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1.Which of the following is most accurate
a. Medieval Europe was a feudal society with
an agricultural economy and domination
by the church whereas Renaissance Europe
was characterized by a growing national
consciousness and political centralization
b. The church played little or no role in
Renaissance Europe
c. Renaissance Europe was a feudal society
with an agricultural economy and
domination by the church whereas
Medieval Europe was characterized by an
urban economy based on organized
commerce and capitalism
d. Renaissance Europe was a feudal society
with an agricultural economy and
domination by the church whereas
Medieval Europe was characterized by a
growing national consciousness and
political centralization
e. Medieval land Renaissance Europe were
both feudal societies that focused on an
urband economy and organized commerce
5.Social strife and competition for political power
became so intense within the cities that most
evolved into
a. Feudal states
b. Despotisms
c. Oligrachies
d. Mini-monarchies
e.democracies
2.Which of the following cities played a key role in
the trade between Europe and the Near East?
a. Bolongna
b. Siena
c. Venice
d. Milan
e. Florence
7.This occurred in 1378 as a result of the unbearable
conditions for those at the bottom of society and the
disruption caused by the Black Death
a. French Revolution
b. Boxer Uprising
c. Jacquerie
d. Ciompi Revolt
e. Signing of the Treaty of Lodi
3.Endemic warfare between the pope and the Holy
Roman Emperor
a. Depopulated Italy’s cities
b. Had little effect on Italy
c. Had all but ended by 1000
d. Assisted the growth of Italian city states
e. Was a boon for the landed nobility
4.*Which of the following cities had uninterrupted
trade with the Near East throughout the Middle
Ages, maintaining a vibrant urban society?
a. Avignon
b. Pisa
c. Lyon
d. Paris
e. Naples
6.Which of the following is the correct list of the four
major social groups that existed within Florence?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Nobles and merchants, new merchant class,
clergy, lower economic classes
Nobles and merchants, clergy, middle
burgher, and lower classes
Kings and queens, new merchant class,
clergy, and lower economic classes
Clergy, nobility, merchants and serfs
Nobles and merchants, new merchant
class, middle burgher, and lower middle
classes
8.In the early modern Italian city-states, the term
condotierri referred to
a. The wealthy merchant class
b. Hired mercenary soldiers
c. Powerful and unscrupulous popes
d. Cloth guilds
e. Ruling oligarchies of some city-states
9.Which of the following cities became the center of
the High Renaissance(1490-1520) culture?4
a. Rome
b. Venice
c. Florence
d. Naples
Milan
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10.The government of Venice during the
Renaissance may closely be labeled a
a. Constitutional monarchy
b. Dictatorship
c. Republic
d. Autocracy
e. Democracy
11.The term “civic humanists” refers to those
individuals who
a. Taught civics to other humanists scholars
b. Emphasized the role of cities in classical
civilization
c. Wanted to remove themselves from public
life
d. Wanted to use their humanist learning in
the service of their city-states
e. Feared the encroachment of politics on
their learning
12.The Sack of Rome in 1527 played a significant role
in the
a. Elimination of the papacy as a political force
in Italian affairs
b. End of the High Renaissance
c. Protestant Reformation
d. Counter-Reformation
Economic collapse of southern Italy
13.All of the following help to explain why the
Renaissance originated on the Italian peninsular
EXCEPT
a. Geography
b. Political organization
c. Religion
d. Social structure
e. Economic structure
14.“ Geography is destiny” proved true for the
Italians of the 14th and 15th centuries for all of the
following reasons EXCEPT
a. Their proximity to the Mediterranean
b. Their establishment of overland trade with
Asia
c. Their role as “middlemen” of Europe
d. Their ability to adapt to victimization by
more united peoples
e. Their seagoing trade with the eastern
Mediterranean
15.Which of these city-states is said to have been
the cultural center of the Renaissance and has been
compared to ancient Athens for its burst of
creatively over a relatively short time span?
a. Venice
b. Milan
c. Rome
d. Genoa
e. Florence
16.The powerful middle class that developed in the
independent city-states of Renaissance Italy was
involved in all of the following EXCEPT
a. Making profitable loans to popes and
monarchs
b. Financing commercial ventures
c. Patronizing the arts
d. Encouraging manorialism
e. Controlling the governments of the citystates
17.Which dynasty of merchants, bankers, and depots
of Florence used its wealth to patronize the great
creative artist of the day?
a. Petrarch
b. Bellini
c. Medici
d. Sforza
e. Condottieri
18.Reasons that the Renaissance originated on the
Italian peninsula included all of the following EXCEPT
the peninsula’s
a. Geographic location
b. Political organization
c. Religion
d. Social structure
e. Economic structure
19.The political strength of the Medici family in
Florence was initially based on
(A)
a close alliance with the papacy
(B)
the influence and wealth of their bank
(C)
the support of the lower classes
(D)
the support of a powerful citizen militia
(E)
their tenure in various municipal offices
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20.Cosimo de Medici brought stability to this city
after his rise to power in 1434
a. Rome
b. Milan
c. Florence
d. Naples
e. Venice
21.Italian balance-of-power diplomacy
a. Was designed to prevent a single Italian
state form dominating the peninsula
b. Successfully prevented foreign domination
of Italy
c. Was primarily concerned with controlling
the papacy
d. Was critical to the economic success of Italy
e.
22.Secularism during the Renaissance can best be
described as
a. repudiation fo the Roman Catholic faith
b. a concern with the nature of individuality
c. an emphasis on money and pleasure
d. a belief kin individual genius
e. a literary movement centered primarily in
the Northern states of Europe
23.Which of the following cities became the center
of the High Renaissance(1490-1520) culture?4
a. Rome
b. Venice
c. Florence
d. Naples
e. Milan
24.One factor that enabled the Renaissance to
flourish in Northern Italy was that the region had
a.
b.
c.
d.
a wealthy class that invested in the arts
a socialist for of government
limited contact with the Byzantine Empire
a shrinking middle class
25.Which societal condition was basic to the
development of Greek philosophy and Renaissance
art? NO KEY
a.
b.
c.
d.
rigid social classes
emphasis on individualism
religious uniformity
mass education
26. The government of Venice during the
Reniassance may most closely be labeled a
a. constitutional monarchy
b. dictatorship
c. republic
d. autocracy
e. democracy
27,Which characteristic was common to the Golden
Age of Greece and the Italian Renaissance? NO KEY
a.
b.
c.
d.
a strong military led to national unity
written constitutions led to the
establishment of democratic governments
prosperity led to the creation of many
works of art
political instability led directly to the
formation of unified nation-states
28.During the early 16th century the need for reform
within the Roman Catholic Church was indicated by
all of the following EXCEPT
a. Clerical immorality
b. The lack of education of the ordinary clergy
c. The growth of The Brethren of the
Common Life
d. The extravagant lifestyle of prelates and
popes
e. Clerical pluralism
29.Renaissance culture
a. Was enjoyed by most Europeans
b. Was rejected by the Church for its
secularism
c. Was that of a small business elite
d. Mirrored the attitudes of the urban
population
e. Stressed Greco-Roman ideals of gender
equality
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30.
Renaissance humanism is primarily defined
as
(A)
a curriculum based on the study of the
classics, rhetoric, and history
(B)
an antireligious program dedicated to the
destruction of the Church
(C)
an artistic style that portrayed the depraved
state of human beings
(D)
a philosophical movement that emphasized
the beauty of nature
(E)
a religious movement that attempted to
make Christianity relevant to daily experience
31.Renaissance humanism
a. Devalued mastery of ancient languages
b. Urged the development of a single talent to
perfection
c. Valued ancient philosophers as the final
authorities on all matters
d. Denied the existence of God
e. Valued scholarship for its own sake and for
the glory it brought the city-state
32.The first humanists were
a. Politicians and their secretaries
b. Farmers and blacksmiths
c. Historians and musicians
d. Orators and poets
e. Clergy
33.Which of the following was the most important
intellectual recovery made during the Italian
Renaissance
a. Apostolic theology
b. Spartan military strategies
c. Roman studies
d. Greek studies
e. Roman law
“It was a literary movement that reflected an new
way of looking at the human condition. The writers
were laymen, not clergy , who examined secular
issues such as politics and the emotional life of the
individual. While they drew on the themes of the
ancient classics and often wrote in classical Latin and
Greek, they also laid the foundations for modern
language and literature by writing in their mother
tongue”
34.The literary movement described above is
a. Secularism
b. Individualism
c. Classicism
d. Humanism
e. Virtu
35.Which is true of Humanism?
a. It set a limit on what human beings could
accomplish in this world
b. It emphasized the study of Greek and
Roman classical literature
c. It sought to understand human nature
exclusively by means of studying the
writings of the early Christian philosophers
d. It promoted medieval lifestyle
e.It discouraged a study of pagan writers
36. The humanists of the Renaissance differed from
the traditional medieval philosophers in the
humanists’
a. interest in the spiritual life of people
b. lack of interest in Ancient Greek and Roman
culture
c. rejection of Christian principles
d. emphasis on the importance of the
individual
37.The primary shift in thinking brought by the
Italian Renaissance was
a. renewed interest in art
b. an outpouring of religious fervor
c. ultramontanism, or great reverence for the
papacy
d. an interest in political unity
e. appreciation for the abilities and power of
man
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38.Renaissance humanism was a contradiction of the
Middle Ages in that it
a. Denied Church doctrine, including the
Trinity
b. Promoted art, especially painting
c. Ignored the authority of the Church
d. Emphasized the goodness of the present
and the power of humanity
e. Sought a logical explanation for the
outbreak of plague in the 14th century
39.In Europe, a major characteristic of humanism
was
1.
2.
3.
4.
a belief in the supremacy of the state in
relation to individual rights
a rejection of ancient civilizations and their
cultures
an emphasis on social control and
obedience to national rulers
an appreciation for the basic worth of
individual achievement
40.Which statement best describes a characteristic
of the Renaissance in Europe?
a. the social structure became very rigid
b. creativity in the arts was encouraged
c. the political structure was similar to that of
the Roman Empire
d. humanism decreased in importance
“Europe is waking out of a long, deep sleep…time
was when learning was only found in the religious
orders…learning has passed to secular princes and
peers.”
41.This quotation best describes the
a.
b.
c.
d.
Renaissance
decline of the Roman Empire
Crusades
rise of Christianity
42.Humanist scholars broke from medieval scholarly
tradition
a. in declaring that all knowledge was relative
b. by insisting on reading the original
manuscript
c. by challenging the existence of God
d. by supporting scientific experimentation
e. by rejecting the central authority of the
church
43.Which was a major characteristic of the
Renaissance?
a. conformity
b. humanism
c. mysticism
d. obedience
44.Which of the following cities became the center
of the High Renaissance (1490-1520) culture?
a. Rome
b. Venice
c. Florence
d. Naples
e. Milan
45.European society during the Renaissance differed
from European society during the Middle Ages in
that during the Renaissance
a.
the Church was no longer influential NO
KEY
b. the emphasis on individual worth
increased
c. economic activity declined
d. art no longer contained religious themes
46.The humanists of the Renaissance differed from
the traditional medieval philosophers in the
humanists’
a.
b.
interest in the spiritual life of people
lack of interest in Ancient Greek and Roman
culture
c. rejection of Christian principles
d. emphasis on the importance of the
individual
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47.In the Renaissance period, which factor was
emphasized by the philosophy of humanism?
a.
b.
c.
d.
superiority of medieval thought
devotion to religion
value of the individual
obedience to government officials
48. Renaissance humanism was a contradiction of
the Middle Ages in that it
a. Denied Church doctrine, including the
Trinity
b. Promoted art, especially painting
c. Ignored the authority of the Church
d. Emphasized the goodness of the present
and the power of humanity
`e.Sought a logical explanation for the outbreak
of plague in the 14th century
49.Renaissance humanists were primarily interested
in the Roman politician Cicero because of
a. his moral courage
b. his detailed explanation of he crisis of the
late Roman Republic
c. his denunciation of Caesar’s tyranny
d. his financial acumen
e. the beauty of his Latin prose
50.Refer to the excerpt “The Renaissance Garden”.
Based on this excerpt, which of the following is most
accurate?
a. The garden was pivotal center in numerous
aspects of Renaissance society
b. Gardens were seen only in of wealth and
privilege that only the wealthy practical
terms, as a source of fresh food in an urban
environment
c. A garden lacked a practical function, but the
social dimensions created outweighed the
cost to maintain the garden’s beauty
d. A garden was a sign in of wealth and
privilege that only the wealthy could enjoy
e. A garden’s main purpose was to romance
and seduce potential suitors
51.He was known as the the “father of humanism”
a. Dante Alighieri
b. Francesco Petrarch
c. Cosimo de Medici
d. Guarino da Verona
e. Giovani Bocaccio
52.In the 15th century, Lorenzo Valla proved that the
Donation of Constantine was a forgery by
a. Showing that the paper was too new to be
from the time of Constantine
b. Providing other documents that
contradicted what was supposedly stated in
the Donation
c. Revealing papal documents that discussed
the forged nature of the document
d. Showing that the language used in the
document was not in use in the age of
Constantine
e. Guessing that Constantine never would
have wanted to leave the Church
53.How did Valla become a hero to Protestant
reformers?
a. His decision to renounce the papacy
b. His teaching to depict humans as the only
creatures in the world who posses the
freedom to be whatever they chose
c. His work, Oration of the Dignity of Man
d. His defense of predestination against the
advocates of freewill
e. His defense of free will against the
advocates of predestination
54.Renaissance humanists were primarily interested
in the Roman politician Cicero because of
a. his moral courage
b. his detailed explanation of he crisis of the
late Roman Republic
c. his denunciation of Caesar’s tyranny
d. his financial acumen
e. the beauty of his Latin prose
55.The Treaty of Lodi did all of the following EXCEPT
a. prevent France from gaining a foothold in
Italy
b. bring Milan and Naples into the alliance
with Florence
c. maintain cooperation during the second
half of the 15th century
d. include Venice despite the Papal States
anger
e. present a unified front of the fie states to
foreign enemies
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56.Ludovico of Milan’s fatal mistake was that he
a. appealed to the French for help and invited
them to reenter Italy and receive their
dynastic claim to Naples
b. claimed Naples for himself, as king and
disregarded French dynastic claims to rule
c. disregarded the threat posed by Milan and
supported by Florence, and denied French
aid or assistance
d. sold the city of Milan to the French without
proper authority
e. spurned all attempts by the French to forge
an alliance with Milan
57.The Hapsburg-Valois wars were wars fought
between France and
a. Spain: France won all four major battles
b. Italy: Italy won all four major battles
c. Spain: Spain won all four major battles
d. England: France won all four major battles
e. Italy: France won all four major battles
58.The belief that by cultivating the finest qualities
of their beings, human beings could commune with
God was a conclusion of
a. Guildsmen
b. Neoplatonists
c. The lay piety movement
d. The Catholic Church in Renaissnace Italy
e. The doge
59.Which did NOT enable the spread of the
Renaissance?
a. The Treaty of Lodi
b. Milan’s invitation to Charles VIII to bring
troops to Italy
c. The printing press
d. Students and teachers migrating in and out
of the Italian peninsula
e. The lay piety movement
60.The most significant aspect of the social
composition of the Renaissance art world was
a. the high degree of women’s participation in
it
b. its apprentice system
c. the large proportion of artists who came
from the elite classes
d. the lack of the patronage system
e. the high degree of specialization that was
demanded
61.The work of art that both captures the emphasis
on human form and illustrates the last and most
heroic phase of Renaissance art is
a. Giotto’s Life of St Francis
b. Picasso’s Guernica
c. Donatello’s david
d. Michelangelo’s David
e. St Peter’s Basilica
62.Sculpture in the Southern Renaissance differed
dfrom sculpture of the Middle Ages in that it
featured
a. Free standing forms rather than bas-relief
b. Nude figures
c. The human form portrayed more
realisitically
d. Pietas-sculptures of Mary holding the body
of a crucified Christ
e. All of the above
63.Which of the following Italian Renaissance writers
is INCORRECTLY paired with his work?
a. Machiavelli-The Prince
b. Castiglioni- The Book of the Courtier
c. Petrarch – sonnets
d. Dante-Divine Comedy
e. Boccaccio- Praise of Folly
64.Leonardo Da Vinci was not considered a
forerunner of the scientific revolution because his
a. Ideas and drawing were too far-fetched to
be credible
b. Work went unpublished and unknown
until the 20th century
c. Life predates the early scientists
d. Art interested the public more than his
science
e. Work and life included all the above
65. Renaissance artists viewed the medieval past
with
a. The same reverence that they held for the
classical period
b. Tremendous respect for their
achievements, though they did not view
them as equal to the ancients
c. No clear sense that their own age was
distinct from the medieval period
d. Disdain for what they perceived to be its
backwardness
e. Great interest because it served to inspire
their own works of art
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66.Renaissance sculpture differed from medieval
sculpture in that
a. It ignored religious themes
b. Renaissance artists made use of marble
c. It abhorred realism
d. It abandoned the classical tradition
e. It revived the classical tradition of sculpture
in the round
67.The sculpture of the Renaissance differed from
that of the Middle Ages in all the following ways
EXCEPT
a. Forms were anatomically proportional
b. The faces expressed emotion
c. The figures expressed animation
d. The artists prided themselves on the
individuality of style
e. The subject matter was religious
68. Renaissance art
a. Was characterized by the severe
specialization of its artists
b. Was characterized by religious subject
matter
c. Abandoned painting in favor of sculpture
d. Was characterized by its concern for the
human form
e. Did not require patrons
69.Which of the following was NOT a factor that
contributed to the Renaissance artistic
achievement?
a. Patronage of the pope
b. The invasion of Italy by the French
c. The competitive spirit of competing elites
d. The apprentice system
e. The lack of separation between artistic and
commercial aspects of the Renaissance art
world
70. Renaissance sculpture differed from medieval
sculpture in that
a. It ignored religious themes
b. Renaissance artists made use of marble
c. It abhorred realism
d. It abandoned the classical tradition
e. It revived the classical tradition of sculpture
in the round
71. All of the following are true of Renaissance art
EXCEPT ?
a. Art tended to be abstract and formulaic
b. Artwork reflected symmetry and proportion
reflected a belief in the harmony of the
universe
c. Art emphatically embraced the natural
world and human emotions
d. Art often blended classical and Christian
influences
e. Works were given rational, even
mathematical order
72.Which of the following is a significant difference
between medieval and Renaissance sculpture?
a. The shift from the Old Testament to New
Testament themes
b. The use of stone rather that wood
c. Renaissance sculpture was devoid of
religious subjects
d. Renaissance art represented the visible
world rather than conventional symbolism
e. Renaissance sculpture was no longer
commissioned by the popes
73.The most significant aspect of the social
composition of the Renaissance art world was
a. the high degree of women’s participation in
it
b. its apprentice system
c. the large proportion of artists who came
from the elite classes
d. the lack of the patronage system
e. the high degree of specialization that was
demanded
74.The work of art that both captures the emphasis
on human form and illustrates the last and most
heroic phase of Renaissance art is
a. Giotto’s Life of St Francis
b. Picasso’s Guernica
c. Donatello’s david
d. Michelangelo’s David
e. St Peter’s Basilica
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75.The artistic brilliance of the quattrocento and the
cinquecento was spurred in both Florence and Rome
by
a. The patronage of both civic groups and the
Church
b. Artistic guilds
c. The Medicis
d. The popolo
e. Foreign financiers
76. Sculpture in the Southern Renaissance differed
dfrom sculpture of the Middle Ages in that it
featured
a. Free standing forms rather than bas-relief
b. Nude figures
c. The human form portrayed more
realisitically
d. Pietas-sculptures of Mary holding the body
of a crucified Christ
e. All of the above
77.Renaissance artists viewed the medieval past
with
a. The same reverence that they held for the
classical period
b. Tremendous respect for their
achievements, though they did not view
them as equal to the ancients
c. No clear sense that their own age was
distinct from the medieval period
d. Disdain for what they perceived to be its
backwardness
e. Great interest because it served to inspire
their own works of art
78.New to art in the Renaissance was
a. painting in oils
b. use of perspective
c. freestanding sculpture
d. more realistic depiction
e. all of the above
79.Renaissance artist viewed the medieval past with
a. the same reverence that they held for the
classical past
b. tremendous respect for their achievements,
though they did not view them as equal to
the ancients
c. no clear sense that their own age was
distinct from the medieval period
d. disdain for what they perceived to be its
backwardness
e. great interest because it served to inspire
their own works of art
80.All of the following are characteristics of
Renaissance art EXCEPT NO KEY
a. the use of oil paints
b. the emphasis on naturalism
c. the desire to create three-dimensional
images
d. secular portraiture
e. hierarchical scaling
81.Who is considered the “father of Renaissance
painting?
a. Da Vinci
b. Michelangelo
c. Raphael
d. Giotto
e. Donatello
82.Based on his work Lives of Artists Vasari is
considered the first
a. humanist scholar to be interested in art
b. art historian
c. to be concerned with the question of
aesthetics
d. to question the seriousness of
contemporary artists
e. art collector
83.In his writing, Machiavelli most admired the
a. Medici of Florence
b. Leaders of the Church
c. Italian merchant class
d. New monarchies of the north
e. Holy Roman Empire
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84.Machiavelli’s The Prince represented an attempt
to find ways to
a. Blend medieval and Renaissance
scholarship
b. Convince the French to intercede in Italian
affairs on behalf of his native Florence
c. Show how the rule princes was clearly
inferior to republican forms of government
d. Unify the entire Italian peninsula under a
powerful leader
85.Show how a Christian prince can use religious
precepts as a moral guide
Which of the following is NOT true of Machiavelli?
NO KEY
a. He did not believe that the Italian political
unity and independence were ends that
justified any means
b. He held republican ideals
c. He wanted to drive out all foreign armies
from Italy
d. He was a humanist
e. He scolded the Italian people for the selfdestruction their internal feuding had
caused
“A prince should have only one end and one idea in
mind, take only one subject for study,
and it is
war, its science and discipline; for it is the only
science that deals with the ruler’s problems. . . .
[Success in war] not only maintains those born to
princedoms but often
causes men of private
origin to rise to that rank. .. . The first cause of losing
power is the
neglect of this art; the
cause of winning power lies in its mastery.”
86.In writing the passage above, Machiavelli drew on
his observations of
87.Machiavelli’s The Prince offered which of the
following pieces of advice?
a. Know your enemy and know yourself and
you cannot be defeated
b. Behave like a weasel and a bear to be smart
and ferocious
c. All a strong minister to help you run your
nation
d. Do not conquer your enemies to harshly
e. Be loved or feared, but never hated
88.In his writing, Machiavelli most admired the
a. Medici of Florence
b. Leaders of the Church
c. Italian merchant class
d. New monarchies of the north
e. Holy Roman Empire
89.Machiavelli’s The Prince represented an attempt
to find ways to
a. blend medieval and Renaissance
scholarship
b. convince the French to intercede in Italian
affairs on behalf of his native Florence
c. show how the rule of princes was clearly
inferior to republican forms of government
d. unify the entire Italian peninsula under a
powerful ruler
e. show how a Christian prince can use religious
precepts as a moral guide
90. Which idea about leadership would Niccolo
Machiavelli most likely support?
a.
b.
c.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
feudal warfare in medieval Europe
warfare among the Italian city-states
sixteenth-century religious wars
warfare among the European colonial powers
warfare during the Crusades
d.
leaders should do whatever is necessary to
achieve their goals
leaders should fight against discrimination
and intolerance
leaders should listen to the desires of the
people
elected leaders should be fair and good
91.With the growing cost of warfare in the 15th and
16th centuries, monarchs needed new national
sources of income and created them by taxing all of
the following EXCEPT NO KEY
a. The feudal lords
b. The peasants
c. Basic food and clothing
d. Trade
e. The nobility
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92. King Louis XI did all of the following EXCEPT
a. Establish a lucrative silk industry
b. Conquer Burgandy
c. Expand trade and industry
d. Create a national postal system
e. Ravage the nobility
93.Who protested the marriage of Isabella of Castille
and Ferdinand of Aragon
a. France and Portugal
b. Portugal and Italy
c. Catalan and Navarre
d. England and France
e. Spain and Italy
94.Ferdinand and Isabella were able to do all of the
following EXCEPT
a. Venture abroad militarily
b. Subdue their realms
c. Secure their borders
d. Conquer southern France
e. Christianize the whole of Spain
95.In France, England, and Spain the Renaissance
was centered in
a. the great independent city-states
b. the royal courts
c. small independent religious communites
d. the great universities
e. all of the above
96.15th century attempts to centralize and
consolidate power were most successful in
a. France
b. England
c. Italy
d. Spain
e. Germany
97.The social group that most often supported the
centralizing efforts of the “new monarchs” was the
a. Peasantry
b. Nobility
c. Bourgeoisie
d. Urban workers
e. Clergy
98. A new alliance between monarchs and this group
helped break the bonds of feudal society NO KEY
a. Nobles
b. Clergy
c. Peasants
d. Townspeople
e. Gentry
99.The Catholic Church banned the work of which of
the following humanist writers?
a. Sir Thomas More
b. Ulrich von Hutton
c. Erasmus
d. Rabelais
e. Petrarch
100.The Catholic Church banned the work of which
of the following humanist writers
a. Sir Thomas More
b. Ulrich von Hutton
c. Erasmus
d. Rabelais
e.Petrarch
101. In the 14th and 15th centuries, mystics, such as
Meister Eckhart, Thomas a Kempis, and the founder
of Brothers of the Common Faith, Gerard Groote
a. Preached rebellion against the papacy
b. Stressed the importance of the sacraments
c. Land the foundations for Protestantism’s
personal approach to worship
d. Argue the necessity of adhering to dogma
e. Had a universal and popular appeal
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