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WESTERN
CIVILIZATION NAME ____________
Test # 2B
The first seven questions come from Merchants, Money and
Magnificence.
1. Which of the following is
true of Renaissance Florence?
a.
at its height in the 1400, it contained over 1,200,000. people;
b.
the Prince ruled with an iron hand;
c.
people with very different incomes lived next to each other;
d.
because it was located on the sea, its harbor was the rival of Venice.
2. The city of Florence is
located:
a.
along the norther boarder of Italy;
b.
north of Rome;
c.
on the Adriatic Sea;
d.
on the Greek boarder with Italy.
3. The wealthiest single class in the city of Florence was the:
a.
old rich
b.
merchants
c.
artisans
d. miserabli.
4. Which was not true of the wool making
industry of Florence?
a. Tuscany never produced enough wool so much
came from places like Spain;
b. it gained a great advantage by leading the
way in colors of wool, especially red;
c. the silk trade helped Florence when the wool
industry declined;
d. the making of cloth required only a few
steps which Florence quickly mastered
5. The city of Florence
contains all the following great works of art and buildings,
EXCEPT:
a.
the statue of “David”
b.
the Duomo
c.
the Palazzo Vecchio
d.
the Sistine Chapel
e.
the Churches of San Lorenzo, Santa Croce, and Santa Maria Novella.
6. The Duomo was
a.
the home of the Duke of Florence;
b.
the name for the Medici Palace;
c.
the name of the plaza Michelangelo’s statue of “David” was first placed;
d.
was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi.
7. Economic, social, and political power in Florence was divided
between the
a. major and minor guilds;
b. upper and lower guilds;
c. actual and potential guilds;
d. capital and labor guilds.
8. Which was not a
characteristic of the Renaissance?
a. emphasis on individuality
b. confidence in human rationality
c. the emergence of merchant oligarchies
d. the development of social insurance programs
e. emulation of classical writers
9. All of the following are characteristic of the work of Erasmus EXCEPT
a. Christian Humanism
b. New Pietism
c. desire for reform
d. use of satire
e.
desire for a division in separate Christian churches
10. Thomas More’s Utopia
promoted the view that
a. men are inherently evil and untrustworthy
b. monied wealth ensures happiness
c. social institutions needed reform
d. ethical principles rarely apply to politics
e. learning could not improve human character
11. Which of the following
statements best describes the papacy during the Renaissance? a.
There was no pope for a period of two centuries
b. Most of the Renaissance popes wanted to
reform such basic church institutions
as the sacraments.
c. There were struggles between wealth families to control the papacy.
d. There were repeated attempts to reunite the
Eastern and Western churches
12. The father of Italian
humanism was - a. Lorenzo Valla b. Petrarch c.
Dante d. Marsilio
Ficino
13. In his analysis of
statecraft, morality was irrelevant.
What worked was good; what failed was bad. His textbook is considered a classic in the practice of
tyranny. The author of this political
text was
a. Castiglione
b. Erasmus
c. Cellini
d. Machiavelli
e. Lorenzo de Medici
14. Gargantua and Pantagruel were written by the French humanist -
a. Michel de Montaigne
] b. Guillaume Bude
c. Francois Rabelais
d. Lefevre d’Etaples
15. In comparison to
medieval culture, Renaissance culture was -
a. more concerned with Aristotelian philosophy
b. more concerned with things of this world
c. disinterested in
classical models
d. based less on urban vitality and expanding
commerce.
16. The founder of the Society of Jesus was -
a. Ignatius Loyola
b. Cardinal Ximenes
c. Savonarola
d.
St. Theresa
17. Which of the following was NOT a religious proposition advanced by Martin Luther? a. sale of indulgence, or grants of salvation, for money was wrong
b.
only faith could gain salvation
c. monasticism was wrong
d. priests should practice celibacy
18. Which of the following
was NOT a participant in the Late Italian Renaissance of the fifteenth century?
a. Michelangelo b. Leonardo da Vinci c. Niccolo Machiavelli d. Giotto
19. The early humanists are
best described as
a. scholars interested in translating classical
literature
b. restless free-thinkers interested in doing away with all religion
c. artists interested in the glorification of God
d. dissatisfied priests interested in reform of
the church
20. All are products of the
Northern Renaissance EXCEPT
a. Erasmus
b. Colet
c. Thomas More
d. Hans Holbein
e. Raphael
21. The great triad of High Renaissance painters consists of -
a. Raphael, Michelangelo and Masaccio
b. Michelangelo, Masaccio and Botticelli
c. Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo
d. Botticelli, Michelangelo and Leonardo da
Vinci
22. In the Renaissance,
people came to think and act as - a. members of a community b. members of the Holy Roman church c.
individuals d.
none of the above.
23. A German painter celebrated for his many engravings and woodcuts was -
a. Jan van Eyck b. Albrecht Durer c. Hans Holbein d. Pieter Brueghel the Elder
24. All of the following countries became heavily Lutheran except -
a. Demark b. Germany c.
Sweden d.
France
25. Luther’s role in the German peasant revolt of 1524-25 provides a good example of his a. compassion for the lower classes
b. contempt for the power of the nobility
c. respect for authority and his political conservatism
d. pacifist nature
26. For a time in the 1490s,
Savonarola imposed his religious views of the city of - a. Venice b. Milan c.
Florence d.
Naples
27. Which of the following sequences lists the major developments of Western civilization in proper sequence?
a. Protestant Reformation, Renaissance, Dark Ages, Late Medieval Era
b. Dark Ages, Renaissance, Late Medieval Era, Protestant Reformation
c. Renaissance, Protestant Reformation, Dark Ages, Late Medieval Era
d. Dark Ages, Late Medieval Era, Renaissance,
Protestant Reformation.
28. Which of the following was NOT one of the reasons that Italy emerged as the center of the early Renaissance?
a. The emergence
of centralized states in Italy allowed for more extensive patronage
of the arts
b. Italy retained more contact with Roman traditions than did the rest of Europe c. Italy led the West by the fourteenth century in banking and trade
d. Italy had closer contacts with foreign
scholars, particularly those in late Byzantium
29. Which of the following statements about the Renaissance is NOT accurate?
a. The Renaissance challenged medieval intellectual values and styles
b. The
Renaissance sketched basher spirit that may have helped create a new
western interest in exploring.
c. The Renaissance failed to develop any new
ideas concerning political organization.
d. The Renaissance was built on a more
commercialized economy.
30. Which of the following
statements concerning Italian humanism is most accurate? a. Humanists focused on humankind as the center
of intellectual and artistic
endeavor
b. Humanists attacked Christianity as rife with
superstition and witchcraft
c. Humanists carved out new literary styles
without reference to classical or medieval models.
d. Humanists emphasized the corporate and
communal aspects of human society.
31. Johannes Gutenberg was responsible for -
a. the unification of the Holy Roman Empire in 1537
b. the construction of Wittenberg cathedral during the fifteenth century
c. the defeat of the Catholic forces during the Thirty Years War
d. the invention of movable type in the West.
32. Which of the following
areas was NOT successfully defended by the Catholic Reformation?
a. The Netherlands
b. Poland
c. southern Europe
d.
Hungary
33. What new religious order was associated with the Catholic Reformation?
a. Benedictines b. Jesuits c.
Calvinists d.
Cistercians
34. Dante’s great work is
the
a.
Inferno; b.
Decameron; c.
Vision of Piers Plowman d. Canterbury Tales.
35. Boccaccio’s great work, a collections of
novellas or short stories about Florence during the Black Death is call the
a.
Inferno; b.
Decameron; c.
Vision of Piers Plowman d. Canterbury Tales.
36. The papal legate Luther was so critical of,
who had been "selling" indulgences, was named
a.
Desiderius Erasmus
b.
Ignatius Loyola
c.
Savanarola
d.
Tetzel
37. All of the following
were part of the Protestant movement of the l6th century, EXCEPT:
a.
Amish
b.
Anabaptists
c.
Quakers
d.
Methodists.
38. The response of the Roman Catholic church to the Protestant Reformation included all of the following EXCEPT
a. the abolition of the Index of Prohibited Books;
b. the establishment of the Society of Jesus(Jesuit order);
c. seminary or colleges for priests;
d.
some reforms of cannon law.
39. The text refers to
five city-states that dominated
Italy. All of the following were
included EXCEPT
a. Naples;
b. Columbo;
c. Venice;
d. Rome;
e. Genoa.
40. “Sola Scriptura” means
by the word alone and was used to describe the biblical cry of the following
religious reformers, EXCEPT
a.
Desiderius Erasmus
b.
Martin Luther
c.
John Calvin
d.
Ulrich Zwingli
e.
John Knox
41. The Italian city states
of the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries were characterized politically by
a.
fragmentation;
b.
unity;
c.
stable alliances;
d.
foreign domination.
What is the style
of painting in the following:
42. Which of these paintings is the Medieval painting ?
a.
A;
b.
B;
c. C.
43. Which of these paintings is the Renaissance painting ?
a.
A;
b.
B.
What is the style
of columns in the following:
44. What style of column is the following?
a.
Doric;
b.
Ionic;
c.
Corinthian;
d.
Athenian.
45. What style of column is the following?
a.
Doric;
b.
Ionic;
c.
Corinthian;
d.
Athenian.
What is the style
of architecture in the following:
46. What style of architecture is the following?
a.
Classical;
b.
Romanesque;
c.
Gothic;
d.
Renaissance.
47. What style of architecture is the following?
a.
Classical;
b.
Romanesque;
c.
Gothic;
d.
Renaissance.
48. What style of architecture is the following?
a.
Classical;
b.
Romanesque;
c.
Gothic;
d.
Renaissance.
49. What style of architecture is the following?
a.
Classical;
b.
Romanesque;
c.
Gothic;
d.
Renaissance.
50. What style of architecture is the following?
a.
Classical;
b.
Romanesque;
c.
Gothic;
d.
Renaissance.