UHC CERTIFICATION STUDY SHEET
FULL SET QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
>> Suzanne Gaudry
Answer: A woman who was imprisoned in 1652 and accused of witchcraft in the court of Rieux, she was
coerced into confessing that she was guilty of the accusations
>> Fra Angelico
Answer: A Dominican Friar and Renaissance Painter, known for his frescoes made in San Marco,
Florence for his friary.
>> Cosimo de Medici
Answer: Italian banker and politician who became the first ruler of Florence during the renaissance and
established his families status and legacy
>> Henry Gresbeck
Answer: Carpenter residing in the City of Munster during the anabaptist rebellion (1534)
>> Ignatius of Loyola
Answer: Spanish Catholic Saint who established an extremely impactful order during the
counter-reformation
>> Francisco Petrarca
Answer: Famous Italian renaissance scholar and one of the earliest humanists, rediscovered Cicero’s
letter and is often credited with initiating the Italian renaissance and founding humanism.
>> Giovanni Boccaccio
Answer: Writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, very important renaissance humanist (lived in the
1300s). Wrote the Decameron after being a witness to the horrors of the plague
>> Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Answer: Spanish conquistador who participated as a soldier in the conquest of the Aztec Empire under
Hernan Cortes, he wrote an account of the events later in his life.
>> Desiderius Erasmus
Answer: Dutch Catholic Priest, Christian humanist, theologian and philosopher. One of the most
influential figures of the Northern Renaissance, critic of violence and tyranny. Took neutral stance
during protestant reformation and pleaded for peace, translated Bible to vernacular
>> Thomas More
FULL SET QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
>> Suzanne Gaudry
Answer: A woman who was imprisoned in 1652 and accused of witchcraft in the court of Rieux, she was
coerced into confessing that she was guilty of the accusations
>> Fra Angelico
Answer: A Dominican Friar and Renaissance Painter, known for his frescoes made in San Marco,
Florence for his friary.
>> Cosimo de Medici
Answer: Italian banker and politician who became the first ruler of Florence during the renaissance and
established his families status and legacy
>> Henry Gresbeck
Answer: Carpenter residing in the City of Munster during the anabaptist rebellion (1534)
>> Ignatius of Loyola
Answer: Spanish Catholic Saint who established an extremely impactful order during the
counter-reformation
>> Francisco Petrarca
Answer: Famous Italian renaissance scholar and one of the earliest humanists, rediscovered Cicero’s
letter and is often credited with initiating the Italian renaissance and founding humanism.
>> Giovanni Boccaccio
Answer: Writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, very important renaissance humanist (lived in the
1300s). Wrote the Decameron after being a witness to the horrors of the plague
>> Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Answer: Spanish conquistador who participated as a soldier in the conquest of the Aztec Empire under
Hernan Cortes, he wrote an account of the events later in his life.
>> Desiderius Erasmus
Answer: Dutch Catholic Priest, Christian humanist, theologian and philosopher. One of the most
influential figures of the Northern Renaissance, critic of violence and tyranny. Took neutral stance
during protestant reformation and pleaded for peace, translated Bible to vernacular
>> Thomas More
