Question 1

In contrast to most of the rest of Europe, marriages in Italian cities of the Renaissance

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A) occurred when both individuals were very young. 
B) tended to be increasingly rare. 
C) tended to take place between older men who had made their fortune and much younger women. 
D) were generally longer lasting due to increased wealth and improved living conditions. 
E) were based on romantic love. 
A) occurred when both individuals were very young. 
B) tended to be increasingly rare. 
C) tended to take place between older men who had made their fortune and much younger women. 
D) were generally longer lasting due to increased wealth and improved living conditions. 
E) were based on romantic love. C

Question 2

Which of the following was characteristic of the codes of behavior that developed in Renaissance Italy?

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A) the placing of greater importance on a person's birth 
B) the placing of more value on what a person accomplishes than who he is 
C) a rejection of personal ambition in favor of collective success 
D) a narrowing of the notion of honor to include only military achievement 
E) a simplicity in manner and tastes that continued to tie the elite to their roots 
A) the placing of greater importance on a person's birth 
B) the placing of more value on what a person accomplishes than who he is 
C) a rejection of personal ambition in favor of collective success 
D) a narrowing of the notion of honor to include only military achievement 
E) a simplicity in manner and tastes that continued to tie the elite to their roots B

Question 3

Secularism in the Italian Renaissance meant a/an

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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. B

Question 4

Petrarch fostered Ciceronian values primarily by

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A) emphasizing the importance of rhetoric and moral philosophy. 
B) emphasizing the purity of classical Latin as opposed to medieval Latin. 
C) advocating the overthrow of the Holy Roman Emperor seen as another Julius Caesar. 
D) defending the republican form of government. 
E) rejecting Christianity and officially adopting Stoicism. 
A) emphasizing the importance of rhetoric and moral philosophy. 
B) emphasizing the purity of classical Latin as opposed to medieval Latin. 
C) advocating the overthrow of the Holy Roman Emperor seen as another Julius Caesar. 
D) defending the republican form of government. 
E) rejecting Christianity and officially adopting Stoicism.

Question 5

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 civic humanism

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Civic humanism refers to a political the

Question 6

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 constitution

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The constitution is a set of fundamental

Question 7

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 oligarchies

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Who: Oligarchies are typically led by a

Question 8

Raphael's The School of Athens

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A) depicts Plato, Aristotle, and other ancient Greek philosophers. 
B) was painted to decorate the Vatican. 
C) depicts classical grandeur. 
D) assumed an essential harmony between Greek philosophy and Christianity. 
E) all of the above 
A) depicts Plato, Aristotle, and other ancient Greek philosophers. 
B) was painted to decorate the Vatican. 
C) depicts classical grandeur. 
D) assumed an essential harmony between Greek philosophy and Christianity. 
E) all of the above

Question 9

The text states that individualism in Renaissance Italy

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A) included concern for the masses. 
B) was an ideal that was open to both men and women. 
C) included a drive to win fame and glory. 
D) was an ideal that was open to both rich and poor. 
E) all of the above 
A) included concern for the masses. 
B) was an ideal that was open to both men and women. 
C) included a drive to win fame and glory. 
D) was an ideal that was open to both rich and poor. 
E) all of the above

Question 10

From the Italian Renaissance through the Age of Enlightenment

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A) every level of society experienced more continuity than change. 
B) radical changes in European civilization affected only the clergy. 
C) radical changes in European civilization affected only the aristocratic elites. 
D) the outlook and institutions of the Middle Ages disintegrated. 
E) the outlook and institutions of the Middle Ages were strengthened. 
A) every level of society experienced more continuity than change. 
B) radical changes in European civilization affected only the clergy. 
C) radical changes in European civilization affected only the aristocratic elites. 
D) the outlook and institutions of the Middle Ages disintegrated. 
E) the outlook and institutions of the Middle Ages were strengthened.

Question 11

The central thesis of the Oration on the Dignity of Man was

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A) man's dignity comes from the fact that God loved man so intensely that he became human and died for his sins. 
B) a challenge to Papal authority after the disastrous fourteenth century. 
C) a defense of republican government against the threat posed by the condottieri . 
D) that God gave man the freedom to shape his own being. 
E) that the human body was beautiful and should be portrayed in its natural state: nude. 
A) man's dignity comes from the fact that God loved man so intensely that he became human and died for his sins. 
B) a challenge to Papal authority after the disastrous fourteenth century. 
C) a defense of republican government against the threat posed by the condottieri . 
D) that God gave man the freedom to shape his own being. 
E) that the human body was beautiful and should be portrayed in its natural state: nude.

Question 12

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What is meant by secularism in the Renaissance?

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Secularism in the Renaissance refers to

Question 13

The Prince was written after Italy had fallen prey to which of the following two states?

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A) France and Spain 
B) The Ottoman Empire and France 
C) The Byzantine and Ottoman Empires 
D) Spain and the Turks 
E) France and the Holy Roman Empire 
A) France and Spain 
B) The Ottoman Empire and France 
C) The Byzantine and Ottoman Empires 
D) Spain and the Turks 
E) France and the Holy Roman Empire

Question 14

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What aspects of Italian society fostered the development of the Renaissance?

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The development of the Renaissance in It

Question 15

The word renaissance means

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A) investigate. 
B) rebirth. 
C) renewal. 
D) reconfiguration. 
E) reintroduction. 
A) investigate. 
B) rebirth. 
C) renewal. 
D) reconfiguration. 
E) reintroduction.

Question 16

The Renaissance was restricted to Italy until

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A) the late fourteenth century. 
B) the late fifteenth century. 
C) the late sixteenth century. 
D) the late seventeenth century. 
E) none of the above 
A) the late fourteenth century. 
B) the late fifteenth century. 
C) the late sixteenth century. 
D) the late seventeenth century. 
E) none of the above

Question 17

The emphasis on the past in Renaissance Italy

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A) ​indicated the humanists' belief that the ancients had the same worldly concerns as they did. 
B) ​meant that humanists identified completely with antiquity. 
C) ​signaled support for the clerical learning of the medieval period. 
D) ​was undertaken for philosophical purposes only, rather than answering practical questions. 
E) all of the above 
A) ​indicated the humanists' belief that the ancients had the same worldly concerns as they did. 
B) ​meant that humanists identified completely with antiquity. 
C) ​signaled support for the clerical learning of the medieval period. 
D) ​was undertaken for philosophical purposes only, rather than answering practical questions. 
E) all of the above

Question 18

Muslim civilization

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A) ​experienced a prolonged period of decline during the Middle Ages. 
B) ​was largely isolated from Europe until after the start of the Italian Renaissance. 
C) ​put little emphasis on preserving and translating Greek and Latin manuscripts. 
D) ​provided valuable support to the European Renaissance in the form of sources of ancient learning. 
E) ​lacked great libraries and learning centers similar to those of Christian Europe. 
A) ​experienced a prolonged period of decline during the Middle Ages. 
B) ​was largely isolated from Europe until after the start of the Italian Renaissance. 
C) ​put little emphasis on preserving and translating Greek and Latin manuscripts. 
D) ​provided valuable support to the European Renaissance in the form of sources of ancient learning. 
E) ​lacked great libraries and learning centers similar to those of Christian Europe.

Question 19

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What is the meaning of the term individualism in the Renaissance context? How was the individualism of the Renaissance incompatible with the medieval worldview?

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The term individualism in the Renaissanc

Question 20

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

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A) Machiavellian. 
B) civic humanism. 
C) Erasmian humanism. 
D) republicanism. 
E) Romanism. 
A) Machiavellian. 
B) civic humanism. 
C) Erasmian humanism. 
D) republicanism. 
E) Romanism.

In contrast to most of the rest of Europe, marriages in Italian cities of the Renaissance

Which of the following was characteristic of the codes of behavior that developed in Renaissance Italy?

Secularism in the Italian Renaissance meant a/an

Petrarch fostered Ciceronian values primarily by

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? civic humanism

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? constitution

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? oligarchies

Raphael's The School of Athens

The text states that individualism in Renaissance Italy

From the Italian Renaissance through the Age of Enlightenment

The central thesis of the Oration on the Dignity of Man was

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What is meant by secularism in the Renaissance?

The Prince was written after Italy had fallen prey to which of the following two states?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What aspects of Italian society fostered the development of the Renaissance?

The word renaissance means

The Renaissance was restricted to Italy until

The emphasis on the past in Renaissance Italy

Muslim civilization

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What is the meaning of the term individualism in the Renaissance context? How was the individualism of the Renaissance incompatible with the medieval worldview?

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

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

In contrast to most of the rest of Europe, marriages in Italian cities of the Renaissance

Which of the following was characteristic of the codes of behavior that developed in Renaissance Italy?

Secularism in the Italian Renaissance meant a/an

Petrarch fostered Ciceronian values primarily by

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? civic humanism

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? constitution

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? oligarchies

Raphael's The School of Athens

The text states that individualism in Renaissance Italy

From the Italian Renaissance through the Age of Enlightenment

The central thesis of the Oration on the Dignity of Man was

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What is meant by secularism in the Renaissance?

The Prince was written after Italy had fallen prey to which of the following two states?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What aspects of Italian society fostered the development of the Renaissance?

The word renaissance means

The Renaissance was restricted to Italy until

The emphasis on the past in Renaissance Italy

Muslim civilization

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What is the meaning of the term individualism in the Renaissance context? How was the individualism of the Renaissance incompatible with the medieval worldview?

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

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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