Final (Quiz 6)

Question 1

According to Backman, the first few generations of the Renaissance were:

Answer 1

A culmination of much medieval thinking mixed with fresh thinking, skepticism, and experimentation.

Question 2

According to Backman, statecraft in Renaissance Italy:

Answer 2

Had not changed significantly from what it had been in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Question 3

Acholars say that the Renaissance in the fourteenth century was a time of:

Answer 3

Massive wealth, Economic depression, severe inequalities in the distribution of the capital, and prosperity for towns, but a bad time to be a farmer.

Question 4

The founder of humanism is usually considered to be:

Answer 4

Francesco Petrarca.

Question 5

For the early humanists, the classical writers were:

Answer 5

To be valued in and of themselves, for themselves, and without reference to a larger purpose.

Question 6

Which city established the first lending library in the early fifteenth century?

Answer 6

Florence.

Question 7

Early Humanists like Petrarca and Boccaccio celebrated ________, whereas later humanists like Erasmus and More celebrated ______.

Answer 7

Humanism, Humans.

Question 8

Cellini fathered at least ___ children and adopted ___ more.

Answer 8

Eight, one.

Question 9

Who tried to alert Cellini’s workmen that there was a burglary in progress in the workshop?

Answer 9

Cellini’s Dog.

Question 10

Cellini made a salt-cellar for the king of:

Answer 10

France.