Renaissance History Quiz

Renaissance History Quiz

Test your knowledge on the cultural rebirth period of the Renaissance with this quiz featuring 11 questions.

published on August 24
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Which Italian city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance?

Which Italian city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance?
Florence
Venice
Rome
Milan
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Who is known as the 'Father of Humanism' during the Renaissance?

Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Petrarch
Galileo Galilei
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Which artist painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling in Vatican City?

Which artist painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling in Vatican City?
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Titian
Michelangelo
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Which invention from the Renaissance had a major impact on the spread of information?

Steam Engine
Printing Press
Compass
Gunpowder
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Who famously painted the Mona Lisa during the Renaissance?

Caravaggio
Botticelli
Leonardo da Vinci
Vermeer
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Which famous author wrote 'The Prince', a political treatise during the Renaissance?

Machiavelli
Dante Alighieri
Gutenberg
Cervantes
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Who was the first Tudor monarch of England, known for his support of the arts and culture?

Henry VII
Edward VI
Mary I
Elizabeth I
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Which artist is known for his famous sculpture of David and painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Donatello
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
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During the Renaissance, who is credited with proving the heliocentric model of the universe?

During the Renaissance, who is credited with proving the heliocentric model of the universe?
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
Isaac Newton
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Which event in 1492 marked the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance in Europe?

Invention of the Printing Press
Discovery of the New World by Columbus
Italian Wars
Reformation
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Who was the last great Renaissance artist, known for his Last Judgment fresco in the Sistine Chapel?

Leonardo da Vinci
Titian
Raphael
Michelangelo