Lesson Y305.3
Y305.3 Religion and religious change Quiz: OCR History, Unit 3
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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Which 1439 council attempted to reunite the Western Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches?
- Council of Basel
- Council of Florence
- Council of Constance
- Council of Trent
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Which Dominican friar organised the famous 'Bonfire of the Vanities' in Florence in 1497?
- Girolamo Savonarola
- Lorenzo de' Medici
- Pico della Mirandola
- Marsilio Ficino
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Which Renaissance composer wrote the famous polyphonic sacred work *Missa Papae Marcelli*?
- Monteverdi
- Guillaume Du Fay
- Palestrina
- Josquin des Prez
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Which Renaissance Pope commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
- Clement VII
- Leo X
- Julius II
- Alexander VI
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Which English Christian humanist founded St Paul's School in London to promote humanist education?
- William Tyndale
- Thomas More
- Desiderius Erasmus
- John Colet
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What term describes widespread hostility towards or criticism of the clergy and religious hierarchy?
- Nepotism
- Scholasticism
- Humanism
- Anti-clericalism
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Which Northern Christian humanist famously satirised Catholic Church corruption in *The Praise of Folly*?
- Leonardo Bruni
- Erasmus
- Castiglione
- Machiavelli
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Which Italian maritime republic gained numerous fleeing Greek scholars and manuscripts after Constantinople fell in 1453?
- Rome
- Venice
- Florence
- Milan
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Which French monarch invaded Italy in 1494, precipitating the overthrow of Medici rule in Florence?
- Henry II
- Francis I
- Charles VIII
- Louis XII
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What term describes the system where popes financially commissioned artists to decorate papal buildings?
- Nepotism
- Indulgence
- Simony
- Papal patronage
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Which corrupt practice involved buying or selling ecclesiastical offices within the Renaissance Catholic Church?
- Excommunication
- Absenteeism
- Simony
- Pluralism
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Which Renaissance composer served at St Mark's Basilica in Venice, bridging Renaissance and Baroque styles?
- Claudio Monteverdi
- Orlando di Lasso
- Josquin des Prez
- Palestrina
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What was the primary goal of Christian humanists like Erasmus regarding the Catholic Church?
- Abolishing the papacy
- Scriptural reform
- Establishing Protestantism
- Rejecting sacraments
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Which Florentine religious reformer was excommunicated by Pope Alexander VI and executed in 1498?
- Lorenzo de' Medici
- Cosimo de' Medici
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- Girolamo Savonarola
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Which Borgia Pope was notorious for widespread nepotism, corruption, and secular political ambitions?
- Alexander VI
- Sixtus IV
- Julius II
- Leo X
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How did Savonarola's religious rule in Florence primarily alter artistic production during the 1490s?
- Enforced pagan themes
- Exiled all artists
- Promoted pious subjects
- Banned all painting
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Which architect was commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1506 to rebuild St Peter's Basilica in Rome?
- Donato Bramante
- Leon Battista Alberti
- Filippo Brunelleschi
- Andrea Palladio
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Which Florentine scholar led the Platonic Academy and sought to harmonise Platonic philosophy with Christianity?
- Pico della Mirandola
- Pietro Pomponazzi
- Marsilio Ficino
- Lorenzo Valla
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What historical term describes the period when popes functioned primarily as secular princes and military leaders?
- Holy Alliance
- Western Schism
- Renaissance Papacy
- Avignon Papacy
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Which humanist scholar proved that the Donation of Constantine was a medieval forgery using philological analysis?
- Baldassare Castiglione
- Lorenzo Valla
- Leonardo Bruni
- Desiderius Erasmus
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