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As the father of Italian Renaissance humanism, Petrarch embraced all of the following EXCEPT:
 
  a. writing in Greek.
 b. seeking out ancient Latin manuscripts.
 c. using the works of Cicero as a model.
 d. discovering forgotten manuscripts in monasteries.
  e. emulating Virgil for poetry.

Question 2

The two major characteristics of the Italian Renaissance were
 
  a. literacy and class status.
 b. financial wealth and piety.
 c. secularism and individualism.
  d. piety and humanism.
 e. scholasticism and spirituality.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c



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