Question 1
________ is a reaction to the simplicity of High Renaissance art and made room for the strange and the abnormal, giving freer reign to the individual perceptions and feelings of the artist,
who now felt free to paint, compose, or write in an affected way.
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Question 2
The appeal of ________ lay in its flattering view of human nature, which distinguished between an eternal sphere of being and the perishable world in which humans actually lived.
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Question 3
_________ was the scholarly study of the Latin and Greek classics and of the ancient Church Fathers, both for its own sake and in the hope of reviving respected ancient norms and values.
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Question 4
Because despots could not count on the loyalty of the divided populace, they operated through mercenary armies obtained through military brokers known as ________.
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Question 5
Why did the Japanese-American owner of this grocery store hang a poster that declared his nationality the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
A) He wanted to encourage further immigration to the United States from Japan.
B) He wanted to announce his enlistment in the U.S. Army to fight against Japan.
C) He wanted to bolster American support for confining those of Japanese origin to internment
camps.
D) He wanted to fight back against the perception that he was a traitor to the United States.
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