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Question 1: Give a definition of the words "Humanism and Humanist".

Question 2: Explain the reasons why the scholarship was a monopoly of the church during the Middle Ages.Who were the two most important scholars of the first part of the Renaissance?

Question 3: Who administered Florence during the last part of the 14thcentury and what were his responsibilities?

Question 4: What is the main cultural aspect of Leonardo Bruni and what was his political line?

Question 5: Why was the knowledge of Greek literature and philosophy largely accepted during the Renaissance?

Question 6: Emmanuel Chrysoloras was one of the first Greek scholars to come to Italy. What were the reasons why the Greek scholars came to Italy?

Question 7: Why is the "Donation of Constatine" considered a forgery by Lorenzo Valla? How did he arrive at that conclusion?

Question 8: Pico della Mirandola in his "Oration" achieves the highest point in humanist philosophy. Explain why?