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? Erasmus Boccaccio Petrarch Da Vinci

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

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

4. 'One Secret', by Petrarch, is a dialogue between the author and which individual of ancient times? St. Augustine Cicero Jesus 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? Memphite crisis Babylonian captivity Turkish period Gallic schism

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

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? Giovanni Cassini Pico Della Mirandola Coluccio Salutati Andrea Castagno

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