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ARTS AND CULTURE: AN
INTRODUCTION TO THE
HUMANITIES
Volume 2
by
Janetta Rebold Benton
and
Robert DiYanni
1
,© 2012 by PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458
All rights reserved
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ISBN 0-20-574829-5
Printed in the United States of America
162
, Chapter 13: The Renaissance and Mannerism
in Italy
Multiple Choice
1. The composer __________ is most closely associated with the “new Rome” of the High Renaissance.
A. Guillaume Dufay
B. Antonio da Cividale
C. Josquin des Prẻs
D. Antonius Romanus
E. Leonel Power
Answer: C
Page ref: 29
2. __________ was the first great figure of Italian Renaissance letters.
A. Dante Alighieri
B. Petrarch
C. Niccolò Macchiavelli
D. Baldassare Castiglione
E. none of the above
Answer: B
Page ref: 18
3. __________ founded the Platonic Academy of Philosophy in Florence.
A. Pico della Mirandola
B. Lorenzo the Magnificent
C. Savonarola
D. Marsilio Ficino
E. Cosimo de’ Medici
Answer: E
Page ref: 5
4. The famous text The Prince by __________ encapsulates the view that humankind is “basically
selfish, deceitful, greedy, and gullible” and, thus, he advocates that rulers should use this fact to
their advantage.
A. Baldassare Castiglione
B. Niccolò Machiavelli
C. Marsilio Ficino
D. Pico della Mirandola
E. Francois Villon
Answer: B
Page ref: 30
5. In 1401, Leonardo Bruni sponsored a competition to determine who would make the doors of Florence
Cathedral’s baptistery which __________ won.
A. Donatello
B. Sandro Botticelli
C. Filippo Brunelleschi
D. Leon Battista Alberti
E. Lorenzo Ghiberti
Answer: E
Page ref: 11
6. Which of the following does not characterize Renaissance art and culture?
A. Naturalism of the arts
163
, B. Interest in classical values
C. Frivolous subject matter
D. Rise of humanism
E. Linear perspective
Answer: C
Page ref: 5
7. Donatello created all of the following sculptures except __________.
A. David
B. The Creation of Adam
C. Mary Magdalene
D. Feast of Herod
E. both A and D
Answer: B
Page ref: 23
8. Many consider __________ to be the greatest architect of the Early Renaissance in Italy.
A. Donato Bramante
B. Michelozzo di Bartolommeo
C. Filippo Brunelleschi
D. Leon Battista Alberti
E. Carlo Maderno
Answer: C
Page ref: 8
9. The composer __________ significantly shaped Early Renaissance music.
A. Guillaume Dufay
B. Gilles Birchois
C. Alexander Agricola
D. Nicolas Gombert
E. Adrian Willaert
Answer: A
Page ref: 15-17
10. __________ was the first architect to detail the principles of linear perspective in his treatise
De pictura.
A. Antonio da Sangallo
B. Donato Bramante
C. Leon Battista Alberti
D. Michelozzo di Bartolommeo
E. Filippo Brunelleschi
Answer: C
Page ref: 9
11. __________ is(are) unattainable in Petrarch’s sonnets.
A. God
B. The self
C. Laura
D. His parents
E. Salvation
Answer: C
Page ref: 18
12. __________ painted a number of frescoes in the monastery of San Marco, Florence, including an
Annunciation (fig. 13.12).
A. Leonardo da Vinci
B. Sandro Botticelli
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for
ARTS AND CULTURE: AN
INTRODUCTION TO THE
HUMANITIES
Volume 2
by
Janetta Rebold Benton
and
Robert DiYanni
1
,© 2012 by PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458
All rights reserved
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ISBN 0-20-574829-5
Printed in the United States of America
162
, Chapter 13: The Renaissance and Mannerism
in Italy
Multiple Choice
1. The composer __________ is most closely associated with the “new Rome” of the High Renaissance.
A. Guillaume Dufay
B. Antonio da Cividale
C. Josquin des Prẻs
D. Antonius Romanus
E. Leonel Power
Answer: C
Page ref: 29
2. __________ was the first great figure of Italian Renaissance letters.
A. Dante Alighieri
B. Petrarch
C. Niccolò Macchiavelli
D. Baldassare Castiglione
E. none of the above
Answer: B
Page ref: 18
3. __________ founded the Platonic Academy of Philosophy in Florence.
A. Pico della Mirandola
B. Lorenzo the Magnificent
C. Savonarola
D. Marsilio Ficino
E. Cosimo de’ Medici
Answer: E
Page ref: 5
4. The famous text The Prince by __________ encapsulates the view that humankind is “basically
selfish, deceitful, greedy, and gullible” and, thus, he advocates that rulers should use this fact to
their advantage.
A. Baldassare Castiglione
B. Niccolò Machiavelli
C. Marsilio Ficino
D. Pico della Mirandola
E. Francois Villon
Answer: B
Page ref: 30
5. In 1401, Leonardo Bruni sponsored a competition to determine who would make the doors of Florence
Cathedral’s baptistery which __________ won.
A. Donatello
B. Sandro Botticelli
C. Filippo Brunelleschi
D. Leon Battista Alberti
E. Lorenzo Ghiberti
Answer: E
Page ref: 11
6. Which of the following does not characterize Renaissance art and culture?
A. Naturalism of the arts
163
, B. Interest in classical values
C. Frivolous subject matter
D. Rise of humanism
E. Linear perspective
Answer: C
Page ref: 5
7. Donatello created all of the following sculptures except __________.
A. David
B. The Creation of Adam
C. Mary Magdalene
D. Feast of Herod
E. both A and D
Answer: B
Page ref: 23
8. Many consider __________ to be the greatest architect of the Early Renaissance in Italy.
A. Donato Bramante
B. Michelozzo di Bartolommeo
C. Filippo Brunelleschi
D. Leon Battista Alberti
E. Carlo Maderno
Answer: C
Page ref: 8
9. The composer __________ significantly shaped Early Renaissance music.
A. Guillaume Dufay
B. Gilles Birchois
C. Alexander Agricola
D. Nicolas Gombert
E. Adrian Willaert
Answer: A
Page ref: 15-17
10. __________ was the first architect to detail the principles of linear perspective in his treatise
De pictura.
A. Antonio da Sangallo
B. Donato Bramante
C. Leon Battista Alberti
D. Michelozzo di Bartolommeo
E. Filippo Brunelleschi
Answer: C
Page ref: 9
11. __________ is(are) unattainable in Petrarch’s sonnets.
A. God
B. The self
C. Laura
D. His parents
E. Salvation
Answer: C
Page ref: 18
12. __________ painted a number of frescoes in the monastery of San Marco, Florence, including an
Annunciation (fig. 13.12).
A. Leonardo da Vinci
B. Sandro Botticelli
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