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HI Pp. 150-154
Ch. 12 QUIZ
Question | Answer |
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one reformer and Roman priest who exposed hypocrisy in the Roman church | Jerome Savonarola |
one of the few pieces of medieval lit that is still widely read; few poems have surpassed the beauty of this work | Divine Comedy of Dante |
recognized as one of England's five greatest poets, wrote The Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey Chaucer |
one of the first great works of lit in the English language | The Canterbury Tales |
subjects such as history, grammar, rhetoric, and poetry | Humanities |
A great enthusiasm for classical Greek and Latin lot springing up in Italy was known as ________ . | Italian Renaissance |
known as the "Father of Humanism", wrote "Letters to Ancient Authors" | Petrarch |
the first great writer of prose in a modern language; best known for "The Decameron" | Boccaccio |
the only book of lasting importance on politics; written in 1513 by Niccolò Machiavelli | "The Prince" |
people who use their own money to support the arts | Patrons |
famous for his painting "The Last Judgment" | Giotto |
one who displays his talents in all fields | Renaissance man |
a portrait of an unknown woman with a mysterious smile | Mona Lisa |
may have been the greatest artist of the Renaissance, perhaps of all time; considered to be the greatest Italian lyric poet of the 16th century | Michelangelo |
invented the movable-type printing press about 1440 | Johann Gutenberg |
In what year did Gutenberg produce his first printed edition of the Vulgate Bible? This translation is called what? | Gutenberg Bible 1456 |