Chapter 29: Florence: The Cradle
of the Renaissance
Clickers Comprehension Quiz
Q 1: Why was Florence called “the
cradle of the Renaissance”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Most children in Florence had many talents
The Renaissance required a lot of money
Most artists in Florence were young
The Renaissance developed there
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Q 2: What did Renaissance scientists
base their work on?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Observation
Religion
Intuition
Engineering
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Q 3: This scientists built the first
telescope that could look into space
and discovered the moons of the
planet Jupiter:
A. Botticelli
B. Brunelleschi
C. Alighieri
D.
Galileo
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Q 4: Who created the most famous
statue of David?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Donatello
Machiavelli
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Q 5: What powerful family controlled
Florence for almost 300 years?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The da Vinci Family
The Medici Family
The Lorenzo Family
The Machiavelli Family
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Q 6: Who wrote the book The Prince?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Donatello
Machiavelli
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Q 7: How were Florence’s industries
related to the city’s culture?
A. Industry owners studied art and music in
Florence
B. Great artists became bankers and traders
C. Wealthy patrons sponsored many artists
D. Brilliant scholars got rich writing books
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Q 8: This architect helped assemble
the Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore
(The Dome):
A.
B.
C.
D.
Brunelleschi
Botticelli
Vesari
Copernicus
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Q 9: How did the development of a
money-based economy affect
Florence?
Florence became a banking center
Florence became an intellectual center
Other Italian leaders tried to imitate Florence
Other Italian cities tried to conquer Florence
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Q 10: Where did Florentines get ideas
for the design of their buildings?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Arabian Peninsula
Greek and Roman Ruins
Studying math and engineering
Mayan and Aztec ruins
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Q 11: This person was not from
Florence:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Copernicus
Donatello
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Q 12:Michelangelo’s famous artwork
known as “David”
A. [Option 1]
B. [Option 2]
C. [Option 3]
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Q 13: Dante Alighieri wrote a long
poem about heaven and hell was
called
The Divine Comedy
The Prince
Purgatory
The Secular
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Q 14: Most valuable coins in Europe
during the Renaissance were known as
A.
B.
C.
D.
Euros
Mercatos
Nuovos
Florins
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Q 15: What important change made
literature more popular during the
Renaissance than it had been before
A.
B.
C.
D.
Writers wrote about religious topics
People believed that reading led to salvation
Writers wrote in their own dialects
People believed that reading led to financial
success.
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Q 16: What river is Florence located
along?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Tiber River
Thames River
Rhine River
Arno River
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