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Unit 2 Renaissance and Reformation Honors Test

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Which renaissance style appeals to you most Italian or Northern? Compare the art, literature and attitudes in your answer. You should include SPECIFIC names, ideas, and information to support your answer.

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Which of the following did not occur as a result of the Protestant Reformation?
A movement within the Catholic Church to correct abuses
The establishment of several Protestant denominations in Europe
A substantial increase in religious tolerance
A series of religious wars in Europe
Which of the following statements below concerning serfs in the feudal era is correct?
Some saved enough money to move to other lands
Many fought in service of their knights
They had more rights than peasants
Wealthy vassals often sold them to other vassals
Which of the following is the best title for the list below?
  • Decline in population
  • Scarcity of labor
  • Disruption of trade
  • Feudal contracts ignored
Impact of the Black Death
Decline of the Feudal System
The European Economy in the 14th Century
Social Institutions of the 14th Century
Which of the following explains the sharp downturn in the population graph below?

The Mongol invasions
The Napoleonic Wars
The colonization of the New World
The spread of the Bubonic Plague
What impact did humanism have in Europe?
It encouraged people to believe in the supremacy of the state over individual rights
It created a rejection of ancient civilizations and their cultures
It increased the idea of social control and obedience to national rulers
It promoted the belief in the potential value and goodness of human beings.
How did Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses contribute to the start of the Protestant Reformation?
They called for greater papal authority
They asked for more Crusades to spread Christianity
They encouraged debate on corrupt practices within the Roman Catholic Church
They caused religious revolts against German princes
Why did the Catholic Church form the Council of Trent?
To address concerns about corruption, while reaffirming basic Catholic beliefs
To strip the Pope of his power and distribute it to local preachers
To completely reform all aspects of the Catholic faith
To launch an all-out offensive on the new Protestant faith
What was a major impact of the Protestant Reformation?
A lasting peace between Catholics and Protestants was created
Martin Luter became Pope
Religious unity in Western Europe ended
The Catholic Church became more powerful
How did the Black Death enter Europe?
Infected slaves being brought into the country
Tainted food
Flea bearing rats on trade ships
Poisoned water
What condition allowed for the birth of the Renaissance?
Expanding urban areas
Wider availability of universities
Increased economic well being
Rise of the Protestant Church
Which of the following would were results of Gutenberg’s adaptation of the printing press in 1439?
(Select more than 1)
a. The spread of Renaissance ideas
b. The suppression of literacy in Europe
c. The stimulation of the scientific revolution
The circulation of Martin Luther’s ideas on Protestantism
How was Dante’s The Divine Comedy an illustration of the ideals of humanism?
It discussed the importance of the Catholic church in the lives of Italians
It gave an accurate description of the concept of heaven and hell
It was written in a vernacular language that could be easily understood
It was the first ever epic poem rather than a true comedy
Why do historians believe that Florence, Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance?
It was a wealthy center of trade in the late Medieval period
It avoided being affected by the plagues that struck Europe
It remained loyal to the Pope during the Reformation
It was home to many people from China and Japan
The Italian Renaissance focused on ________________ while the Northern Renaissance focused on _____.
reading and writing, growing wealthy
religion and reform, art and culture
growing wealthy, reading and writing
art and culture, religion and reform
Which of the following were Italian Renaissance writers?
Boccaccio, da Vinci, Twain
Boccaccio, Michelangelo, Calvin
Boccaccio, Shakespeare, da Vinci
Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Petrarch
Those who believe that they can be certain of their salvation because they have indulgence letters will be eternally damned, together with their teachers. Men must especially be on their guard against those who say that the pope’s pardons are that inestimable gift of God by which man is reconciled to him.
-Ninety-five Theses, Martin Luther, 1517

According to the passage, who will be eternally damned?
those who speak against the Church
those who think they can buy salvation through indulgence letters
those who deny the authority of Martin Luther
those who deny the authority of the pope
"For it may be said of men in general that they are ungrateful, changeable, liars, anxious to avoid danger, and covetous of gain; as long as you benefit them, they are entirely yours....And the prince who has relied solely on their words, without making preparations, is ruined."- The Prince

Who would benefit the most from the advice given in the above passage?
Political leaders
Landowning Nobles
Church officials
Peasants
Place the statements with the term they best describe.
Encouraged pride in individual success
Focus of attention from religious to worldly affairs
Man is the measure of all things
emphasized the importance of humans and their values
Wealthy wanted to set themselves separate from masses
Humanism
Individualism
Secularism
Northern Renaissance Art
They wrote about the corruption of society, wanted changes. Encouraged people to read the Bible and other works on their own, and to have their own opinions
Italian Renaissance Art
wrote about things that normal people could relate to.
Northern Renaissance Writers
more about the beauty and potential of man. Brighter colors and over-developed characters.
a. Italian Renaissance Writers
more about pointing out the reality of life, and finding beauty in the realism of the moment.
Read the following quotes.

“The free mind, unafraid of labor, presses on to attain the good.”
– Laura Cereta Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist

May I learn to see instead
how, in the fire of being, suffering
is turned to light.
- Vittoria Colonna – Selections from the Rime Spirituali,

Women writers of during the Italian Renaissance appealed to their readers by
Writing about spiritual matters
Writing in Latin
Publishing their work under a false name to hide their feminine identity
Writing about love and matters of the heart
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