Question 1

Who was the author of the Oration on the Dignity of Man (1486) ?

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A)  Lorenzo Valla
B)  Erasmus
C)  Baldesar Castiglione
D)  Pico della Mirandola
E)  PetrarchF) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 2

The fluidity of northern Italian society during the Renaissance produced all the following except

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A)  political instability and widespread violence.
B)  a religious revolution.
C)  a search for new solution and new models.
D)  the Renaissance itself and humanism.
E)  a secularization of culture.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-civic humanism

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Civic Humanism:

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Question 4

A central theme in the work of Shakespeare was

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A)  the striking contradiction between a person's nobility and his capacity for evil and self-destruction.
B)  the unpredictable consequences of fortune.
C)  that love will always in.
D)  despite elaborate facades people are fundamentally simple and well-meaning.
E)  that tragedy is the main source of nobility.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 5

Which city-state maintained its republican form of government until the time of Napoleon?

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A)  Florence
B)  Bologna
C)  Milan
D)  Pisa
E)  VeniceF) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 6

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Italy to answer the question(s). 
-Locate the five major powers that emerged on the Italian peninsula: the kingdom of Naples and Sicily, the Papal States, Florence, Venice, and Milan.

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Question 7

Renaissance thinkers most commonly believed that women

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A)  should get the same education as men.
B)  should be protected from the new learning since their natural inclination towards religion.
C)  should receive a humanist education with the exception of rhetoric since women were not suited for leadership roles.
D)  possessed reason but did not possess the ability to use it effectively.
E)  presented the ideals of education and refinement towards which men should aspire.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-aristocratic republic

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Question 9

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-Elaborate on the meaning of the term renaissance.Was it a rebirth, a period of transition, or a sharp break with the past?

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The term "renaissance" refers to a perio...

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-pluralistic

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Pluralistic is an adjective that describ...

Question 11

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-How may one argue that the Italian city-states contributed to the advance of political concepts?

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The Italian city-states contributed to t...

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-lay piety

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Lay piety refers to the religious devoti...

Question 13

In The Prince, Machiavelli states that

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A)  it is more important to know how politics and government actually operate than how ideally they should be run.
B)  a successful prince must be both wily and virtuous but must always appear virtuous even when he is not.
C)  religion was not the foundation of government but simply a useful tool.
D)  a new army comprised of citizens is necessary to free Italy of its invaders.
E)  All of theseF) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 14

The Renaissance may refer to

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A)  a cultural movement that attempted to recover and use ancient Greco-Roman learning.
B)  a movement limited to Italy from the mid-14th century to the late 15th century.
C)  a movement that spread from Italy to rest of Europe beginning in the late 15th century.
D)  the period from 1350 to 1600.
E)  All of theseF) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-oligarchies

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Oligarchies refer to a form of powe...

Question 16

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-Define the term humanism and explain its impact on a Renaissance educational ideal.

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Question 17

Which of the following was not characteristic of the new codes of behavior developed in Renaissance Italy?

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A)  The placing of less importance on a person's birth
B)  The placing of more value on what a person accomplishes than who he is
C)  An imitation of aristocratic dress and manners
D)  A broadening of the notion of honor to include, among others, artistic achievement
E)  A simplicity in manner and tastes that continued to tie the elite to their rootsF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-What is the meaning of the term individualism in the Renaissance context? How was the individualism of the Renaissance incompatible with the medieval worldview?

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The term individualism in the Renaissanc...

Question 19

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-Discuss the ideas of Machiavelli.Do you think he offers a cogent message for contemporary leaders?

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Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian philo...

Question 20

Which of the following inaccurately describes changes in Western civilization between 1400 and 1800?

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A)  Capitalism was replacing medieval economies.
B)  Centralized governments were replacing feudalism.
C)  A new urban working class was increasingly taking the lead in economic and cultural life.
D)  A secular orientation came to dominate literature and the arts.
E)  Theology was increasingly being overshadowed by science.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Exam 13: The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Italy to answer the question(s). -Locate the five major powers that emerged on the Italian peninsula: the kingdom of Naples and Sicily, the Papal States, Florence, Venice, and Milan.

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Which city-state maintained its republican form of government until the time of Napoleon?

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Who was the author of the Oration on the Dignity of Man (1486) ?

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