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Unit 1 Renaiisance Which city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance? A) Paris B) Florence C) Rome D) Venice Who is often credited with inventing the printing press around 1440? A) Leonardo da Vinci B) Michelangelo C) Johannes Gutenberg D) Galileo Galilei Which famous artist painted the...

Unit 1 Renaiisance Which city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance? A) Paris B) Florence C) Rome D) Venice Who is often credited with inventing the printing press around 1440? A) Leonardo da Vinci B) Michelangelo C) Johannes Gutenberg D) Galileo Galilei Which famous artist painted the Mona Lisa? A) Michelangelo B) Raphael C) Leonardo da Vinci D) Donatello Who wrote the famous book "The Prince," which explores political power and tactics? A) Dante Alighieri B) Niccolò Machiavelli C) Petrarch D) Erasmus Which family was a prominent patron of the arts in Florence during the Renaissance? A) Borgia B) Medici C) Sforza D) Visconti Who sculpted the famous statue of David? A) Leonardo da Vinci B) Raphael C) Michelangelo D) Titian Which Renaissance figure is known for his theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun? A) Galileo Galilei B) Johannes Kepler C) Nicolaus Copernicus D) Isaac Newton Who wrote the epic poem "The Divine Comedy," which describes a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven? A) Petrarch B) Giovanni Boccaccio C) Dante Alighieri D) Geoffrey Chaucer Which of the following was NOT a famous Renaissance composer? A) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart B) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina C) Josquin des Prez D) Claudio Monteverdi The Renaissance period is often characterized by a renewed interest in: A) Religious conformity B) Individualism and humanism C) Feudalism D) Agricultural techniques