This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Renaissance > The Renaissance – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Renaissance Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The "father of humanism" was A) Petrarch. B) Dante. C) Boccaccio. D) Pico della Mirandola. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petrarch. 2. The Prince was written to gain favor of the: A) Pazzi. B) Republic. C) Medici. D) Inquisition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inquisition. 3. John Milton was 34 when he married Mary Powell. How old was she? A) 48. B) 34. C) 22. D) 17. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 17. 4. Which of the following techniques was NOT used in the Renaissance art? A) Realism. B) Perspective. C) Individualism. D) Abstractioin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abstractioin. 5. The use of "whale-road" for sea and "life-house" for body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry? A) Symbolism. B) Simile. C) Metonymy. D) Kenning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kenning. 6. Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces, which of these was not in his charge? A) Westminster Palace. B) Tower of London. C) St. George's chapel at Windsor. D) Buckingham Palace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buckingham Palace. 7. Utopia was written by: A) Cervantes. B) Machiavelli. C) Poliziano. D) Thomas More. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas More. 8. Which of these is not certain about Chaucer? A) His birth date. B) His death year. C) His father's name. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His birth date. 9. Who is considered as the model of the people during the renaissance? A) Greek and austrian. B) Roman and french. C) Roman and greek. D) French and greek. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roman and greek. 10. An important feature of the Renaissance was an emphasis on A) Alchemy and magic. B) The literature of Greece and Rome. C) Chivalry of the Middle Ages. D) The teaching of St. Thomas Acquinas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The literature of Greece and Rome. 11. For ordinary women, the Renaissance A) Had very little impact. B) Greatly improved the material conditions of their lives. C) Worsened their social status. D) Allowed them access to education for the first time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had very little impact. 12. What was the occupation of Chaucer's father? A) Leather merchant. B) Civil servant. C) A vintner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A vintner. 13. Thomas More's Utopia placed the blame for society's problems on A) Human nature. B) God's will. C) Society itself. D) The Church. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Society itself. 14. In which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French? A) 1360. B) 1357. C) 1378. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1360. 15. Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton's at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem? A) Lycidas. B) Paradise Lost. C) II penseroso. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lycidas. 16. What did Chaucer's wife use to do? A) Lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainaut. B) Nurse of royal court. C) Governess to Henry IV. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainaut. 17. In which city was Milton? A) Norwich. B) York. C) London. D) Canterbury. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) London. 18. In 1634 Milton wrote a masque. What's the name of that masque? A) 'Il Penseroso'. B) 'Lycidas'. C) 'Comus'. D) 'The Masque of Blackness'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'Comus'. 19. In 1638 and 1639 Milton traveled abroad.In which country did he spend most of the time? A) Germany. B) France. C) Italy. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Italy. 20. Which of these kings was not served by Chaucer? A) Edward III. B) Henry II. C) Richard II. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Henry II. Next →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesThe Renaissance Quiz 2The Renaissance Quiz 3Renaissance Literature Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books