Quiz  /  Northern Renaissance

  • 1. 
    Who invited many of the Italian Renaissance artists to France helping to start the French Renaissance?

  • Queen Anne
  • King Francis I
  • King Louis XIV
  • King Henry II

  • 2. 
    What were the large pleasure palaces built by French nobles and kings called?

  • Chateaux
  • Castles
  • Forts
  • Villas

  • 3. 
    Dutch priest and writer Erasmus was sometimes referred to as the prince of what philosophy?

  • Confucianism
  • Sophism
  • Socialism
  • Humanism

  • 4. 
    What German invented the printing press allowing for ideas to be spread throughout Europe during the Renaissance?

  • Johannes Gutenberg
  • Albrecht Durer
  • Lucas Cranach
  • Johan Reuchlin

  • 5. 
    What special style or aspect of painting did the Dutch bring to the Renaissance?

  • New ways of handling oil painting
  • Detail
  • Realism
  • All of the above

  • 6. 
    What essay did Martin Luther write against the Catholic Church that began the Reformation?

  • Ninety-Five Theses
  • Praise of Folly
  • Julius Exclusus
  • The Comedy of Errors

  • 7. 
    What was German Albrecht Durer most famous for?

  • Philosophy
  • Poetry
  • Sculpture
  • Painting

  • 8. 
    Which of the fine arts played the most important role during the English Renaissance?

  • Theatre
  • Dance
  • Painting
  • Music

  • 9. 
    What English playwright is often called the greatest writer in the history of the English language?

  • William Shakespeare
  • Christopher Marlowe
  • Ben Johnson
  • Charles Dickens

  • 10. 
    The Northern Renaissance refers to the European Renaissance that took place in all of Europe except for this country where the Renaissance first began.

  • Russia
  • Spain
  • France
  • Italy
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