Deck 1: Famous Achievements in Art and Literature During the Renaissance and Beyon

Question 1

In the middle of the 15th century, ……………was successful in operating the first printing press with movable types at Mainz in Germany.

A)John Gutenberg
B)Caxton
C)Nicholas V
D)Peter Burke

Answer 1

John Gutenberg

Question 2

Printing press was set up in 1477 in England by ……………

A)Caxton
B)John Gutenberg
C)Henry VIII
D)James I

Answer 2

Caxton

Question 3

The Renaissance had its origin in……………

A)Italy
B)Germany
C)France
D)England

Answer 3

Italy

Question 4

…………….created the lifelike statue of 'St. Mark' in Venice.

A)Donatello
B)Michael Angelo
C)Leonardo da Vinci
D)Della Robbia

Question 5

……………..fashioned the statue of 'Perseus and the slain Medusa'.

A)Cellini
B)Della Robbia
C)Thomas Newcomen
D)Robert Bakewell

Question 6

Michelangelo, great sculptor, painter and architect had many achievements to his credit, among which his statue of 'David' at…………, is a masterpiece of classical dignity.

A)Florence
B)France
C)Germany
D)Oxford

Question 7

"The Last Supper" is connected with …………………

A)Leonardo da Vinci
B)Raphael
C)Patriarch
D)Dante

Question 8

Whose most excellent painting is the grand fresco of 'The Last Judgement' in the same chapel?

A)Michelangelo
B)Leonardo da Vinci
C)Raphael
D)Patriarch

Question 9

……………….'s Sistine 'Madonna' is regarded as a landmark in portrait painting, owing to its lifelike charm and beauty of composition.

A)Sanzio Raphael
B)Michelangelo
C)Leonardo da Vinci
D)Bocaccio

Question 10

……………..wrote 'The Divine Comedy in Italian rather than Latin.

A)Machiavelli
B)Bocaccio
C)Dante
D)Cervantes

Question 11

…………………….wrote a series of love sonnets to "Laura".

A)Machiavelli
B)Patriarch
C)Cervantes
D)Erasmus

Question 12

………………… wrote "his racy stories in Italian", the Decameron.

A)Patriarch
B)Bocaccio
C)Machiavelli
D)Cervantes

Question 13

Who is known by his immortal Don Quixote which made fun of medieval feudalism and decadent chivalry?

A)Cervantes
B)Moliere
C)Madame de Sevigne
D)La Fontaine.

Question 14

In the 16th century, French literature was enriched by "Gargantua" a series of daring, fanciful and humorous tales written by …………………..

A)Cervantes
B)Francis Rabelais
C)Moliere
D)Erasmus

Question 15

Desiderius Erasmus was the greatest Renaissance scholar in ……………..

A)Holland
B)France
C)England
D)Poland

Question 16

'Praise of Folly' was written by ………..

A)Cranmer
B)Sir Thomas More
C)Milton
D)Erasmus

Question 17

In England…………..'s Utopia appeared in English in 1551.

A)Milton
B)Sir Thomas More
C)Edmund Spencer
D)Marlowe

Question 18

'Paradise Los't is the work of …………………..

A)Marlowe
B)Edmund Spencer
C)Milton
D)Cranmer

Question 19

Book of Common Prayers was the work of …………………….

A)Peter Abelard
B)Edmund Spencer
C)Cranmer
D)Abertus Magus

Question 20

'Faerie Queen' is the work of ………………

A)Edmund Spencer
B)Ben Johnson
C)Christopher Marlowe
D)Francis Bacon

Question 21

In the 13th century, ……………..laid the foundations of modern science, by insisting on the experimental method, and discovered the uses of gunpowder and the magnifying lens.

A)Abertus Magus
B)Peter Abelard
C)Roger Bacon
D)Thomas Aquinas

Question 22

Nicholas Copernicus of …………………revolutionized the thought of mankind by proving that the earth moves round the sun.

A)Russia
B)England
C)Poland
D)Italy