Question 1

Renaissance means:

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A)   New thought
B)   Enlightenment
C)   Rebirth
D)   New LifeE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 2

Did John Wycliffe and Jan Hus both advocate for the Bible to be in the people's language?

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A)   Yes, they argued that this would give people greater access
B)   Yes, but Hus insisted that the original Greek be proclaimed during Eucharist
C)   No, Wycliffe did, but Hus did not
D)   No, they both thought it was important, but Wycliffe believed they people were not ready for itE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 3

What does anthropocentric mean?

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A)   Human centered
B)   Circling the Divine
C)   Living humanely
D)   Searching for truthE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Renaissance popes were responsible for much of the architectural glory of Rome, some of which was achieved at their own expense. Given that they also lived lavishly, do you think that their witness of Christianity was basically admirable or basically scandalous?

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Question 5

Did John Wycliffe and Jan Hus both challenge transubstantiation (literal change of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ) ?

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A)   Yes, Christ dwelt along with the bread and wine
B)   Yes, though for Wycliffe this was a theological problem and for Hus a philosophical one
C)   No, Wycliffe challenged it, but Hus embraced it
D)   No, Hus argued only for a symbolic presence, but Wycliffe embraced the doctrineE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

What happened to Jan Hus?

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A)   He was made the archbishop of Bohemia
B)   He became Pope Julius IV
C)   He was burned at the stake
D)   He fled to Amsterdam and was celebrated as the first great reformerE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Culturally, what did the Renaissance recognize in the classical texts they found?

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A)   A way to live poetically
B)   Different cultural assumptions that allowed them to forge a different view of humanity
C)   New possibilities for a whole new legal code
D)   Lasting values in contrast to their ever-changing valuesE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

The rallying cry of the Renaissance was Ad Fontes. This means:

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A)   To the Sources
B)   To the foundations
C)   To the Fundamentals
D)   The author says that it is untranslatableE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Avignon became:

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A)   The new center for Renaissance art
B)   The residence of the pope
C)   The height of French culture
D)   The French province where most of Renaissance artists and architects came fromE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

The author claims that the spirit of conciliarism has died in the Catholic Church.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What characterizes the Byzantine Church during the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods:

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A)   They became theologically radical
B)   They increasingly became apocalyptic
C)   They looked inward and backward
D)   They began to cooperate with Muslims to form a new type of orthodoxyE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

How were Renaissance maps different from medieval maps?

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A)   They were filled with theological symbolism
B)   They were far more accurate
C)   They intended to highlight the explorers who developed them
D)   They now had to have their sponsor commended at the bottom of the mapE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible depicted Moses as wearing horns.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The emphasis of the northern Renaissance was:

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A)   High art
B)   Constructive architecture
C)   Classical texts
D)   Political reformE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Renaissance humanism represented:

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A)   Those who wanted to separate church and state
B)   A celebration of the human subject
C)   A rejection of God and a refocus on humanity
D)   A late medieval atheism movementE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 16

The Renaissance was spurred on the most by which of the following technical innovation?

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A)   The invention of paper
B)   The new ability to build roads
C)   The clock
D)   The printing pressE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Renaissance artists were far more famous than medieval artists.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What did Lorenzo Valla discover by using Renaissance literary criticism?

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A)   The Bible was filled with errors
B)   The divine right of kings was unjustified by ancient documents
C)   Medieval Latin was virtually incomprehensible
D)   The Donation of Constantine was a forgeryE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

What was the relationship between Renaissance thinkers, artists, and poets to the classical world?

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A)   They rejected it as antiquarian
B)   They embraced it
C)   They studied it diligently, only to realize it represented something they could not adopt
D)   They realized that although it was good for rethinking law, it ultimately could not advance their own cultural interestsE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 20

What was unique about Erasmus's Handbook for the Christian Soldier?

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A)   It lampooned biblical meditations
B)   It provided Christian elite with their own special piety
C)   It challenged medieval practices and was uninterested in the sacraments
D)   It was never printed, but was disseminated by hand copiesE) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Exam 13: The Renaissance

The rallying cry of the Renaissance was Ad Fontes. This means:

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What was unique about Erasmus's Handbook for the Christian Soldier?

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Culturally, what did the Renaissance recognize in the classical texts they found?

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Did John Wycliffe and Jan Hus both challenge transubstantiation (literal change of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ) ?

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Renaissance means:

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What characterizes the Byzantine Church during the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods:

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Avignon became:

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The author claims that the spirit of conciliarism has died in the Catholic Church.

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What did Lorenzo Valla discover by using Renaissance literary criticism?

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What does anthropocentric mean?

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How were Renaissance maps different from medieval maps?

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The Renaissance was spurred on the most by which of the following technical innovation?

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Renaissance artists were far more famous than medieval artists.

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Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible depicted Moses as wearing horns.

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Did John Wycliffe and Jan Hus both advocate for the Bible to be in the people's language?

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Renaissance humanism represented:

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What was the relationship between Renaissance thinkers, artists, and poets to the classical world?

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What happened to Jan Hus?

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Renaissance popes were responsible for much of the architectural glory of Rome, some of which was achieved at their own expense. Given that they also lived lavishly, do you think that their witness of Christianity was basically admirable or basically scandalous?

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