Question 1

According to Machiavelli,the ideal form of government for his native city of Florence was:

Accepted Answer

A)  a republic modeled on the Roman example. 
B)  an oligarchy modeled on Venice. 
C)  a monarchy modeled on France. 
D)  a principality, the model of which he sketched in The Prince. 
E)  a republic modeled on Plato's Republic.

Question 2

Bellini and Titian were members of the so-called:

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A)  Platonic school of Athens. 
B)  Roman school serving the papacy. 
C)  Venetian school of the High Renaissance. 
D)  Florentine school of the High Renaissance. 
E)  Platonic School of Florence.

Question 3

Machiavelli admired Cesare Borgia for his:

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A)  civic-mindedness and sense of duty. 
B)  military achievements and humility. 
C)  Christian morality tempered with a willingness to avenge wrongs. 
D)  levity and immorality. 
E)  ruthlessness and shrewdness.

Question 4

The Renaissance intellectual ideal may be summarized in the term humanism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Michelangelo's David was created to celebrate Florentine civic ideals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Unlike most other Italian intellectuals of his age,Niccolò Machiavelli was:

Accepted Answer

A)  a great prose stylist in the vernacular. 
B)  an accomplished textual scholar. 
C)  a truly original thinker about politics. 
D)  a pagan, not a Christian. 
E)  well acquainted with Arabic literary styles.

Question 7

How was Utopia a critique of sixteenth-century society?

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Question 8

What differences separated the twelfth-century Renaissance from the Italian Renaissance?

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Question 9

The painting of the Northern Renaissance differed from the painting of the previous era by its commitment to capturing the essence of human individuality as evidenced by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hans Holbein the Younger. 
B)  Albrecht Dürer. 
C)  Rogier van der Weyden. 
D)  Guillaume de Machaut. 
E)  Hans Holbein the Elder.

Question 10

After 1525,most Christian humanists:

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A)  embraced Protestant church reforms and became Protestants. 
B)  abandoned their humanistic studies in order to concentrate on church reform. 
C)  remained Catholic, while continuing to espouse their ideals of no ritualistic inward piety. 
D)  were silenced by the Inquisition. 
E)  worked as teachers in the various courts of Europe.

Question 11

Francesco Landini was a Renaissance:

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A)  composer, famous for his secular music in the ars nova style. 
B)  composer, famous for his early Italian operas. 
C)  painter, famous for his sympathetic portrait of Erasmus. 
D)  architect, famous for his enlargement of the Louvre in the sixteenth century. 
E)  architect, famous for his design of the Château of Chambord.

Question 12

Machiavelli,in his book Discourses on Livy,attempted to show why the form of government of the old Roman Republic was unsuited to the Europe of his time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Leonardo da Vinci's basic approach to painting was to:

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A)  produce as much saleable artwork as possible for his patrons. 
B)  emphasize the emotional content by distorting proportion and scale. 
C)  depict one central mood or emotion in each piece. 
D)  imitate nature as closely as possible. 
E)  relate his impression of his subject rather than simply duplicating it.

Question 14

Which of the following Renaissance artists was most deeply influenced by the art of classical Greece?

Accepted Answer

A)  Donatello 
B)  Michelangelo 
C)  Leonardo da Vinci 
D)  Botticelli 
E)  Titian

Question 15

In Botticelli's Birth of Venus,the pagan goddess Venus was interpreted by some contemporary viewers as:

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A)  an allegory of spring. 
B)  chaste love, a Christian virtue. 
C)  Christ during the Last Supper. 
D)  Ginevra da Benici. 
E)  the Mona Lisa.

Question 16

The first freestanding nude sculpture in western Europe since antiquity was created by the Florentine artist:

Accepted Answer

A)  Donatello. 
B)  Michelangelo. 
C)  Leonardo da Vinci. 
D)  Botticelli. 
E)  Titian.

Question 17

Renaissance architects favored the Romanesque style,mistakenly believing it to be Roman and not medieval in origin.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Painting in oil rather than fresco gave the artist more time to work slowly and incorporate more complexities into a painting,as drying time was longer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

One important difference between the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance that followed was the northern:

Accepted Answer

A)  reluctance to compose classical Latin prose in the style of Cicero. 
B)  appreciation for scholasticism and its central texts. 
C)  rejection of the church fathers as religious authorities. 
D)  interest in traditional Christian wisdom over classical virtues. 
E)  rejection of classicism in their approach to art.

Question 20

In the Renaissance,classics were never thought of as superseding Christian faith.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 12: Renaissance Ideals and Realities,c.1350–1550

According to Machiavelli,the ideal form of government for his native city of Florence was:

Bellini and Titian were members of the so-called:

Machiavelli admired Cesare Borgia for his:

The Renaissance intellectual ideal may be summarized in the term humanism.

Michelangelo's David was created to celebrate Florentine civic ideals.

Unlike most other Italian intellectuals of his age,Niccolò Machiavelli was:

How was Utopia a critique of sixteenth-century society?

What differences separated the twelfth-century Renaissance from the Italian Renaissance?

The painting of the Northern Renaissance differed from the painting of the previous era by its commitment to capturing the essence of human individuality as evidenced by:

After 1525,most Christian humanists:

Francesco Landini was a Renaissance:

Machiavelli,in his book Discourses on Livy,attempted to show why the form of government of the old Roman Republic was unsuited to the Europe of his time.

Leonardo da Vinci's basic approach to painting was to:

Which of the following Renaissance artists was most deeply influenced by the art of classical Greece?

In Botticelli's Birth of Venus,the pagan goddess Venus was interpreted by some contemporary viewers as:

The first freestanding nude sculpture in western Europe since antiquity was created by the Florentine artist:

Renaissance architects favored the Romanesque style,mistakenly believing it to be Roman and not medieval in origin.

Painting in oil rather than fresco gave the artist more time to work slowly and incorporate more complexities into a painting,as drying time was longer.

One important difference between the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance that followed was the northern:

In the Renaissance,classics were never thought of as superseding Christian faith.