Renaissance Odds and Ends

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1. Which man of the Renaissance wrote 'On the Ascent of Mt. Ventoux', a famous work of nature writing? Boccaccio Petrarch Da Vinci Erasmus

2. Which Renaissance man wrote about the genealogy of the Greek gods, the first modern study of Greek myth? Petrarch Da Verona Castiglione Boccaccio

3. Which of the following was a famed biographer of Renaissance artists? Ficino Bruni Vasari Vesdasiano

4. 'One Secret', by Petrarch, is a dialogue between the author and which individual of ancient times? Jesus St. Augustine Cicero Plato

5. Who has been called the 'father of Italian painting'? Giotto Michelangelo Da Vinci Cimabue

6. What was the name of the political faction in Florence that was opposed to the Ghibellines and loyal to the papacy? Answer: (One Word)

7. When the pope moved his entire entourage to Avignon from Rome in 1305, what did many church faithful term this period? Babylonian captivity Turkish period Memphite crisis Gallic schism

8. Which church council brought the 'Great Schism' to an end? Council of Trent Council of Milan Council of Constance Council of Nicea

9. Which Renaissance great, who became chancellor of the Florentine Signorie in 1375, was the patron of such disciples as Poggio and Bruno, and invited one of the first Greek scholars, Manuel Chrysoloras, into Florence in 1391? Pico Della Mirandola Coluccio Salutati Andrea Castagno Giovanni Cassini

10. Running a school called 'La Giocosa' (The House of Joy), who is considered the greatest humanist schoolmaster of the Renaissance? Vittorino Da Feltre Georgio Lippi Alberico Gentili Tomaso Guidi