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![Raffaello Sanzio]()
1. What centuries did the Renaissance span?
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![Donatello's David]()
2. Two Italian artists sculpted their own versions of David. Who did this one?
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3. Where did the Renaissance era begin?
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4. True or False: Math helped art during the Renaissance.
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5. What Renaissance instrument is this?
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![Mona Lisa]()
6. Where in the world could you see the Mona Lisa?
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7. Many Spanish Renaissance paintings were done in which medium?
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![Dictionary]()
8. What does Renaissance mean?
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![Christopher Columbus]()
9. True or False: Christopher Columbus “found” the New World during this time.
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![William Shakespeare]()
10. True or False: William Shakespeare's career was part of the Renaissance era.
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11. Who is nicknamed the “Renaissance Man?”
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12. The geared hand-mill came about during what century?
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![Who painted Sistine Chapel's ceiling during the High Renaissance?]()
13. Who painted Sistine Chapel's ceiling during the High Renaissance?
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14. What event is theorized to have pushed people's thinking towards the ideas that became known as the Renaissance?
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15. What country did Renaissance fever hit after Italy?
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![Adoration of the Magi]()
16. Botticelli possibly put himself as a cameo in what painting?
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17. True or False: Secular music became the norm during the Renaissance.
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18. Which Spanish Renaissance writer penned "La Araucana"?
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![Jan Kochanowski]()
19. Who was Jan Kochanowski?
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20. The Renaissance came before what period?
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![Andreas Vesalius]()
21. Andreas Vesalius is known as the founder of modern what?
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![Violin]()
22. What set music from the Middle Ages apart from that of the Renaissance?
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![Leonardo da Vinci]()
23. What great invention changed the game for the spread of knowledge in 1450?
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![Ptolemy]()
24. Ptolemy was a known for his works in the fields of geography, mathematics and what?
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![Spanish Book]()
25. The first grammar book for Spanish was written by whom?
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![Leonardo da Vinci]()
26. When do many historians believe Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper was finished?
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![Many of the diseases back in the day could be attributed to unsafe sex. It was during the Renaissance that the modern day condom came to be. Who worked on that?]()
27. Many of the diseases back in the day could be attributed to unsafe sex. It was during the Renaissance that the modern day condom came to be. Who worked on that?
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![Sunset]()
28. Who was the first to say the sun was the center of the universe?
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![William Shakespeare]()
29. Which of these Shakespearean works came out first?
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30. True or False: Many buildings during the Renaissance had domes.
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![The Portuguese Renaissance was heavy with what?]()
31. The Portuguese Renaissance was heavy with what?
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![Who do accountants have to thank for their careers?]()
32. Who do accountants have to thank for their careers?
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![Which one of Shakespeare’s works features the character of Petruchio?]()
33. Which one of Shakespeare’s works features the character of Petruchio?
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34. True or False: Newspapers came about during the Renaissance.
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35. What was the busiest port during the Renaissance?
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![Oswald von Wolkenstein]()
36. This is one of the earliest Renaissance composers. Know his name?
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37. True or False: Religion took a bit of a backseat during the Renaissance?
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38. One of the techniques that came about during the Renaissance was foreshortening. What does foreshortening do?
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![Shakespeare’s wife shares the name of what Oscar winner? Hint: It’s not Allison Janney.]()
39. Shakespeare’s wife shares the name of what Oscar winner? Hint: It’s not Allison Janney.
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![Alonso Berruguete]()
40. Which Spanish Renaissance painter is responsible for this piece?
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![Fausto Veranzio]()
41. Fausto Veranzio took da Vinci’s sketch of what invention, to improve upon it?
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![An early form of chemistry was introduced during this era. What was it called?]()
42. An early form of chemistry was introduced during this era. What was it called?
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![Philippe Verdelot]()
43. What country was composer Philippe Verdelot from?
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44. What genre is used to classify Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream?
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![Juan de Flandes]()
45. Which Spanish artist painted Salome with the head of John the Baptist?
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46. Was Bartolomé Ordóñez a Spanish sculptor or architect?
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47. True or False: The cotton trade helped finance many of the wonderful architecture in Portugal.
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48. Doménikos Theotokópoulos was better known as who?
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49. Raphael was one of the most revered artists of the Renaissance but didn’t live long. How old was he when he died?
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50. The Renaissance came after which age?
The Renaissance isn’t just about those fairs you see around where people dress like they just stepped out of a history book. The Renaissance was an actual period of human history where things took a turn for the better. Art, architecture, science and other facets of the human experience became well, human. Read more