer 23) Who created The Globe Theater and wrote a number of plays during the Renaissance? a) Donatello b) Shakespeare c) Bramante d) Brunelleschi 24) On which continent is Italy? a) Asia b) Africa c) Europe d) South America

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