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WHH Renaissance and Reformation Test

1. Laity refers to the regular members of the Catholic Church while clergy refers to…
a. The pope
b. The church leaders
c. The church founders
d. The 12 apostles
2. Which of the following is not considered a cause of the Protestant Reformation?
a. Northern Renaissance scholars interest in early biblical texts

b. The reform decrees of the Council of Trent
c. The taxing policies of the Roman Catholic Church
d. Nationalist movements of the German states in the Holy Roman Empire
3. In what year did Luther publish his 95 Thesis?
a. 1513
b. 1492
c. 1517
d. 1527
4. The Black Death was brought to the island of Sicily by Italian merchants from the besieged city of…
a. Palermo
b. Antioch
c. Nicea
d. Caffa
5. Writing in the vernacular during the Renaissance was the practice of writing…
a. On subjects rather then religion

b. About classical Greece
c. In languages of the people rather than Latin or Greek
d. In a more realistic fashion
6. The early bishops of Rome eventually became…
a. The Popes
b. The Papal States
c. The Vatican City
d. The Catholic Church
7. What is a monk?
a. A man who pursues a life of total dedication to God

b. A woman who pursues a life of total dedication to God
c. An intellectual and religious leader of the early Church
d. A powerful feudal vassal of the Pope
8. The High Renaissance, between 1490 and 1520, is most commonly associated with all of the following except…
a. Raphael
b. van Eyck
c. da Vinci
d. Michelangelo
9. One of the earliest achievements of the Catholic Church was the creation of the institution of…
a. Feudalism
b. Monasticism
c. Vassalage
d. Catholicism
10. What was the major goal of Christian Humanism?
a. Reform the Catholic Church

b. Spread the Italian Renaissance
c. Form a new Christian Church
d. Translate the bible into vernacular languages
11. The territory in central Italy controlled by the pope is called the…
a. The Crusader States

b. The Vatican City
c. The Roman States
d. The Papal States
12. The recovery and translation of many Latin/Greeks texts brought to Europe after contact with Islamic culture contributed greatly
to…
a. The Renaissance of the 12th century

b. The Crusades
c. The creation of Gothic architecture
d. Establishment of public schools during the later part of the Middle Ages
13. What is an indulgence?
a. The release of a person from hell into purgatory

b. The release from all or part of the punishment for sin
c. The money paid to live longer
d. The collection of relic to donate to the church.
14. As a result of the Peace of Augsburg, the German people…
a. Remained Catholics
b. Remained Lutherans
c. Were able to practice the religion of their choice
d. Became either Catholic or Lutheran, depending upon the choice of their prince
15. Who was the Holy Roman Emperor while Luther lead his reform movement?
a. Charles V
b. Frederick the Wise
c. Leo X
d. Maximilian II
16. In following Greek ideals of “a sound mind in a sound body”, humanist educators also…
a. Stressed the development of rhetorical skills

b. Stressed the development of political skills
c. Stressed the development of physical education
d. Stressed the development of mathematical skills
17. The chief teaching of the protestant reformation, an idea formulated by Luther was called…
a. Justification through good deeds

b. Justification through salvation
c. Justification through faith
d. Justification through penance
18. Baldassar Castiglione wrote a manual on how to…
a. Be a successful monarch
b. Be a gentleman
c. Form a democracy
d. Save yourself from sin
19. The invention of oil paint and the development of perspective occurred during the…
a. Baroque period
b. Rococo period
c. Renaissance era
d. Romantic Age
20. Central to John Calvin’s beliefs is the principle of…
a. Predestination
b. Free will
c. Christian liberty
d. Communion
21. Where did Luther turn to for support once he was declared an enemy of the Catholic Church?
a. The peasants of Germany

b. The bishops of Germany
c. The Pope
d. The princes of Germany
22. Martin Luther and John Wycliffe both…
a. Were English
b. Lived at the same time
c. Translated the Bible into the vernacular
d. Won immediate success as religious reformers
23. Which English monarch turned to his own bishops to grant a divorce with his wife to start the English Reformation?
a. Elizabeth I
b. James VI
c. Henry VIII
d. Henry II
24. One of the English king’s first acts against the Catholic Church after the reformation began was to…
a. Dissolve Catholic monasteries and abbeys to confiscate their land and wealth
b. Persecute and burn Catholics as heretics
c. Declare war on the Pope and other Catholic kingdoms
d. Completely remove Latin from the Eucharist
25. What is a Fresco?
a. A sculpture done with plaster

b. A painting done in oil
c. A painting done on wet plaster
d. A painting done on a ceiling
26. In 1545, a group of Catholic cardinals, bishops, and other church leaders met to reform the Catholic Church in the city of..
a. Rome
b. Florence
c. Augsburg
d. Trent
27. In 1540, the Pope formally recognized Ignatius of Loyola and his followers and established the..
a. Society of Rome
b. Society of Jesus
c. Society of Christ
d. Society of God
28. Rich merchants and bankers in Italian city-states were responsible for the Renaissance arts because they…
a. Were trained and became some of the great artists themselves

b. Patronized artists for huge artworks
c. Made artist a legal profession within their cities
d. Pushed the clergy out of power
29. In which city from Switzerland was Ulrich Zwingli a priest at the start of the Reformation?
a. Geneva
b. Florence
c. Augsburg
d. Zurich
30. When the German peasants revolted in the year 1524, how did Luther react?
a. He supported the peasants on the justification that all men are equal
b. He supported the princes, stating that God designated the lords to maintain peace
c. He supported no one and did not comment on the revolt
d. He supported the peasants and their right to own property because he was a peasant
31. The Anabaptists differed from Catholics and other Protestants who baptized children in that they baptized..
a. Women
b. Teenagers
c. Adults
d. Men
32. Anabaptists were considered a dangerous political threat because of their firm belief in…
a. Freedom of Religion
b. Separation of Church and State
c. Complete equality
d. Federalism
33. England and Parliament formally split from the Catholic Church in the year 1534 with the passing of…
a. The Act of Catholicism

b. The Act of Reformation
c. The Act of Supremacy
d. The Act of Protestantism
34. By the mid-16th century Calvinism was firmly established in all of the following regions of Europe except...
a. Switzerland
b. France
c. Italy
d. Germany
35. Who wrote The Prince?
a. Da Vinci
b. Raphael
c. Machiavelli
d. Cosimo de’ Medici
36. All of the following were powerful Italian city-states except…
a. Florence
b. Milan
c. Venice
d. Corsica
37. Which of the following did Martin Luther disagree with?
a. The priesthood of all believers

b. Financial payment for the remission of sins
c. The Bible as the final authority of God’s word
d. The spiritual life as superior to the secular life
38. The Book of the Courtier, discussing the ideals a noble was expected to fulfill, was written by…
a. Da Vinci
b. Castiglione
c. Raphael
d. Medici
39. In 1527, which city was sacked by Spanish soldiers led by Charles I?
a. Rome
b. Milan
c. Genoe
d. Venice
40. The city of Florence was ruled by which powerful family during the Renaissance?
a. The Sforza’s
b. The Viconti’s
c. The Medici’s
d. The Vatican
41. What does secular mean?
a. Worldly
b. Religious
c. Political
d. Wealthy
42. The dissolution of the English monasteries…
a. Resulted from Henry VIII’s desire to confiscate their wealth

b. Resulted in a more equitable distribution of land
c. Deeply disturbed the English upper classes
d. Was the result of rebellious activities by the monks
43. What were mercenaries?
a. Soldiers who sold their services to the highest bidder

b. Soldiers who fought for the church
c. Soldiers who went on crusades
d. Merchants who went city to city selling art
44. Who is often called the father of the Italian Renaissance?
a. Da Vinci
b. Raphael
c. Erasmus
d. Petrarch
45. What is the study of the classics during the Renaissance called?
a. Humanism
b. Christian Humanism
c. Realism
d. Liberal Arts
46. Painters developed the technical side of painting- understanding perspective, lighting, and space- as well as…
a. The investigation of movement and human anatomy

b. The investigation of color and shading
c. The investigation of religion and new languages
d. The investigation of landscaping and abstract art
47. What was the purpose of a liberal education?
a. To produce virtuous citizens

b. To produce governmental workers
c. To produce individuals who follow virtue and wisdom
d. To produce individuals who follow god and the pope
48. Leonardo Da Vinci was active as all of the following except as a…
a. Writer
b. Politician
c. Painter
d. Architect
49. Early in the Protestant Reformation, Luther and the Swiss reformers met to discuss their views and determined that they had
different opinions on…
a. The role of man in nature

b. Confession
c. The Eucharist
d. The Trinity
50. The statement Cuius regio, eius religio translates to…
a. “whose realm, his religion”

b. “whose prince, the pope’s religion”
c. “freedom of religion”
d. “Lutheran or Catholic”

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WHH Renaissance and Reformation Test

2. Which of the following is not considered a cause of the Protestant Reformation?

a. Northern Renaissance scholars interest in early biblical texts

3. In what year did Luther publish his 95 Thesis?

a. On subjects rather then religion

6. The early bishops of Rome eventually became…

a. A man who pursues a life of total dedication to God

a. Reform the Catholic Church

a. The Crusader States

a. The Renaissance of the 12th century

13. What is an indulgence?

a. The release of a person from hell into purgatory

14. As a result of the Peace of Augsburg, the German people…

a. Stressed the development of rhetorical skills

a. Justification through good deeds

20. Central to John Calvin’s beliefs is the principle of…

a. The peasants of Germany

22. Martin Luther and John Wycliffe both…

25. What is a Fresco?

a. A sculpture done with plaster

a. Were trained and became some of the great artists themselves

a. The Act of Catholicism

35. Who wrote The Prince?

37. Which of the following did Martin Luther disagree with?

a. The priesthood of all believers

41. What does secular mean?

42. The dissolution of the English monasteries…

a. Resulted from Henry VIII’s desire to confiscate their wealth

43. What were mercenaries?

a. Soldiers who sold their services to the highest bidder

44. Who is often called the father of the Italian Renaissance?

a. The investigation of movement and human anatomy

47. What was the purpose of a liberal education?

a. To produce virtuous citizens

48. Leonardo Da Vinci was active as all of the following except as a…

a. The role of man in nature

50. The statement Cuius regio, eius religio translates to…

a. “whose realm, his religion”

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