Chapter 29: Florence: The Cradle of the Renaissance Clickers Comprehension Quiz
Q 1: Why was Florence called “the cradle of the Renaissance”? Most children in Florence had many talents The Renaissance required a lot of money Most artists in Florence were young The Renaissance developed there [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 2: What did Renaissance scientists base their work on? Observation Religion Intuition Engineering [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 3: This scientists built the first telescope that could look into space and discovered the moons of the planet Jupiter: Botticelli Brunelleschi Alighieri Galileo [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 4: Who created the most famous statue of David? Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Donatello Machiavelli [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 5: What powerful family controlled Florence for almost 300 years? The da Vinci Family The Medici Family The Lorenzo Family The Machiavelli Family [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 6: Who wrote the book The Prince? Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Donatello Machiavelli [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 7: How were Florence’s industries related to the city’s culture? Industry owners studied art and music in Florence Great artists became bankers and traders Wealthy patrons sponsored many artists Brilliant scholars got rich writing books [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 8: This architect helped assemble the Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore (The Dome): Brunelleschi Botticelli Vesari Copernicus [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 9: How did the development of a money-based economy affect Florence? Florence became a banking center Florence became an intellectual center Other Italian leaders tried to imitate Florence Other Italian cities tried to conquer Florence [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 10: Where did Florentines get ideas for the design of their buildings? Arabian Peninsula Greek and Roman Ruins Studying math and engineering Mayan and Aztec ruins [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 11: This person was not from Florence: Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Copernicus Donatello [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 12:Michelangelo’s famous artwork known as “David” [Option 1] [Option 2] [Option 3] [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 13: Dante Alighieri wrote a long poem about heaven and hell was called The Divine Comedy The Prince Purgatory The Secular [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 14: Most valuable coins in Europe during the Renaissance were known as Euros Mercatos Nuovos Florins [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 15: What important change made literature more popular during the Renaissance than it had been before Writers wrote about religious topics People believed that reading led to salvation Writers wrote in their own dialects People believed that reading led to financial success. [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Q 16: What river is Florence located along? Tiber River Thames River Rhine River Arno River [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]