Lesson Y305.2
Y305.2 The role of the individual Quiz: OCR History, Unit 3
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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Which Medici leader established the Platonic Academy in Florence during the 15th century?
- Giovanni de' Medici
- Lorenzo de' Medici
- Piero de' Medici
- Cosimo de' Medici
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Which Duke of Urbino was renowned as the quintessential soldier-scholar Renaissance man?
- Francesco Sforza
- Ludovico Sforza
- Sigismondo Malatesta
- Federico da Montefeltro
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Which Duke of Milan commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to paint The Last Supper?
- Federico da Montefeltro
- Gian Galeazzo Visconti
- Ludovico Sforza
- Cosimo de' Medici
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Which warrior pope commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
- Pope Alexander VI
- Pope Leo X
- Pope Julius II
- Pope Nicholas V
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Which Renaissance humanist chancellor of Florence wrote the History of the Florentine People?
- Poggio Bracciolini
- Leonardo Bruni
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- Marsilio Ficino
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Which scholar translated the complete works of Plato into Latin for Cosimo de' Medici?
- John Colet
- Marsilio Ficino
- Pico della Mirandola
- Desiderius Erasmus
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Which political thinker argued in The Prince that rulers should prioritise practical effectiveness over morality?
- Baldassare Castiglione
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- Desiderius Erasmus
- Thomas More
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Who authored The Book of the Courtier, setting the standard for Renaissance etiquette and behaviour?
- Leonardo Bruni
- Lorenzo Valla
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- Baldassare Castiglione
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Which Northern Renaissance humanist scholar produced a critical Greek translation of the New Testament?
- Desiderius Erasmus
- John Colet
- Jan van Eyck
- Thomas More
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Which English humanist authored Utopia, depicting an ideal island society free of private property?
- William Grocyn
- Sir Thomas More
- Roger Ascham
- John Colet
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Which architect wrote influential treatises on both painting and architecture during the Italian Renaissance?
- Donato Bramante
- Michelangelo
- Filippo Brunelleschi
- Leon Battista Alberti
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Which Renaissance sculptor created the first freestanding nude bronze statue since antiquity?
- Lorenzo Ghiberti
- Michelangelo
- Andrea del Verrocchio
- Donatello
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Which architect was selected by Pope Julius II to design the new St Peter's Basilica?
- Donato Bramante
- Filippo Brunelleschi
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Leon Battista Alberti
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Which German artist introduced Italian Renaissance perspective and printmaking techniques to Northern Europe?
- Lucas Cranach
- Hans Holbein
- Jan van Eyck
- Albrecht Dürer
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Which Renaissance composer reformed Catholic church polyphony in response to the Council of Trent?
- Orlando de Lassus
- Palestrina
- Claudio Monteverdi
- Josquin des Prez
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Which Dominican friar established a brief theocratic republic in Florence following the Medici expulsion in 1494?
- John Colet
- Pico della Mirandola
- Girolamo Savonarola
- Marsilio Ficino
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Which French monarch invited Leonardo da Vinci to France and eagerly patronised Italian Renaissance art?
- Charles VIII
- Henry VIII
- Francis I
- Louis XII
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What Italian term describes the mercenary captains hired by city-states to command armies in battle?
- Podestà
- Signori
- Dogi
- Condottieri
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Which Venetian master became the leading painter of sixteenth-century Venice, renowned for rich colourist oil techniques?
- Giovanni Bellini
- Titian
- Giorgione
- Tintoretto
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Which Renaissance architect designed the revolutionary double-shelled dome of Florence Cathedral?
- Leon Battista Alberti
- Andrea Palladio
- Filippo Brunelleschi
- Donato Bramante
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