Which of the following is NOT true about humanism?
a
It was supported by the patronage of wealthy Italian elites
It emphasized the role of the individual
It always supported and never questioned the Catholic Church
It included writers like Petrarch and Machiavelli
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d

The statement that isn't true about humanismis:

It always supported and never questioned the Catholic Church

Explanation:

The reasons for this answer are that in the first place humanism was promoted by Petrarch and Machiavelli, it was also supported and impulsed by a fraction of the Italian elite, and it criticized the church heavily. With one of its majors' contributors being Karl Marx himself. It also was criticized by some clerics, but it was not delayed as it proposed an opportunity of growth for the church and they studied it.

by creating a labor shortage that pushed the continent toward a market economy

c it says nothing about connecting those 2 seas.