According to our textbook, which of the following probably contributed most to the spread of Luther's ideas?

	A. 	increased trade with the Orient
Correct 	B. 	the printing press

	C. 	Puritan ideas in the New World

	D. 	three decades of peace throughout Europe
Answer Key: B
Question 2 of 25     Score: 0   (of possible 4 points)

In 1641, the Japanese limited foreign trade to include only very few partners, including only one European nation. Which European nation held this distinction?

	A. 	Holland
Incorrect 	B. 	France

	C. 	Spain

	D. 	Great Britain
Answer Key: A
Question 3 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
In protest against the sale of indulgences, who launched the Protestant Reformation in Germany?

	A. 	John Calvin
Correct 	B. 	Martin Luther

	C. 	John Knox

	D. 	Henry VIII of England
Answer Key: B
Question 4 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
In which city did Girolamo Savonarola organize troops of children to collect what he considered the city's "vanities"--including cosmetics, books, and paintings--so he could then burn these items in bonfires?

	A. 	Venice
Correct 	B. 	Florence

	C. 	Rome

	D. 	Milan
Answer Key: B
Question 5 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
In which of the following industries were the Medici family members heavily involved, resulting in their becoming the most powerful family in Florentine affairs from 1418 until 1494?

	A. 	the shipping industry
Correct 	B. 	the banking industry

	C. 	the construction industry

	D. 	the textile industry
Answer Key: B
Question 6 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)

Of the paiting techniques below, which one did not get developed by artists during the Renaissance?

	A. 	scientific perspective

	B. 	sfumato

	C. 	atmospheric perspective
Correct 	D. 	pointillism
Answer Key: D
Question 7 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
What was the primary method Pope Julius II used to finance construction of the new St. Peter's Basilica?

	A. 	He increased the taxes on Papal lands.

	B. 	He charged admission to the Vatican Museums.

	C. 	He sent St. Peter's relics on tour throughout Europe.
Correct 	D. 	He sold indulgences.
Answer Key: D
Question 8 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Which of the following artists did the city of Florence commission to create a freestanding statue of the Biblical hero David using a huge cracked block of marble that all other sculptors had abandoned?
Correct 	A. 	Michelangelo

	B. 	Donatello

	C. 	Raphael

	D. 	Leonardo
Answer Key: A
Question 9 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Which of the following doctrines did Martin Luther support, in direct conflict with the established Church of Rome?

	A. 	salvation through confession

	B. 	salvation without baptism
Correct 	C. 	salvation by faith rather than by works

	D. 	salvation by works rather than by faith
Answer Key: C
Question 10 of 25     Score: 0   (of possible 4 points)
Which of the following is NOT among the factors specifically mentioned as contributing to the collapse of Mayan culture?

	A. 	overpopulation

	B. 	harsh weather

	C. 	ecological degradation
Incorrect 	D. 	political competition
Answer Key: B
Question 11 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Which of the following is the birthplace of Christopher Columbus?

	A. 	Florence

	B. 	Venice

	C. 	Madrid
Correct 	D. 	Genoa
Answer Key: D
Question 12 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Which of the following items, according to the author, was "literally worth its weight in gold" at the time of Zheng He's first voyage to Calicut with the Treasure Fleet?

	A. 	cinnamon

	B. 	ginger

	C. 	turmeric
Correct 	D. 	pepper
Answer Key: D
Question 13 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Which of the following produced the winning design for the dome of Florence Cathedral?

	A. 	Francesco Talenti

	B. 	Lorenzo Ghiberti

	C. 	Giotto di Bondone
Correct 	D. 	Filippo Brunelleschi
Answer Key: D
Question 14 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Who among the Medici family was known as il Magnifico?

	A. 	Cosimo

	B. 	Piero
Correct 	C. 	Lorenzo

	D. 	Giuliano
Answer Key: C
Question 15 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Who created the Garden of Earthly Delights?

	A. 	Rogier van der Weyden

	B. 	Matthias Grünewald

	C. 	Jan van Eyck
Correct 	D. 	Hieronymus Bosch
Answer Key: D
Question 16 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Who created The Large Turf, a watercolor depicting the minutest details of nature?
Correct 	A. 	Albrecht Durer

	B. 	Hieronymus Bosch

	C. 	Jan van Eyck

	D. 	Matthias Grunewald
Answer Key: A
Question 17 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Who invented a new style of writing known as the "personal essay" (an example is his "Of Cannibals")?
Correct 	A. 	Michel de Montaigne

	B. 	Albrecht Durer

	C. 	Hartmann Schedel

	D. 	Michael Wolgemut
Answer Key: A
Question 18 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Who is author of The Prince?

	A. 	Francesco Gonzaga]
Correct 	B. 	Niccolo Machiavelli

	C. 	Isabella d'Este

	D. 	Josquin des Prez
Answer Key: B
Question 19 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Who is considered the greatest playwright of the Elizabethan era, having written at least 37 plays, including Hamlet?

	A. 	Thomas Kyd

	B. 	Christopher Marlowe

	C. 	Edmund Spenser
Correct 	D. 	William Shakespeare
Answer Key: D
Question 20 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Who is the author of In Praise of Folly?
Correct 	A. 	Desiderius Erasmus

	B. 	Edmund Spenser

	C. 	Thomas More

	D. 	Philip Sidney
Answer Key: A
Question 21 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Who is the author of Oration on the Dignity of Man, considered one of the great manifestos of humanism?

	A. 	Marsilio Ficino

	B. 	Baldassare Castiglione
Correct 	C. 	Pico della Mirandola

	D. 	Sandro Botticelli
Answer Key: C
Question 22 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Who is the author of Utopia?

	A. 	Desiderius Erasmus

	B. 	Edmund Spenser
Correct 	C. 	Thomas More

	D. 	Philip Sidney
Answer Key: C
Question 23 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Who led the Spanish expedition that conquered the Aztec empire of Mexico in the first quarter of the sixteenth century?
Correct 	A. 	Hernan Cortes

	B. 	Francisco Pizarro

	C. 	Diego de Duran

	D. 	Bernardino de Sahagun
Answer Key: A
Question 24 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Who proposed the concept of the Elect and the Damned in <i>Institutes of the Christian Religion?
Correct 	A. 	John Calvin

	B. 	Ulrich Zwigli

	C. 	Michael Servenus

	D. 	Thomas Muntzer
Answer Key: A
Question 25 of 25     Score: 4   (of possible 4 points)
Who was the first professional woman composer to see her own compositions in print?

	A. 	Veronica Franco

	B. 	Elisabetta Gonzaga
Correct 	C. 	Madalena Casulana

	D. 	Isabella d'Este
Answer Key: C