Literature and Philosophy of the Renaissance

Question 1

People began to study classical thought during the Renaissance to

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better themselves.

Question 2

Which experience did Baldassare Castiglione write about?

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life in a royal court

Question 3

Who was a Renaissance writer whose work was based on their professional experience ?

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Baldassare Castiglione

Question 4

How did humanism affect paintings during the Renaissance?

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Paintings became more lifelike.

Question 5

Which Renaissance writer was a humanist because of his focus on human nature, rather than religion?

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Miguel de Cervantes

Question 6

Which humanist idea affected Renaissance society?

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People are basically good at their core.

Question 7

How did humanism impact Europeans’ thinking about government?

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Political debates were encouraged.

Question 8

A new idea that Cervantes celebrates in Don Quixote is

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individuality.

Question 9

An early Renaissance thinker who studied and shared classical literature was

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Francesco Petrarch.

Question 10

Machiavelli’s new ideas supported Renaissance humanism by showing that

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people were in control of their lives.

Literature and Philosophy of the Renaissance Answers