What Would Your Renaissance Era Name Be?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
3 min
What Would Your Renaissance Era Name Be?
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About This Quiz

The Renaissance is the period in European history that bridges the gap between Medieval times and the Industrial Revolution. It was a time where old certainties that had seemed absolutely immutable and unchangeable as the stars finally began to be chipped away. At first it was a very slow process, but it gained speed when the printing press started to make literacy more widely possible: you no longer had to be clergy or royalty to be able to read. This enabled a middle class to start forming, and of course that led to all sorts of innovations, new enterprises, and exploration of different continents, resulting in mixing of cultures. That was an ideal recipe for all kinds of new ideas to start fomenting. Without it the Enlightenment would have never come about, and we'd be looking at a very different world right now.

Where would you have fit into all this? Would you be on the cusp of all of this progressive thinking, or would you prefer to stand with the powers that be and see what you could do to preserve the old order? Would you have migrated to the cities, or waited for the Industrial Revolution to really kick in before considering that? Tell us a little about that and we'll see what your Renaissance name would be!

How refined are you?
Mostly
A little
Not at all, that's for sissies.
Entirely

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Do you love money?
More than anything
A great deal
A normal amount
What does wealth matter when we are all dust in the end?

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If you got rich enough to retire, what sort of house would you buy?
Villa
Stately home
Castle
Farmhouse with a vineyard

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What sort of carriage will you have?
A sedan chair - there are too many stairs where I live.
A speedy little trap
A sturdy wagon
An elaborate coach

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Which animal do you want to keep as a pet?
Something exotic
Dog
Falcon
Cat

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What landscape suits you?
Alpine peaks above a verdant valley
Misty hills and meadows with deciduous woodlands
Craggy peaks with pine forests
Rolling hills with vineyards

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What profession are you in?
Banker
Merchant
Military
Education

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Who are your friends?
White collar professionals
Sailors
Warriors
Academics and artists

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Which languages do you speak?
Italian, a little Arabic
English, some French
German, Danish
French, Spanish, German, Danish, Flemish, Italian

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Do you love to sail the seven seas?
I love to pay someone else to do it.
Yes please
I am scared of water.
Once, sure, but not often

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How corrupt do you like your kingdom?
Extremely
Moderately
I like it not organized enough for that to even be a thing.
Above average

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What sort of food do you eat?
Pasta
Meat, potatoes, and two veg
Meat and more meat
Everything

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What enemy do you want to fight?
Turks
Mainlanders
Everyone
Spaniards

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How adaptable are you?
Very
Somewhat
Not very
Extremely

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Can you stand near-constant war?
Yeah, I just change sides if we might lose.
Yeah as long as it is not too near my house.
I cannot imagine a world without it.
I would really prefer not.

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Will you be on the forefront of technology?
Certainly, I am surrounded by thinkers.
Only if it is practical.
Nope
I will think of new things but not use them.

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How's your Latin?
Perfect
Middling
Terrible
Good

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Do you enjoy polite society?
Sure, but I don't need it.
Sometimes
Nah
It is the only kind you can really call "society."

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Are you cosmopolitan?
Oh, yes
When I have to be.
Goodness, no.
Indeed - I am the very personification of it.

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Irrespective of your own faith, are you more comfortable under a Catholic or a Protestant ruler?
Catholic, definitely
Don't care as long as my head is not cut off.
Prefer Protestant
Prefer Catholic

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Do you plan to visit the holy land?
Already did twice
Only if my work justifies it.
No, that's like, really far.
Yes, once would be nice.

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Could you bear to live someplace that most people weren't literate?
No, who would I work with?
Yes, as long as my family has enough to read.
Why would that bother me?
Sounds like hell.

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What are the odds you would flee to Constantinople?
Low
I might go voluntarily for trade, but I wouldn't flee.
Middling
I doubt I will go but the political situation might change suddenly.

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Do you think the Puritans had some marvelous ideas?
No, they're absurd.
A few, yes
Sure, all their ideas are splendid.
No, they're boring.

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Do you like being around people who are very different to you?
Yes, I love it.
I am OK with it.
I do not like it.
I love it sometimes.

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City state or nation state?
City states for me
Nation state for me
No state for me
I do not have an opinion.

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How damp can you stand it?
I like it clear and pleasant.
I like everything absolutely sodden.
I like it a little damp.
I can stand it half the year.

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What architecture suits you?
Palladian
Tudor or Regency
Early Gothic
Baroque

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Do you need access to a proper bank?
I am the bank.
Yes, I can't do business without one.
Nah, I just invade and take things.
I find life much easier with it, yes.

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Do you love a good library?
Yes, I need to look things up.
Yes, I keep my ledgers there - and it makes me look sophisticated.
It's kind of a waste of time.
Heck yes!

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