Question 1

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

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An aristocratic republic is a form of go

Question 2

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 3

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

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Lay piety refers to the religious devoti

Question 4

Which of the following fits under the heading of advice books for courtiers and would-be gentlemen in Renaissance Italy?

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

Question 5

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.

Question 6

In  The Instruction of a Christian Woman , Juan Vives argued that women

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A)  ​ should get the same education as men. 
B)  ​ should be protected from the new learning since their natural inclination toward religion. 
C)  ​ should receive a humanist education with the exception of rhetoric since women were not suited for leadership roles. 
D)  ​ possessed reason but did not possess the ability to use it effectively. 
E)  ​ presented the ideals of education and refinement toward which men should aspire. 
A)  ​ should get the same education as men. 
B)  ​ should be protected from the new learning since their natural inclination toward religion. 
C)  ​ should receive a humanist education with the exception of rhetoric since women were not suited for leadership roles. 
D)  ​ possessed reason but did not possess the ability to use it effectively. 
E)  ​ presented the ideals of education and refinement toward which men should aspire.

Question 7

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 8

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

Accepted Answer

Utopia is a term that refers to an imagi

Question 9

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 10

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

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Patronage refers to the support, encoura

Question 11

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

Question 12

A central theme in the work of Shakespeare was

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A)  the striking contradiction between a person's nobility and his capacity for evil and self-destruction. 
B)  the unpredictable consequences of fortune. 
C)  that love will always in. 
D)  despite elaborate facades people are fundamentally simple and well-meaning. 
E)  that tragedy is the main source of nobility. 
A)  the striking contradiction between a person's nobility and his capacity for evil and self-destruction. 
B)  the unpredictable consequences of fortune. 
C)  that love will always in. 
D)  despite elaborate facades people are fundamentally simple and well-meaning. 
E)  that tragedy is the main source of nobility.

Question 13

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 14

Michel de Montaigne changed the character of humanism by

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A)  adding the principle, "the ends justify the means" in the real world. 
B)  inventing Christian humanism. 
C)  replacing optimism and civic virtue with skepticism and introspection. 
D)  tying it more closely to empirical research and the new science. 
E)  reintroducing the traditional Christian view of man as fundamentally evil. 
A)  adding the principle, "the ends justify the means" in the real world. 
B)  inventing Christian humanism. 
C)  replacing optimism and civic virtue with skepticism and introspection. 
D)  tying it more closely to empirical research and the new science. 
E)  reintroducing the traditional Christian view of man as fundamentally evil.

Question 15

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.

Question 16

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Italy to answer the question(s).

Locate and label the five major powers that emerged on the Italian peninsula: the kingdom of Naples and Sicily, the Papal States, Florence, Venice, and Milan.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 17

The new and powerful Renaissance image of man as the  magus refers to

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A)  man as a magician who can control nature. 
B)  man as magnificent and capable of political achievement. 
C)  man as blessed and capable of achieving salvation. 
D)  man as mystical and able to understand divine revelation. 
E)  man as a master of his own fate and legacy. 
A)  man as a magician who can control nature. 
B)  man as magnificent and capable of political achievement. 
C)  man as blessed and capable of achieving salvation. 
D)  man as mystical and able to understand divine revelation. 
E)  man as a master of his own fate and legacy.

Question 18

Between 1300 and 1550, most northern Italian cities

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A)  were organized as democracies. 
B)  passed through phases of republican rule followed by despotic (princely) rule. 
C)  fell under papal rule. 
D)  were ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. 
E)  maintained republican governments. 
A)  were organized as democracies. 
B)  passed through phases of republican rule followed by despotic (princely) rule. 
C)  fell under papal rule. 
D)  were ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. 
E)  maintained republican governments.

Question 19

At the core of François Rabelais's  humanism was

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A)  a faith in the fundamental goodness of people and the need to let them be free to arrange their lives as they please. 
B)  a faith in the fundamental goodness of institutions and their ability to mold better individuals. 
C)  the need to convert spontaneous creativity to logical, precisely formulated doctrine. 
D)  a disillusionment with human nature and human institutions. 
E)  a fear of a vengeful God. 
A)  a faith in the fundamental goodness of people and the need to let them be free to arrange their lives as they please. 
B)  a faith in the fundamental goodness of institutions and their ability to mold better individuals. 
C)  the need to convert spontaneous creativity to logical, precisely formulated doctrine. 
D)  a disillusionment with human nature and human institutions. 
E)  a fear of a vengeful God.

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.

Exam 13: The Renaissance Transition to the Modern Age

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

The text states that individualism in Renaissance Italy

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

Which of the following fits under the heading of advice books for courtiers and would-be gentlemen in Renaissance Italy?

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

In The Instruction of a Christian Woman , Juan Vives argued that women

Raphael's The School of Athens

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

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

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

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

A central theme in the work of Shakespeare was

From the Italian Renaissance through the Age of Enlightenment

Michel de Montaigne changed the character of humanism by

Secularism in the Italian Renaissance meant a/an

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Italy to answer the question(s). Locate and label the five major powers that emerged on the Italian peninsula: the kingdom of Naples and Sicily, the Papal States, Florence, Venice, and Milan.

The new and powerful Renaissance image of man as the magus refers to

Between 1300 and 1550, most northern Italian cities

At the core of François Rabelais's humanism was

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

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

The French Revolution the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

Imperialism Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness New Views of Nature Human Nature and the Arts

World War I the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War Ii Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War Ii Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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