Question 1

What was the Star Chamber?

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A)  A court that dealt with noble threats to royal power in England
B)  A court dominated by the great nobles of England
C)  A court that was the English equivalent of the Spanish Inquisition
D)  A court that dealt with the finances of the English government A

Question 2

What role did the idea of "fate" play in Machiavelli's analysis in The Prince?

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A)  Fate marked the sheer random movement of nature and people that was beyond the ability of any ruler to control.
B)  The most skilled and prepared ruler could not fully escape the operations of fate that might cause a prince to lose his realm.
C)  The idea of fate was but a metaphor for the favor that God randomly bestows on some rulers and denies to others.
D)  The skilled ruler can overcome the operations of fate if he is willing to abandon all moral limitations and scruples.

Question 3

The _____________ emerged as a distinct artistic genre during the Renaissance.

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A)  individual portrait
B)  landscape
C)  religious allegory
D)  history painting

Question 4

Italian humanists stressed the

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A)  study of the classics for what they could reveal about human nature.
B)  study of the classics in order to understand the divine nature of God.
C)  absolute authority of classical texts.
D)  role of the church in the reform of society.

Question 5

How is the praise of the Renaissance artist as a "man of genius" somewhat misleading?

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Question 6

How did the Renaissance humanists understand the roles of Julius Caesar and Cicero in the development of Rome?

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Question 7

Which of the following best characterizes the Renaissance idea of virtù?

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A)  The ability to shape the world around oneself according to one's will
B)  The expression of perfection in the life lived in balance and simplicity
C)  Moral goodness as set out in the Christian Scriptures
D)  The serenity achieved through contemplation and acceptance of life's hardships

Question 8

Educated fifteenth-century Italians believed that

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A)  the world was coming to an end.
B)  they were living in a new era of human history.
C)  they had much to learn from the culture of the Middle Ages.
D)  their society was in the midst of inevitable and unstoppable decline. B

Question 9

The Spanish Inquisition was an attempt to

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A)  root out insincere Jewish converts to Christianity.
B)  inventory and secure the wealth of Europe.
C)  regulate university curricula.
D)  counteract the influence of the mendicant orders.

Question 10

According to the text, Thomas More's Utopia was remarkable for its time because it asserted that

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A)  the problems plaguing society could be solved by a beneficent government.
B)  North America would one day be the site of the greatest power in world history.
C)  Native Americans could be saved through conversion to Christianity.
D)  flaws in the divine nature were responsible for human corruption.

Question 11

The following is an excerpt from the Florentine merchant and historian Benedetto Dei's description of his home city: "Our beautiful Florence contains within the city in this present year two hundred seventy shops belonging to the wool merchants' guild . . . eighty-three rich and splendid warehouses of the silk merchants' guild. . . . The number of banks amounts to thirty-three; the shops of the cabinet-makers, whose business is carving and inlaid work, to eighty-four . . . there are forty-four goldsmiths' and jewellers' shops."
What does this passage suggest about Florence?

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A)  That Florentines were uncomfortable with borrowing and lending money at interest
B)  That the pottery industry was very important to the city
C)  That the city's economy was built around agriculture
D)  That there was high demand for luxury items in the city

Question 12

What were the goals of the Inquisition in fifteenth-century Spain?

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Answer would ideally include: Pope Sixtus IV granted Isabella and Ferdinand their own Inquisition in 1478, in order to search for Jews who were continuing to practice Judaism after their publicly avowed conversion to Christianity.

Question 13

What Florentine artist was commissioned by Pope Julius II to build his tomb and paint the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

A)  Botticelli
B)  Da Vinci
C)  Raphael
D)  Michelangelo

Question 14

Which of the following gained control of papal banking toward the end of the thirteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  French dukes
B)  Spanish nobles
C)  Florentine merchants
D)  The Knights Templar

Question 15

Which of the following was a wealthy Florentine, the political leader of his city, and a patron of Renaissance artists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cesare Borgia
B)  Cosimo de Medici
C)  Giovanni Sforza
D)  Gerolama Orsini

Question 16

"[T]he city in this present year [contains] two hundred seventy shops belonging to the wool merchants' guild . . . eighty-three rich and splendid warehouses of the silk merchants' guild. . . . The number of banks amounts to thirty-three; the shops of the cabinet-makers, whose business is carving and inlaid work, to eighty-four . . . there are forty-four goldsmiths' and jewellers' shops." What city is Benedetto Dei describing in this quote?

Accepted Answer

A)  Venice
B)  Naples
C)  Rome
D)  Florence

Question 17

How did people define race, class, and gender during the Renaissance? How do Renaissance definitions of these terms differ from contemporary definitions?

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Question 18

On the Iberian Peninsula, what was the social position of African slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  They intermingled with the people they lived among and sometimes intermarried with them.
B)  They were socially segregated as a lesser class lacking any rights.
C)  They isolated themselves into tight-knit communities that sought to achieve independence from their masters.
D)  They were kept in guarded, military-style barracks that limited their ability to move within the society.

Question 19

What political powers dominated fifteenth-century Italy?

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Question 20

Which of the following characterizes Girolamo Savonarola?

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A)  He came to power in Florence as a general suppressing a popular revolt but lost authority when the merchants rejected his efforts to restrict their wealth.
B)  He came to power in Florence denouncing vice and corruption, but as people tired of his moral denunciations, he lost authority.
C)  He was appointed ruler in Florence by the pope but lost authority when he challenged papal interference in Florence's banking industry.
D)  He was appointed chief administrator in Florence by the ruling oligarchs but lost power when he failed to defeat the French invasion.

Exam 12: European Society in the Age of the Renaissance 1350-1550

What was the Star Chamber?

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What role did the idea of "fate" play in Machiavelli's analysis in The Prince?

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The _____________ emerged as a distinct artistic genre during the Renaissance.

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How is the praise of the Renaissance artist as a "man of genius" somewhat misleading?

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How did the Renaissance humanists understand the roles of Julius Caesar and Cicero in the development of Rome?

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What were the goals of the Inquisition in fifteenth-century Spain?

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