Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  john gutenberg
B)  caxton
C)  nicholas v
D)  peter burke A

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)  milton
B)  boccaccio
C)  chaucer
D)  william langland A

Question 3

St. Peters church in Rome, the huge dome of which was designed by …………………….was the finest example of the Renaissance architecture.

Accepted Answer

A)  michael angelo
B)  leonardo da vinci
C)  raphael
D)  diderot A

Question 4

. _____________'s well-known work is the "Mona Lisa"

Accepted Answer

A)  boccaccio
B)  petrarch
C)  machiavelli
D)  leonardo davinci

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A)  leonardo davinci
B)  voltaire
C)  diderot
D)  condorcet

Question 6

. _____________was the Italian poet who is considered as the father of humanism.

Accepted Answer

A)  rousseau
B)  voltaire
C)  montesquieu
D)  petrarch

Question 7

_____________ was called "the Morning star of Renaissance"

Accepted Answer

A)  dante
B)  bacon
C)  john wycliff
D)  thomas more

Question 8

The Renaissance, a movement which stressed the ideas of the classical world had its origin in……………

Accepted Answer

A)  germany
B)  italy
C)  france
D)  spain

Question 9

_____________…actually came to be known as the "Athens of Italy".

Accepted Answer

A)  cambridge
B)  florence
C)  venice
D)  milan

Question 10

_____________. was the "Father of Italian Prose".

Accepted Answer

A)  shakespeare
B)  boccaccio
C)  chaucer
D)  erasmus

Question 11

_____________asserted that science depends upon observation of facts.

Accepted Answer

A)  vico
B)  descartes
C)  roger bacon
D)  galileo

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A)  holland
B)  italy
C)  england
D)  germany

Question 13

The term Renaissance was first used by the Italian artist and critic …………in his book 'The Lives of the Artists'

Accepted Answer

A)  giorgio vasari
B)  robert fulton
C)  thomas newcomend
D)  corneille

Question 14

Galileo was an …………… astronomer

Accepted Answer

A)  italian
B)  french
C)  english
D)  german

Question 15

Before the invention of the…………., Knowledge was the privilege of the wealthy people

Accepted Answer

A)  gun powder
B)  mariner's compass
C)  printing press
D)  computer

Question 16

_____________brought about a transition from the religious approach to the humanistic approach to the problems of the world.

Accepted Answer

A)  reformation
B)  renaissance
C)  enlightenment
D)  romanticism

Question 17

Three eminent painters of renaissance period, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michael Angelo and Raphael, belonged to the ………………….school of painting founded by Giotto

Accepted Answer

A)  florentine
B)  venetian
C)  cambridge
D)  oxford

Question 18

Machiavelli was the great political writer of ……………..

Accepted Answer

A)  italy
B)  france
C)  germany
D)  england

Question 19

Canterbury Tales was written by ……………..

Accepted Answer

A)  shakespeare
B)  erasmus
C)  chaucer
D)  boccaccio

Question 20

The English Physician, …………………..discovered how blood circulates from the heart through arteries to different parts of the body and comes back to the heart through veins.

Accepted Answer

A)  william harvey
B)  adam smith
C)  david hume
D)  immanuel kant

Exam 1: The Renaissance: A Journey Through History and Artistic Achievements