4.8.1 - Test: The Renaissance and Reformation Unit Test
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.