Question 1

Secularism in the Italian Renaissance meant a/an

Accepted Answer

A) denial of the validity of religion. 
B) preoccupation with the pleasures and challenges of the life in this world. 
C) willingness to accept different forms of Christianity. 
D) active campaign against established religion. 
E) return to Epicureanism. 
A) denial of the validity of religion. 
B) preoccupation with the pleasures and challenges of the life in this world. 
C) willingness to accept different forms of Christianity. 
D) active campaign against established religion. 
E) return to Epicureanism.

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-constitution

Accepted Answer

The Constitution:

Who?
A constitution i

Question 3

Raphael's The School of Athens

Accepted Answer

A) depicts Plato, Aristotle, and other ancient Greek philosophers. 
B) utilizes new Renaissance techniques to produce accurate spatial perspective. 
C) depicts classical grandeur. 
D) assumed an essential harmony between Greek philosophy and Christianity. 
E) All of these 
A) depicts Plato, Aristotle, and other ancient Greek philosophers. 
B) utilizes new Renaissance techniques to produce accurate spatial perspective. 
C) depicts classical grandeur. 
D) assumed an essential harmony between Greek philosophy and Christianity. 
E) All of these

Question 4

Humanism put in the service of republican ideal of liberty is called

Accepted Answer

A) Machiavellian. 
B) civic humanism. 
C) Erasmian humanism. 
D) republicanism. 
E) None of these 
A) Machiavellian. 
B) civic humanism. 
C) Erasmian humanism. 
D) republicanism. 
E) None of these

Question 5

The author argues that elite women in the Italian city-states may have gained more freedom because

Accepted Answer

A) marriage to older men and subsequent widowhood made them economically self-sufficient. 
B) so many of them made independent livings as artists. 
C) women played a prominent role in the banking business. 
D) their husbands were more enlightened. 
E) of their lower class origins and the greater secularism of their society. 
A) marriage to older men and subsequent widowhood made them economically self-sufficient. 
B) so many of them made independent livings as artists. 
C) women played a prominent role in the banking business. 
D) their husbands were more enlightened. 
E) of their lower class origins and the greater secularism of their society.

Question 6

Which of the following promoted the view that the ruler should be universally talented and skillful on the battlefield, at court and in the state, and virtuous throughout?

Accepted Answer

A) Gargantua and Pantagruel 
B) The Prince 
C) The Book of the Courtier 
D) Utopia 
E) Colloquies 
A) Gargantua and Pantagruel 
B) The Prince 
C) The Book of the Courtier 
D) Utopia 
E) Colloquies

Question 7

As the Renaissance spread outwards from Italy, it

Accepted Answer

A) adapted to political systems run by powerful monarchs. 
B) was altered by the impact of lay piety. 
C) was aided by the invention of moveable type. 
D) was fostered by growing prosperity and the spread of lay education. 
E) All of these 
A) adapted to political systems run by powerful monarchs. 
B) was altered by the impact of lay piety. 
C) was aided by the invention of moveable type. 
D) was fostered by growing prosperity and the spread of lay education. 
E) All of these

Question 8

The instability of the Italian city-states was largely due to

Accepted Answer

A) papal subversion of internal order. 
B) tensions between serfs and lords and between textile workers and merchants. 
C) interference of the Holy Roman Empire. 
D) tensions between merchants and nobles and tensions among the city-states. 
E) All of these 
A) papal subversion of internal order. 
B) tensions between serfs and lords and between textile workers and merchants. 
C) interference of the Holy Roman Empire. 
D) tensions between merchants and nobles and tensions among the city-states. 
E) All of these

Question 9

Which of the following best describes the status of upper-class women in Renaissance Italy?

Accepted Answer

A) Their status was the highest, and with the greatest freedoms, since Roman times 
B) Their status was indistinguishable from other upper-class women 
C) Their status was similar to the status of upper-class women in classical Greece 
D) Their status was equivalent to those of men 
E) None of these 
A) Their status was the highest, and with the greatest freedoms, since Roman times 
B) Their status was indistinguishable from other upper-class women 
C) Their status was similar to the status of upper-class women in classical Greece 
D) Their status was equivalent to those of men 
E) None of these

Secularism in the Italian Renaissance meant a/an

Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -constitution

Raphael's The School of Athens

Humanism put in the service of republican ideal of liberty is called

The author argues that elite women in the Italian city-states may have gained more freedom because

Which of the following promoted the view that the ruler should be universally talented and skillful on the battlefield, at court and in the state, and virtuous throughout?

As the Renaissance spread outwards from Italy, it

The instability of the Italian city-states was largely due to

Which of the following best describes the status of upper-class women in Renaissance Italy?

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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Exam 13: The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

Secularism in the Italian Renaissance meant a/an

Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -constitution

Raphael's The School of Athens

Humanism put in the service of republican ideal of liberty is called

The author argues that elite women in the Italian city-states may have gained more freedom because

Which of the following promoted the view that the ruler should be universally talented and skillful on the battlefield, at court and in the state, and virtuous throughout?

As the Renaissance spread outwards from Italy, it

The instability of the Italian city-states was largely due to

Which of the following best describes the status of upper-class women in Renaissance Italy?

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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