Test Bank

Chapter 16 Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. The Renaissance was born in which of the following cities?
a. Athens
b. Rome
c. Florence
d. Pisa
Answer: c

2. Cultural and political leadership for the early Renaissance was under the auspices of which of the following families?
a. the Lombards
b. the Medici
c. the Visconti
d. the Castiglione
Answer: b

3. Which of the following events caused a climate of intellectual skepticism in middle-class men and women of the era?
a. the Black Death
b. the Hundred Years’ War
c. the Great Schism of the Catholic Church
d. None of these answers is correct.
Answer: c

4. The artistic and intellectual movement to recover, edit, and study ancient Greek and Latin manuscripts is called
a. humanistic Classicism.
b. secular humanism.
c. Classical secularism.
d. Classical humanism.
Answer: d

5. The father of the new movement to recover, edit, and study ancient Greek and Latin manuscripts is generally regarded to be
a. Talleyrand.
b. Petrarch.
c. Pliny the Elder.
d. Pope Julius.
Answer: b

6. Which of the following stressed the importance of Classical education and hard work in the cultivation of virtù?
a. Alberti
b. Ficino
c. Pico della Mirandola
d. Castiglione
Answer: a

7. Which one of the following applied his vast study of ancient literature to defend free will and the unlimited potential of the individual?
a. Alberti
b. Ficino
c. Pico della Mirandola
d. Castiglione
Answer: c

8. Which one of the following translated the entire body of Plato’s writings from Greek into Latin?
a. Alberti
b. Ficino
c. Pico della Mirandola
d. Castiglione
Answer: b

9. Which one of the following established the then-modern educational ideal in the person of l’uomo univerale (the well-rounded individual)?
a. Alberti
b. Ficino
c. Pico della Mirandola
d. Castiglione
Answer: d

10. The Venetian writer ________ is famous for her written retort to a contemporary diatribe promoting the defects of women in The Nobility and Excellence of Women and the Defects Vices of Men.
a. Cereta
b. Marinella
c. Christine de Pisan
d. Cervantes
Answer: b

11. The central theme in Machiavelli’s The Prince is
a. anyone can lead if thrust into the position.
b. the need for a strong state justifies strong rule.
c. two wrongs do not make a right.
d. money is the root of all evil.
Answer: b

12. The Book of the Courtier was written by which of the following?
a. Alberti
b. Ficino
c. Pico della Mirandola
d. Castiglione
Answer: d

13. Which of the following correctly identifies the approximate years of the Renaissance?
a. 940–1300
b. 940–1600
c. 1300–1600
d. 1600–1750
Answer: c

14. The beginnings of the Renaissance can be found in which of the following?
a. Florence
b. Classical humanism
c. Petrarch
d. All these answers are correct.
Answer: d

15. The word “renaissance” literally means
a. new breath.
b. new thinking.
c. rebirth.
d. to cover over the old.
Answer: c

Essay

16. Discuss the significance of Petrarch as the “father of humanism.”

17. Explain the contributions of Ficino, Pico, and Alberti to the substance of Italian Renaissance humanism.

18. Describe aspects of Castiglione’s image of l’uomo universale.

19. Explain the roles and viewpoints of the female humanists.

20. Why is Machiavelli considered the first political realist?