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The Renaissance
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1What does the Renaissance mean?
- ARebirth
- BRemain
- CReposition
2In which Italian city did the Renaissance start?
- ABruges
- BAthens
- CFlorence
- DMarseille
- ETurin
3The people of Florence are known as Florentines.
- ATrue
- BFalse
4What architectural feature is this?
- AA Dome
- BA Flying Buttress
- CA Column
5The people of [blank_start]Florence[blank_end] wanted to build a beautiful [blank_start]Cathedral[blank_end] with a great round [blank_start]dome[blank_end] on top. However it had been over [blank_start]a thousand years[blank_end] since anybody had built a dome like this. The man who came up with the solution was called [blank_start]Filippo Brunelleschi[blank_end]. He figured it out by studying the [blank_start]Pantheon[blank_end] in Rome. It took [blank_start]16 years[blank_end] to completed.
- AFlorence
- BFlorida
- CCathedral
- DCafe
- Edome
- Fstatue
- Ga thousand years
- Ha year
- IFilippo Brunelleschi
- JPhilip Byrne
- KPantheon
- LPillar
- M16 years
- N16 days
6A patron is someone who pays and artist to work for him?
- ATrue
- BFalse
7What was the name of the most famous patrons from Florence?
- ADe Medici
- BDe Stefano
- CDe Gea
8Name TWO of the most famous patrons from the Medici family
- ACosimo
- BLorenzo
- CGuisseppe
- DStefan
- EPious
9Name 3 things that made paintings in the Renaissance different from painting in the middle ages?
- APerspective (Things that are smaller seem far away.)
- BThe paintings were more realistic because they had studied human faces and bodies.
- CThey drew portraits of regular people.
- DEverything was flat in the paintings.
- EPaintings looked less realistic.
10What is the name of this picture?
- AMona Lisa
- BDavid
11Name three of Leonardo Da Vinci's most important works
- AVitruvian man
- BLast Supper
- CMona Lisa
- DThe Scream
- EStarry Night
12Who was the sculptor of the Statue of David?
- AMichelangelo
- BLeonardo Da Vinci
- CSplinter
13What is the name of the Chapel that Michelangelo painted?
- ASistine Chapel
- BRoss Chapel
- CLittle Chapel
14What is the name of this painting from the Sistine Chapel?
- AThe Creation of Adam
- BThe Last Supper
- CThe Statue of David
15Who invented modern printing?
- AJohann Gutenberg
- BNicholas Copernicus
- CDonatello
16The first book to be printed was the bible?
- ATrue
- BFalse
17In the [blank_start]middle ages[blank_end] people believed that the [blank_start]sun[blank_end] moved around the [blank_start]earth[blank_end]. [blank_start]Nicholas Copernicus[blank_end] figured out that the sun stayed still and that the earth was actually moving around it. [blank_start]Galileo[blank_end] was a mathematician who had heard of a new invention called the [blank_start]telescope[blank_end]. He used it to study the sky and prove that Copernicus was right. The [blank_start]Catholic Church[blank_end] said that he was wrong and threatened to excommunicate (kick him out of the church) him if he didn't say he was wrong. He eventually said that he was wrong even though he was right.
- Amiddle ages
- Bstone age
- Csun
- Dearth
- Eearth
- Fsun
- GNicholas Copernicus
- HDonatello
- IGalileo
- JShakespeare
- Ktelescope
- Ltelevision
- MCatholic Church
- NJewish Church
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- Junior Certificate History Quiz on The Renaissance, created by Ger McCabe Kelly on 27/10/2016.
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- Ger McCabe Kelly
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