Question

9. The Medici family, a wealthy banking family of Florence, exerted their influence during

(A) the Renaissance.
(B) the Catholic Reformation.
(C) Italian Unification.
(D) the rule of Mussolini.
(E) the Cold War

Answer 1

The Medici family ruled the city of Florence throughout the Renaissance. They had a major influence on the growth of the Italian Renaissance through their patronage of the arts and humanism.