Renaissance and Enlightenment AFCAT Questions

AFCAT World History

Renaissance and Enlightenment MCQ Questions


7.
The Medici family, great patrons of Renaissance art, were based in which city?
A.
Rome
B.
Genoa
C.
Venice
D.
Florence
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ANSWER :
D. Florence
8.
Which two Italian cities were republics during the Renaissance, while many others were court-cities ruled by princes?
A.
Milan and Pisa
B.
Florence and Venice
C.
Rome and Naples
D.
Genoa and Bologna
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ANSWER :
B. Florence and Venice
9.
During the Renaissance, the five subjects called 'humanities' included grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history and:
A.
Theology
B.
Mathematics
C.
Moral philosophy
D.
Natural science
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ANSWER :
C. Moral philosophy
10.
The Latin word from which 'humanities' is derived is:
A.
Humanismus
B.
Humanitas
C.
Humilitas
D.
Humanus
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ANSWER :
B. Humanitas
11.
Who is regarded as the 'first great humanist' and 'first modern scholar' of the Renaissance?
A.
Desiderius Erasmus
B.
Francesco Petrarch
C.
Dante Alighieri
D.
Giovanni Boccaccio
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ANSWER :
B. Francesco Petrarch
12.
Petrarch was crowned 'Poet Laureate' in Rome in the year:
A.
1304
B.
1397
C.
1341
D.
1374
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ANSWER :
C. 1341