Renaissance
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Renaissance Patrons and Leaders
100
This "Renaissance Man" painted the Mona Lisa and sketched inventions ahead of his time.
A) Michelangelo
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Raphael
D) Donatello
B
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
This English playwright penned famous tragedies including "Hamlet" and "Macbeth."
A) Christopher Marlowe
B) William Shakespeare
C) Ben Jonson
D) John Milton
B
Who is William Shakespeare?
100
He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, depicting scenes from Genesis.
A) Raphael
B) Michelangelo
C) Titian
D) Leonardo da Vinci
B
Who is Michelangelo?
100
This explorer completed the first circumnavigation of the globe, though he didn't survive the voyage.
A) Ferdinand Magellan
B) Christopher Columbus
C) Vasco da Gama
D) John Cabot
A
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
100
He was a famous patron of the arts and leader of Florence, known as "the Magnificent."
A) Lorenzo de' Medici
B) Pope Julius II
C) Francesco Sforza
D) Cosimo de' Medici
A
Who is Lorenzo de' Medici?
200
He revolutionized astronomy by placing the sun—not Earth—at the center of the universe.
A) Galileo Galilei
B) Johannes Kepler
C) Nicolaus Copernicus
D) Tycho Brahe
C
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
200
He is often called the "Father of Modern Political Science" due to his work "The Prince."
A) Thomas More
B) Baldassare Castiglione
C) Niccolò Machiavelli
D) Erasmus
C
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
200
This Northern Renaissance painter is best known for his intricate engravings like "Melencolia I."
A) Jan van Eyck
B) Albrecht Dürer
C) Hieronymus Bosch
D) Pieter Bruegel
B
Who is Albrecht Dürer?
200
He reached the Caribbean in 1492, initiating European exploration of the Americas.
A) Vasco Núñez de Balboa
B) Ferdinand Magellan
C) Christopher Columbus
D) Hernán Cortés
C
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
he was the powerful queen of England known for defeating the Spanish Armada.
A) Catherine the Great
B) Elizabeth I
C) Mary Queen of Scots
D) Isabella I
B
Who is Elizabeth I?
300
This Italian sculptor is famous for his marble statues "David" and "Pietà."
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Michelangelo
C) Sandro Botticelli
D) Raphael
B
Who is Michelangelo?
300
This Dutch humanist scholar wrote "In Praise of Folly," criticizing society and the Church.
A) Desiderius Erasmus
B) Thomas More
C) Martin Luther
D) Petrarch
A
Who is Desiderius Erasmus?
300
He painted "The School of Athens," portraying many famous Greek philosophers.
A) Michelangelo
B) Raphael
C) Leonardo da Vinci
D) Titian
B
Who is Raphael?
300
This Portuguese explorer was the first to sail directly from Europe to India.
A) Amerigo Vespucci
B) Vasco da Gama
C) Bartolomeu Dias
D) Francis Drake
B
Who is Vasco da Gama?
300
King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor who ruled during the height of the Renaissance.
A) Charles V
B) Philip II
C) Henry VIII
D) Francis I
A
Who is Charles V?
400
Inventing the printing press, he forever changed how information spread in Europe.
A) Johannes Gutenberg
B) William Caxton
C) Martin Luther
D) Lorenzo de' Medici
A
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
400
He sparked the Protestant Reformation by posting his Ninety-Five Theses.
A) John Calvin
B) Ulrich Zwingli
C) Martin Luther
D) Henry VIII
C
Who is Martin Luther?
400
Known for his bold use of color, this Venetian master created the masterpiece "Assumption of the Virgin."
A) Titian
B) Caravaggio
C) Verrocchio
D) Fra Angelico
A
Who is Titian?
400
He was the first European known to see the Pacific Ocean from the New World.
A) Hernán Cortés
B) Francisco Pizarro
C) Vasco Núñez de Balboa
D) John Cabot
C
Who is Vasco Núñez de Balboa?
400
Known as the “Warrior Pope,” he commissioned many significant Renaissance artworks, including the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
A) Pope Leo X
B) Pope Clement VII
C) Pope Julius II
D) Pope Alexander VI
C
Who is Pope Julius II?
700
Known as the "Father of Modern Anatomy," this Flemish physician challenged ancient Greek medical authority with his groundbreaking book, "On the Fabric of the Human Body."
A) Paracelsus
B) William Harvey
C) Andreas Vesalius
D) Ambroise Paré
C
Who is Andreas Vesalius?
700
This Florentine humanist poet and scholar, often called the "Father of Humanism," rediscovered and popularized the letters of Cicero, greatly influencing Renaissance intellectual life.
A) Giovanni Boccaccio
B) Francesco Petrarch
C) Marsilio Ficino
D) Pico della Mirandola
B
Who is Francesco Petrarch?
700
This artist from Venice pioneered techniques in oil painting, famously creating "The Arnolfini Portrait," known for its complex symbolism and realism.
A) Hans Holbein the Younger
B) Rogier van der Weyden
C) Jan van Eyck
D) Hieronymus Bosch
C
Who is Jan van Eyck?
700
This Italian navigator, sailing under the English flag, explored parts of North America in 1497, laying the groundwork for England's later territorial claims in the New World.
A) Giovanni da Verrazzano
B) Amerigo Vespucci
C) Sebastian Cabot
D) John Cabot
D
Who is John Cabot?
700
She was the influential Marchioness of Mantua, renowned for her patronage of the arts and her ability to rule effectively in her husband's absence, earning her the title "First Lady of the Renaissance."
A) Lucrezia Borgia
B) Isabella d'Este
C) Caterina Sforza
D) Eleonora di Toledo
B
Who is Isabella d'Este?