Quiz 14

Question 1

Which group of scholars wanted to get away from “glosses” and back to originals, 1) the humanists or 2) the scholastic?

Answer 1

1) The humanists

Question 2

John Argyropoulos was lecturing on Greek language and literature in Florence by 1459. Who became his famous student?

Answer 2

Marsilio Ficino

Question 3

T/F: by the middle of the 15th century almost all the major manuscripts of antiquity were available to scholars?

Answer 3

true

Question 4

T/F: According to Alberti, we have as much to learn from inelegant writers as from great ones

Answer 4

False

Question 5

According to Alberti, what use should we make of money?

Answer 5

noble projects

Question 6

In what year did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Turks?

Answer 6

1453

Question 7

What did Ficino found in Florence (financed by Cosimo in 1462)?

Answer 7

The platonic academy

Question 8

What is spiritual love inspired?

Answer 8

Physical beauty

Question 9

T/F: pico’s concept of truth was dramatically different from our own modern pluralistic outlook

Answer 9

True

Question 10

T/F: Pico says that man is a being deserving of all admiration

Answer 10

True

Question 11

T/F: according to pico, god created man without a defined a restricted nature

Answer 11

True

Question 12

T/F: according to pico, people can and do descend to the lower, brutish forms of life

Answer 12

True

Question 13

According to pico, what will humans reveal themselves to be if they are intellectual?

Answer 13

To be God-like or Angel-like

Question 14

T/F: according to pico, spiritual intelligence requires freedom from the body

Answer 14

False

Question 15

The ideal courtier is described in terms of luomo universale. How is this translated?

Answer 15

The well-rounded person

Question 16

The courtier is a man of many talents, All of which should be displayed with sprezzatura. Translate.

Answer 16

Nonchalance and grace

Question 17

T/F: Castiglione illustrates the modern interest in probing the intrinsic moral values in human action

Answer 17

False

Question 18

What does the first speaker say is “the principal and true profession of the courtier”?

Answer 18

To be a man of arms

Question 19

Speaker 2 describe the purpose of practice. How than should “what is done and said” appear?

Answer 19

without effort

Question 20

Which two languages should a courtier learn?

Answer 20

Latin and Greek

Question 21

T/F: Beauty is more necessary for a woman that a courtier

Answer 21

True

Question 22

About what should a lady be cautious?

Answer 22

Not to utter words that might offend men

Question 23

How did women often come into control of large fortunes and lucrative businesses?

Answer 23

Inheritance

Question 24

According to Laura Cereta, what does the acquisition of knowledge require?

Answer 24

Diligence

Question 25

T/F: Marinella maintains that women are generally equal of men

Answer 25

False

Question 26

According to Marinella, what is God’s special gift to women (i.e. Not given to men)?

Answer 26

Beauty

Question 27

T/F: according to Marinella, men should, indeed, try to embellish their beauty

Answer 27

False