Test over the Renaissance
150 Total Points
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Matching – Match the following names with the correct definition and write the letter on your paper,
(3 pts.) each – 15 points
____1. Johannes Gutenberg
a. founder of the new Christianity
____2. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
b. convened the Council of Trent
____3. Pope Paul III
c. printed the first books in London
____4. Martin Luther
d. beheaded at Fotheringay
____5. William Caxton
e. invented the printing press
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Multiple Choice – Write the letter of the best answer on your paper, (5 pts.) each – 30 points
____6. Leonardo da Vinci is best known for
(a) fighting for the Catholic Church
(b) helping develop the Royal Navy
(c) painting the Mona Lisa
(d)writing the Great Awakening
____7. Michelangelo
(a) discovered the planet Pluto
(b) painted the Cistine Chapel
(c) developed the ink pen
(d) died of the bubonic plague
____8. Christopher Wren was
(a) an architect who designed St. Paul’s Cathedral
(b) was a bishop for the new Church of England
(c) assembled Parliament
(d) was a patriarch of the queen
____9. Galileo developed
(a) pastel painting methods
(b) the first pamphlet renouncing the king
(c) the Copernican view of earth’s revolution
(d) the study of medicine
____10. Men during the Renaissance
(a) were concerned with fashion
(b) did not participate in fighting for their country
(c) helped develop the first trial by jury
(d) carried banners claiming their religion
____11. During Europe’s Renaissance, China was experiencing
(a) a great famine
(c) a civil war
(b) the Ming Dynasty
(d) a population boom
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Answer the following with complete paragraphs each (5 – 7 sentences each),
10 pts. each – 80 points
12. Define “renaissance.” (the meaning of the word, the origin of the Renaissance & why, and
what made a Renaissance person)
13. Why was the invention of the printing press or movable type so important to the average
citizen during the Renaissance?
14. Define what the new merchant class was able to do now that was not possible in past
periods of history.
15. Describe the movement called “humanism.”
16. Describe the beginning of the Protestant religion.
17. Describe the Council of Trent.
18. Describe the conflict between King Henry VIII and the pope and the result of the conflict.
19. Describe the rule of Queen Mary and how Queen Elizabeth came to the throne.
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Essays – Choose one of the following quotes and write approximately 3 paragraphs answering the
question, (25 pts.)
“To be a king and wear a crown is more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasure to them that bear
it.”
“Knowledge is Power”
Education was not to produce scholars but to prepare students to “perform justly, skillfully, and
magnanimously all the offices both private and public, of peace and war.”
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Test over the Renaissance (Key)
150 Total Points
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Matching – Match the following names with the correct definition and write the letter on your paper,
(3 pts.) each – 15 points
__e__1. Johannes Gutenberg
a. founder of the new Christianity
__d__2. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
b. convened the Council of Trent
__b__3. Pope Paul III
c. printed the first books in London
__a__4. Martin Luther
d. beheaded at Fotheringay
__c__5. William Caxton
e. invented the printing press
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Multiple Choice – Write the letter of the best answer on your paper, (5 pts.) each – 30 points
__c__6. Leonardo da Vinci is best known for
(a) fighting for the Catholic Church
(b) helping develop the Royal Navy
(c) painting the Mona Lisa
(d)writing the Great Awakening
__b__7. Michelangelo
(a) discovered the planet Pluto
(b) painted the Cistine Chapel
(c) developed the ink pen
(d) died of the bubonic plague
__a__8. Christopher Wren was
(a) an architect who designed St. Paul’s Cathedral
(b) was a bishop for the new Church of England
(c) assembled Parliament
(d) was a patriarch of the queen
__c__9. Galileo developed
(a) pastel painting methods
(b) the first pamphlet renouncing the king
(c) the Copernican view of earth’s revolution
(d) the study of medicine
__a__10. Men during the Renaissance
(a) were concerned with fashion
(b) did not participate in fighting for their country
(c) helped develop the first trial by jury
(d) carried banners claiming their religion
__b__11. During Europe’s Renaissance, China was experiencing
(a) a great famine
(c) a civil war
(b) the Ming Dynasty
(d) a population boom
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Answer the following with complete paragraphs each (5 – 7 sentences each),
10 pts. each – 80 points
12. Define “renaissance.” (the meaning of the word, the origin of the Renaissance & why, and
what made a Renaissance person) means re-birth, intellectual person interested in all
subjects, started in Italy
13. Why was the invention of the printing press or movable type so important to the average
citizen during the Renaissance? Everyday people could have reading material and
information other than just church literature could be printed
14. Define what the new merchant class was able to do now that was not possible in past
periods of history. They could read and learn about new things, making them interested in
other ideas and places, not just about the church’s views, peoples, and places
15. Describe the movement called “humanism.” Interest in humanity and humans’ possibilities
16. Describe the beginning of the Protestant religion. Martin Luther denounced the pope and
started distributing his doctrine, opening up the door for others to leave the Catholic
Church
17. Describe the Council of Trent. Commissioned by Pope Paul to investigate the wrongs being
committed by members of the church
18. Describe the conflict between King Henry VIII and the pope and the result of the conflict.
He wanted to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon, and marry Anne Boleyn, but the pope
wouldn’t grant him a divorce because it was against the church’s beliefs. He then
denounced the pope and started his own church, the Church of England.
19. Describe the rule of Queen Mary and how Queen Elizabeth came to the throne.
Queen Mary was dying and she knew Queen Elizabeth was next in line to be queen.
Mary did not want Elizabeth to be queen because she would denounce the Catholic Church
Since Mary’s father had divorced her mother and denounced the pope in order to marry
Elizabeth’s mother, Mary wanted to bring back the Catholic Church to England (out of
spite)
Essays – Choose one of the following quotes and write approximately 3 paragraphs interpreting the quote
and defending your position.
“To be a king and wear a crown is more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasure to them that bear
it.”
Varied Responses – Must be logical and include an interpretation and defense
“Knowledge is Power”
Varied Responses – Must be logical and include an interpretation and defense
Education was not to produce scholars but to prepare students to “perform justly, skillfully, and
magnanimously all the offices both private and public, of peace and war.”
Varied Responses – Must be logical and include an interpretation and defense
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