Chapter 13 Test. Part 1: Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. (4 points each) CHAPTER 13. CHAPTER 13 The Renaissance.

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1 The Renaissance Chapter 13 Test Form C Part 1: Multiple Choice Choose the letter of the best answer. (4 points each) 1. During the 1100s and 1200s, which countries became unified under a single ruler or government? a. England and France c. France and Germany b. England and Italy d. Germany and Italy 2. Which of the following most accurately describes reaction in Europe to Marco Polo s reports from China? a. worry about exposure to new cultures b. excitement over the potential of greater trade c. alarm about foreign competition and possible job loss d. reluctance to believe Marco Polo s stories were real 3. Which of the following phrases best describes the Silk Road? a. an ancient trade route that connected Europe with China b. a 5,000-mile roadway built by the Romans c. a route created by the Mongols to move their armies d. a route running from Rome to Constantinople 4. Which of the following is associated with classical learning? a. the ideas of the Middle Ages c. the ideas of ancient China b. the ideas of Greece and Rome d. the ideas of ancient India 5. In what language did Dante Alighieri write? a. English b. French c. Italian d. Latin 6. Which of the following work of art did Michelangelo create? a. Moses c. The Marriage of the Virgin b. The Last Supper d. The School of Athens 7. Humanism is a way of thought that focuses on which of the following? a. the human potential for achievement b. the needs of the group over the individual c. the works of medieval writers d. the doctrines of the Christian Church 8. Why was the invention of the printing press so important? a. It embodied the spirit of the Renaissance. b. It made books available to a wider audience. c. It made Johann Gutenburg famous. d. It spurred the invention of the telescope. 242

2 TEST CONTINUED 9. What did the artists Jan Van Eyck and Pieter Bruegel have in common? a. Both were Flemish painters. b. Both produced only woodcuts. c. Both learned their craft from Leonardo da Vinci. d. Both refused to use the technique of perspective. 10. Which factor increased use of the vernacular? a. use of perspective c. invention of the printing press b. new agricultural techniques d. consolidation of political power Part 2: Map Skills Using the map, answer the following questions. (4 points each) Marco Polo s Travels, A.D EUROPE E Venice N BYZANTINE EMPIRE Constantinople Mediterranean Mediterranean Red Black Caspian W E S Aral A S I A Acre Lake Balkhash Baghdad Kashgar Balkh TIBET ARABIA A A Arabian AFRICA A Bay miles of Bengal kilometers Silk Road Marco Polo s routes ( ) Mongol Empire Lake Baikal Karakorum Khanbalik (Beijing) CHINA of Japan Yellow East China South China 243

3 TEST CONTINUED 11. Why didn t Marco Polo take the Silk Road all the way to Beijing? 12. What type of geography did Marco Polo cross in going to and returning from China? 13. Which leg of Marco Polo s travels was the same both going to China and returning home? 14. Which direction did Marco Polo first travel on his way home? 15. Which named cities are on a sea? Part 3: Document-Based Questions Historical Context: The Renaissance changed art, literature, religion, science, and the way people thought about the world. Many Renaissance paintings, sculptures, poems, and plays are considered among the greatest works of art ever created. Task: Understand the expression of Renaissance ideas of humanism in selected Renaissance works. A. SHORT ANSWER (4 points each) Document 1: William Shakespeare s Sonnet 29 When, in disgrace with fortune and men s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries And look upon myself and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possess d, Desiring this man s art and that man s scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven s gate; For thy sweet love remember d such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings. 244

4 TEST CONTINUED 16. How does the mood of the writer change between the beginning of the sonnet and the end? Document 2: Letter from Petrarch to Lapo da Castiglionchio on the scarcity of copyists Your Cicero has been in my possession four years and more. There is a good reason, though, for so long a delay; namely, the great scarcity of copyists who understand such work. It is a state of affairs that has resulted in an incredible loss to scholarship. Books that by their nature are a little hard to understand are no longer multiplied, and have ceased to be generally intelligible, and so have sunk into utter neglect, and in the end have perished. This age of ours consequently has let fall, bit by bit, some of the richest and sweetest fruits that the tree of knowledge has yielded; has thrown away the results of the vigils and labors of the most illustrious men of genius, things of more value, I am almost tempted to say, than anything else in the whole world How is the text related to the meaning of the term Renaissance? 245

5 TEST CONTINUED Document 3: Peter Bruegel the Elder, Peasant Wedding 18. From what you learned about Renaissance painting, how can you tell that this work was done by a Northern Renaissance artist? Explain your answer. B. ESSAY 19. Using information from the documents, your answers to the questions in Part A, and your knowledge of world history, write an essay on your own paper that discusses how the three documents reflect the spirit of the Renaissance. (8 points) Part 4: Essay Answer the following question(s) on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet of paper. (10 points each) 20. In what way is Marco Polo a figure of the early Renaissance? 21. How were Renaissance ideas about the importance of the individual different from those held during the Middle Ages? 246