The Renaissance - How it Began
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  • Question 1
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    What was the period of time in Europe called that happened before the Renaissance?

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    The Golden Ages

    The Age of Glory

    The Middle Ages

    The Grey Years

    The Feudal Ages

  • Question 2
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    How was humanism different from the way most people thought before the Renaissance?

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    It thought that life could be nice

    It said that life did not have to be all work

    It said that humans could enjoy comforts

    All of them

    None of them

  • Question 3
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    From what ancient civilizations did the people in Italy get the idea for humanism?

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    The Romans and Greeks

    The Greeks and Egyptians

    The Egyptians the Chinese

    The Chinese and the Persians

    The Persians and the Romans

  • Question 4
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    How was Italy divided up during the start of the Renaissance?

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    Counties

    Provinces

    Kingdoms

    Fiefs

    City-states

  • Question 5
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    In what wealthy and powerful Italian city did the Renaissance get its start?

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    Rome s

    Milan

    Venice

    Florence

    Naple

  • Question 6
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    What was Francesco Petrarch famous for?

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    Many famous paintings such as the Mona Lisa

    Writing the book Devine Comedy

    Architecting huge and beautiful cathedrals

    Inventing the philosophy of humanism

    Being ruler of the city of Florence at the start of the Renaissance

  • Question 7
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    What artist is considered the first Renaissance painter?

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    Giotto

    Da Vinci

    Botticelli

    Michelangelo

    Raphael

  • Question 8
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    What made Renaissance painting different from the previous period of art?

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    It was very abstract

    Subjects were painted as they appeared in nature

    Emphasis was on symbolism, not realism

  • Question 9
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    Around what year did the Renaissance begin?

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    1066

    1253

    1400

    1550

    1630

  • Question 10
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    True or False: The Italian Renaissance stayed in Italy and never touched the rest of Europe.

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    True

    False

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