Question 1
Renaissance humanists in Italy
A) restricted their attention to scholasticism and the medieval liberal arts curriculum.
B) had occupations in schools and universities or as secretaries in city-states or at the courts of princes or popes.
C) tended to be members of the clergy rather than laymen.
D) focused on scientific rather than literary pursuits.
E) rejected the writings of Greek and Roman authors in favor of Byzantine scholarship.
Question 2
In ___________________ freed people had to accept a four- to six-year apprenticeship with their former masters without wages.
A) Brazil
B) Barbados
C) Cuba
D) Jamaica
E) St. Kitts
Question 3
Machiavelli's The Prince advocates that a successful ruler must
A) strive to earn the love of his people.
B) follow Christian principles in all his endeavors.
C) care for the weak, poor, and helpless.
D) kill all opposition immediately without consideration of the consequences.
E) act without scruples for the good of the state.
Question 4
When slavery was abolished in the British Caribbean and Brazil, slave owners were
A) fined.
B) forced by law to hire former slaves as laborers
C) compensated for the cost of their slaves.
D) publicly scolded.
E) None of these are correct.
Question 5
The Peace of Lodi served to
A) limit the sexual scandals that plagued the Papal court.
B) keep Naples from interfering in northern Italian affairs.
C) maintain peace between the Italian states for 40 years.
D) maintain peace between the Italian communes and the Habsburgs.
E) ensconce the Medici in both Florence and Naples.