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100

What disease ravaged Europe before the beginning of the Renaissance?

The Black Death/ Plague

100

Who wrote the infamous play "Romeo and Juliet"?

William Shakespeare

100

Name this painting:

Mona Lisa

100

This invention made literature more widespread.

the printing press
200

A majority of the population lived in extreme _____.

Poverty

200

Who was responsible for writing "Don Quixote"?

Miguel de Cervantes

200

True/ False- Don Quixote was only written in Spanish, and was never translated.

False

200

A key characteristic of Renaissance literature included the humanistic idea known as _________ of man.

dignity

300

Name the cultural movement that supported the idea that man is the center of the universe.

Humanism

300

What famous writer received an education from the Stratford Grammar School?

William Shakespeare

300

Who wrote "The Prince"?

Niccolo Machiavelli

300

This religious movement became prominent in Renaissance literature.

Protestantism

400

What system did most governments follow?

Fuedalism

400

This man was placed as the head of the 2nd Chancery, which put him in charge of the Republic's foreign affairs.

Niccolo Machiavelli

400

What piece was regarded as the first modern novel in history?

Don Quixote

400

_____ is the literary structure utilized by Edmund Spenser, where each stanza consists of nine lines with the rhyme scheme "ababbcbcc." 

Spenserian stanza

500

What centuries did the Renaissance take place?

14th to the 17th

500

I was born in 1547, joined the Spanish Infantry, and was captured and sold into slavery with my brother for 5 years. Who am I?

Miguel de Cervantes

500

What piece was published 5 years after the author's death?

The Prince

500

Renaissance literature focused on _____ and the ability to adhere to the circumstances of one's life.

self-actualization