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WHH HW Quiz pgs. 164-169

1. Who is often called the father of the Italian Renaissance?

a. Da Vinci
b. Raphael
c. Erasmus
d. Petrarch

2. Who was the author of the work entitled The Divine Comedy that helped develop the modern Italian
language?

a. Chaucer
b. Petrarch
c. Dante
d. De Pizan

3. What is the study of the classics during the Renaissance called?

a. Humanism
b. Christian Humanism
c. Realism
d. Liberal Arts

4. Where was the most important school of art located in Northern Europe?

a. Flanders
b. Berlin
c. London
d. Paris

5. Painters developed the technical side of painting- understanding perspective, lighting, and space- as well
as…

a. The investigation of movement and human anatomy

b. The investigation the color and shading
c. The investigation of religion and new languages
d. The investigation of oil painting and sculture

6. Which German artist made two trips to Italy and brought back the ideas of the Renaissance to northern
Europe?

a. Petrarch
b. Erasmus
c. Durer
d. Shakespeare
7. The High Renaissance, between 1490 and 1520, is most commonly associated with all of the following
except…

a. Raphael
b. van Eyck
c. da Vinci
d. Michelangelo

8. What is a Fresco?

a. A sculpture done with plaster

b. A painting done in oil
c. A painting done on wet plaster
d. A painting done on a ceiling

9. Who wrote The Book of the City of Ladies?

a. Dante
b. Chaucer
c. Petrarch
d. De Pizan

10. What was the purpose of a liberal education?

a. To produce virtuous citizens

b. To produce governmental workers
c. To produce individuals who follow virtue and wisdom
d. To produce individuals who follow god and the pope

11. As opposed to gothic architecture, Renaissance architects sought to create churches that fit…

a. Human needs
b. Divine needs
c. Political needs
d. Military needs

12. In following Greek ideals of “a sound mind in a sound body”, humanist educators also…

a. Stressed the development of rhetorical skills

b. Stressed the development of political skills
c. Stressed the development of physical education
d. Stressed the development of mathematical skills