The Renaissance MCQs

Option A: growth of religious activity among common people

Option B: earlier occurrence

Option C: greater appreciation of pagan writers

Option D: decline in the use of Latin

Correct Answer: growth of religious activity among common people ✔

Option A: alchemy and magic

Option B: the literature of Greece and Rome

Option C: chivalry of the Middle Ages

Option D: the teaching of St. Thomas Acquinas

Correct Answer: the literature of Greece and Rome ✔

Option A: Petrarch

Option B: Dante

Option C: Boccaccio

Option D: Pico della Mirandola

Correct Answer: Petrarch ✔

Option A: Pazzi

Option B: Republic

Option C: Medici

Option D: Inquisition

Correct Answer: Medici ✔

Option A: Italian merchants

Option B: catholic church

Option C: black people

Option D: king and queen of Spain

Correct Answer: catholic church ✔

Option A: realism

Option B: perspective

Option C: individualism

Option D: abstractioin

Correct Answer: abstractioin ✔

Option A: greek and austrian

Option B: roman and french

Option C: roman and greek

Option D: french and greek

Correct Answer: roman and greek ✔

Option A: lycidas

Option B: Paradise Lost

Option C: II penseroso

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: lycidas ✔

Option A: FR Leavis

Option B: Harold Bloom

Option C: William Empson

Option D: Mariella Frostrup

Correct Answer: FR Leavis ✔

Option A: ’Il Penseroso’

Option B: ’Lycidas’

Option C: ’Comus’

Option D: ’The Masque of Blackness’

Correct Answer: ’Comus’ ✔

Option A: Horatio Herbert Kitchener

Option B: William Blake

Option C: William Wordsworth

Option D: John Keats

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Of Prelatical Episcopacy

Option B: The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings from the Church

Option C: Of Practical Exorcisme

Option D: Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce

Correct Answer: Of Practical Exorcisme ✔

Option A: ’L’Allegro’

Option B: ’Lycidas’

Option C: ’Il Penseroso’

Option D: ’Absolom and Achitophel’

Correct Answer: ’Absolom and Achitophel’ ✔

Option A: St Paul’s

Option B: Christ’s Hospital

Option C: Merchant Taylors’

Option D: Westminster

Correct Answer: St Paul’s ✔

Option A: human nature

Option B: God’s will

Option C: society itself

Option D: the Church

Correct Answer: society itself ✔

Option A: emphasis on individuality

Option B: confidence in human rationality

Option C: the emergence of merchant oligarchies

Option D: the development of social insurance programs

Correct Answer: the development of social insurance programs ✔

Option A: just the same as men

Option B: with emphasis on science and mathematics

Option C: not at all

Option D: confined solely to music, dancing, and knitting

Correct Answer: confined solely to music, dancing, and knitting ✔

Option A: Poliziano

Option B: Cervantes

Option C: Martin Luther

Option D: Alexander VI

Correct Answer: Martin Luther ✔

Option A: Cervantes

Option B: Machiavelli

Option C: Poliziano

Option D: Thomas More

Correct Answer: Thomas More ✔

Option A: The Feudal system was collapsing

Option B: the “95 theses”

Option C: the Crusades

Option D: the Black Plague

Correct Answer: The Feudal system was collapsing ✔

Option A: the rebirth of learning or knowledge

Option B: reading of books

Option C: the time of astronauts

Option D: the study of art

Correct Answer: the rebirth of learning or knowledge ✔

Option A: Italy

Option B: France

Option C: England

Option D: Germany

Correct Answer: Italy ✔

Option A: 48

Option B: 34

Option C: 22

Option D: 17

Correct Answer: 17 ✔

Option A: 22 April 1600

Option B: 19 August 1604

Option C: 6 June 1606

Option D: 9 December 1608

Correct Answer: 9 December 1608 ✔

Option A: Space used to mean “outer space”

Option B: Unaccountable

Option C: Pandemonium

Option D: Blatant

Correct Answer: Blatant ✔

Option A: Pembroke College

Option B: Trinity College

Option C: Christ’s College

Option D: St. Xavier’s College

Correct Answer: Christ’s College ✔

Option A: 4 February 1702

Option B: 2 June 1700

Option C: 17 April 1688

Option D: 8 November 1674

Correct Answer: 8 November 1674 ✔

Option A: Norwich

Option B: York

Option C: London

Option D: Canterbury

Correct Answer: London ✔

Option A: Germany

Option B: France

Option C: Italy

Option D: Spain

Correct Answer: Italy ✔

Option A: 2

Option B: 0

Option C: 1

Option D: 3

Correct Answer: 3 ✔