The Renaissance

1. What is the Renaissance? It's a period in European history marking the

transition from the Middle Ages to Modern Times.
2. When did the Renaissance start in Italy? 1350
3. When did the Renaissance reach England? 150 years later
4. In which city did the Renaissance start? Florence
5. Which family was very important to the Renaissance? The Medici Family
6. What is Humanism? A Renaissance cultural movement which turned away from
medieval scholasticism
7. Who is known to be the "Father of the Renaissance"? Petrarch
8. What was Machiavelli known for? His writings
9. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Michelangelo
10. What did famous artists do to learn more about the human body? dissect corpses
11. What type of painting became popular during the Renaissance? oil painting
12. Who painted the "Birth of Venus"? Botticelli
13. What idea was proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus? A Heliocentric System
14. What was Martin Luther's role in the Renaissance? He was the leader of the
Protestant Reformation
15. What did the Church try to do during this time? Censor anything that conflicted
with their teaching and beliefs
16. What was very important during the Renaissance? Gutenberg's printing press
17. What did Leonardo da Vinci often include in his art? Science
18. From what ancient civilizations did the people in Italy get the idea for humanism?
The Greeks and the Romans
19. How was Italy divided up at the beginning of the Renaissance? City-states
20. Why did the Renaissance take longer to spread to the northern parts of Europe? The
Alps separate Italy from the rest of Europe, making it harder to spread the
ideas

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 The Protestant Reformation
1. How many theses did Luther write? 95
2. What did Calvinists believe? That certain people were chosen by God to go to
Heaven
3. Name given to French calvinist Huguenots
4. Which was the work of the inquisition? Punish the people who supports and
transmits protestant ideas
5. Who protected Luther? Frederick the Wise
6. What actions did the Catholic Church take to stop the spread of protestantism? The
Council of Trent, the Jesuits and the Inquisition.
7. Which country was Henry VIII king of? Henry VIII
8. Which country did Calvin go to after not being accepted in France? Switzerland
9. What did the church institution do, against Martin Luther, to stop the Reformation?
Excommunicated as a heretic
10. Which of these religions had a simple service in their churches? Calvinist Church
11. Who was the writer of the “95 Theses”? Martin Luther
12. When did the reformation start? 1517
13. Where did people go if they wanted to pay for their sins? The purgatory
14. How many wives did Henry VIII have? 6
15. Choose the false information about Lutheranism and Martin Luther They wanted the
Pope to be the maximum power
16. Who were the Jesuits ? They were trained priests

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 Edward VI and Mary I

1. Who was King Edward VI's mother? Jane Seymour

2. Edward who was almost ten years old when he became king, was a … serious and
sickly boy.
3. On Edward's accession in 1547 this man was named Lord Protector… Edward
Seymour
4. Which of these is Edward VI's reign most remembered for? The Book of Common
Prayer
5. In his "Devise for the Succession", who did Edward VI leave his crown to? Lady
Jane Grey, his cousin once removed
6. To What Church did Mary belong? Catholic Church
7. Why has Mary I gone down in history as "Bloody Mary"? Because of the burnings
of Protestants during her reign.
8. Who did Mary marry? Philip II
9. Which former archbishop was burned at the stake during Mary I's reign? Thomas
Cranmer
10. As a result of a joint Anglo-Spanish war against France, England lost its last toehold
in France. What was the name of that toehold? Calais

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 Richard III

1. Henry VII's claim to the throne was weak. True

2. During Henry VII's reign historians wrote well about Richard III. False
3. Richard III was really evil and deformed. False
4. Sir Thomas More and Polydor Virgil wrote for Henry VII. False
5. Sir Thomas More presents Richard III as evil and deformed. True
6. More's argument expresses what has come to be called "The Tudor Myth." False
7. Edward Hall and Raphael Holinshed completed the task started by More and Virgil.
True
8. By the end of the 16th century "The Tudor Myth" was almost universally accepted.
True
9. Hall and Holinshed's histories were Shakespeare's major sources as he wrote
Richard III. True
10. Henry VI's funeral and Clarence's imprisonment occured at the same time (in 1471).
False.
Petrarch

1. When was Petrarch born? 1304

2. For whom did he write his sonnets? Laura
3. How many lines does a Pretrarchan sonnet have? 14
4. Which is the structure of a Petrarchan sonnet? an octave and a sestet
5. Which is the rhyme scheme of the octave? ABBA ABBA
6. Which is the rhyme scheme of the sestet? CDC CDC or CDE CDE
7. What is a "Volta"? A turn of thought
8. How can a "volta" be indicated? By words such as "but," "yet" or "and yet"
9. When did Petrarch die? 1374
10. How many sonnets did Petrarch write? More than 300