HIST.2310, Renaissance/Reformation
Professor Carlsmith
Fall 2017
Guidelines for the Final Exam
Revised 12-12-17
The final exam for our course is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 16th, 2017 from 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. in Dugan 207 (our usual classroom). You may take the exam early or late only with prior permission of the professor and under emergency circumstances. Students who arrive late will not receive extra time.
The exam will cover material from the entire semester. In reviewing for the exam, you should look over the assigned chapters in the textbook, the assigned external readings (usually PDFs on the course website), assigned primary sources, and your lecture notes. All of the material on the exam will come from these four sources. The final exam is worth 100 points, or 20% of your final grade. There are a variety of useful techniques to review for an exam, and you should experiment to see which is most successful for you. Some techniques include: making a list of IDs; compiling a chronology of important events; outlining essays in advance; writing up flashcards; forming study groups.
The format of the exam is as follows:
I. Multiple Choice 50 questions 25 pts
II. Fill-Ins & True/False 25 questions 25 pts
III. Short Answer Identifications 5/12 questions 25 pts
IV. Essay 1/4 questions 25 pts
Part I (M. Choice) and Part II (Fill-Ins/True-False) will focus on specific factual knowledge, and will draw equally from the textbook (Zophy), from the PDF readings, and from the lectures. In this section, I will not ask any questions from the Wiesner-Hanks book or from the Gouwens book. The list of Keywords at the bottom of this document will provide guidance for the people, events, places, and concepts with which you should be familiar from Zophy.
Part III (Short Answer Identification) will ask you to choose five (5) of the twelve (12) possible IDs, and to write one clear, cogent paragraph explaining the 5 W’s (who, what, when, where, why) and why this term/image/quotation is important to the study of the Renaissance/Reformation. The IDs will likely include several images, and several primary source quotations, that we have studied in class this semester. Partial credit will be liberally awarded; give your best guess if you cannot remember the precise information. Each answer is worth 5 points. You may give one (and only one) extra credit answer. The extra credit answer must be clearly labeled as such, and should appear after your regular five answers.
Part V (Essay) will focus on broad essay questions. You should write ONE organized essay using specific examples to prove your answer. Be sure that your essay directly answers the question. There is no “right” answer to the essay questions; I want to ascertain how well you have understood the material in the course and how effectively you can organize that material to argue your thesis. Every essay should have an introductory paragraph. References to primary sources as evidence is always encouraged; to this end, you may bring in a 3x5 index card with primary source quotations if you wish. Only one side of the index card may be used. The index card may not be used for Parts I, II, and III of the exam, but only for Part IV.
1) Identify two or more contemporary usages of the word “Renaissance” or “Reformation” or related terms (e.g., Renaissance Learning, Renaissance Plastic Surgery, Se Renaissance Boutique—Massage Lounge for Women; Botticelli Chocolates, Reformation Sustainable Fashion, etc.). Explain how these words do, or do not, accurately reflect the historical events/persons/concepts that we have been studying this semester, and why such terms might have been chosen by modern marketers. You may use the terms above but you are encouraged to find your own too—your essay will likely be stronger and more memorable if you use your own terms.
2) Compare and contrast one major figure from the Renaissance with one from the Reformation. You might consider their careers, publications, achievements, philosophies, legacy, or other. Do not just list their accomplishments separately—choose topics or characteristics that can be actively compared, and try to make an argument about which was more significant in which areas, and why.
3) In what ways did the English Reformation differ from the Continental Reformation? You might consider its goals, leaders, opposition, chronology, main ideas, legacy, or other. Do not just reiterate the history of each reformation and say that they are both similar and different—you want to actively compare them throughout your essay.
4) Compare and contrast two of the leaders from the Age of Reformations. You might consider Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, John Calvin, Huldrych Zwingli, Martin Luther, Paul III, Ignatius Loyola, Mary Stuart, or others. Do not just list their accomplishments separately—choose topics or characteristics that can be actively compared, and try to make an argument about which was more significant, and why.
Please ask if you have any questions about the exam. Study hard, and good luck!
Keywords and Terms To Know for the Final Exam
Chap. 1 & 2
none
Chap. 3
Black Death (bubonic plague) Great (Western) Schism Babylonian Captivity
Jan Hus Hundred Years War Joan of Arc
Chap. 4
Cosimo de Medici Lorenzo de Medici Girolamo Savonarola
Renaissance Papacy Sforza family (Milan) Isabella D’Este
Renaissance Venice
Chap. 5
Francesco Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio Leonardo Bruni
Laura Cereta Niccolo Machiavelli Baldessare Castiglione
Veronica Franco
Chap. 6
Giotto Masaccio Sandro Botticelli
Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Buonarotti Raphael Sanzio
Artemisia Gentileschi
Chap. 7
Lorenzo Ghiberti Filippo Brunelleschi
Chap. 8
Christopher Columbus Henry the Navigator Hernan Cortes
Chap. 9
none
Chap. 10
Martin Luther indulgences Johann Tetzel
Simony pluralism Ninety-Five Theses
Sola scriptura Leo X anticlericalism
Chap. 11
Adrian VI Nuremberg Thomas Muntzer
German Peasants’ Revolt Katie von Bora Luther
Philip Melanchthon
Chap. 12
Huldrych Zwingli Zurich Anabaptism
Balthasar Hubmaier Radical Reformation
Chap. 13
John Calvin Institutes of Christian Relig. “spiritual” presence (Euchar.)
Geneva Michael Servetus double predestination
Genevan Academy
Chap. 14
Henry Tudor (Henry VIII) Catherine of Aragon Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Thomas Cromwell Anne Boelyn Edward VI
Tyndale Bible “Bloody” Mary Tudor Cardinal Reginald Pole
Six Articles (1539)
Chap. 15
Elizabeth I Elizabethan Settlement Act of Supremacy (1559)
Mary Stuart (“Queen of Scots”) John Knox Elizabethan Renaissance
Chap. 16
Catholic/Counter Reform Cardinal Jimenez Cisneros Angela Merici / Ursulines
Ignatius Loyola Society of Jesus / Jesuits Spiritual Exercises
Teresa of Avila Gasparo Contarini Council of Trent
Lawrence of Brindisi (Drenas lecture)