4.8.1 - Test: The Renaissance and Reformation Unit Test

Answer 1

1. Which artist is known for creating the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, among other famous works?

a) Michelangelo
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Raphael
d) Donatello

Correct answer: b) Leonardo da Vinci

2. The Protestant Reformation was sparked by the actions of which religious figure?

a) Pope Gregory IX
b) Martin Luther
c) King Henry VIII
d) John Calvin

Correct answer: b) Martin Luther

3. Who was the powerful ruling family of Florence during the Renaissance period?

a) Habsburg
b) Medici
c) Valois
d) Tudor

Correct answer: b) Medici

4. In what year did Martin Luther nail his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany?

a) 1453
b) 1517
c) 1536
d) 1603

Correct answer: b) 1517

5. The Counter-Reformation was a response by the Catholic Church to:

a) The spread of Protestantism
b) The decline of the Renaissance
c) The power struggles within the church
d) The invasion of Ottoman Turks

Correct answer: a) The spread of Protestantism

6. Who was the English monarch who broke from the Catholic Church and established the Church of England?

a) Elizabeth I
b) Edward VI
c) Mary I
d) Henry VIII

Correct answer: d) Henry VIII

7. Which of the following was NOT a key characteristic of Renaissance art?

a) Realism
b) Perspective
c) Minimalism
d) Humanism

Correct answer: c) Minimalism

8. In what Italian city did the Renaissance first begin?

a) Venice
b) Rome
c) Milan
d) Florence

Correct answer: d) Florence

9. Who is known for his work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican?

a) Leonardo da Vinci
b) Michelangelo
c) Raphael
d) Donatello

Correct answer: b) Michelangelo

10. The Peace of Augsburg in 1555 formally recognized the division of Christianity in Germany into Protestantism and:

a) Catholicism
b) Eastern Orthodoxy
c) Anglicanism
d) Calvinism

Correct answer: a) Catholicism

Overall, you scored x out of 10 correct.