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1
The "Black Death" or Bubonic Plague
A)is characterized by black boils.
B)killed more than one-third of the population of Europe.
C)struck the towns hardest.
D)improved the bargaining power of surviving laborers and peasants.
E)All these answers are correct.
2
The Magna Carta was the basis for
A)the Holy Roman Empire.
B)constitutional monarchy in England.
C)economic improvements in France.
D)rivalry between the Pope and the Emperor.
E)the revival of the Byzantine Empire.
3
All of the following are true of the Hundred Years' War EXCEPT that
A)England's claim to France's throne caused it.
B)it introduced the use of the longbow.
C)it introduced the use of the gunpowder.
D)the victors in the conflict were the French.
E)it strengthened feudal institutions in France.
4
What was the Great Schism?
A)a peasant rebellion after the Black Death
B)a conflict between Rome and Byzantium
C)a conflict between kings and popes
D)a rivalry between two contesting popes
E)a split between Catholics and Protestants
5
Who defended the female sex in the Book of the City of Ladies?
A)Joan of Arc
B)Giovanni Boccaccio
C)Christine de Pisan
D)Geoffrey Chaucer
E)Francesco Petrarch
6
Which painter used light and shade to reintroduce three-dimensionality to western paintings in such works as The Lamentation over Jesus (1305-1306)?
A)Botticelli
B)Giotto
C)Ghiberti
D)Titian
E)Leonardo da Vinci
7
According to Machiavelli, it is best for the prince to be
A)hated.
B)modest and discreet.
C)always guided by virtue.
D)loved.
E)feared.
8
Brunelleschi developed the laws of
A)chiaroscuro.
B)perspective.
C)simony.
D)condottieri.
E)sfumato.
9
All of the following are true of Leonardo's Mona Lisa EXCEPT that
A)it depicts the wife of a Florentine merchant.
B)it unusually places its subject outdoors.
C)it presents its subject in three-quarter view.
D)it makes use of sfumato, smoky shades of light.
E)its subjects features are recorded in crisp, clear detail.
10
Raphael's School of Athens epitomized the Grand Style, which included all of the following characteristics EXCEPT for
A)spatial clarity.
B)decorum.
C)balance.
D)emotional exuberance.
E)unity of design.
11
Michelangelo's creation of Adam
A)was commissioned by Pope Julius II.
B)is on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
C)shows Adam reaching toward God.
D)is the visual analogue of Pico's view of man.
E)All these answers are correct.
12
All of the following are true of Renaissance music EXCEPT that it
A)was sometimes polyphonic (many voiced).
B)abandoned religious subject matters.
C)was printed in popular handbooks.
D)often developed from dance tunes.
E)was performed by amateurs and professional alike.
13
Venice, an important site of the High Renaissance, is located along the banks of the
A)Tyrrhenian Sea.
B)Aegean Sea.
C)Adriatic Sea.
D)Ionian Sea.
E)Sea of Marmara.
14
Which of the following Italian cities is located farthest south?
A)Florence
B)Milan
C)Venice
D)Urbino
E)Naples
15
Which of the following Italian cities is located on an island?
A)Palermo
B)Rome
C)Ancona
D)Urbino
E)Ravenna





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