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Cultural And Literary English Renaissance Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. Fill in the blank. A ..... was a spectacle performed at court or at the manor of a member of the nobility and was staged to glorify the court or the particular aristocrat.
2. William Shakespeare's "Henry V" is an example of what dramatic genre?
3. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence. All of the following are Shakespearean plays EXCEPT:
4. Which of the following is an important component of John Foxe's martyrology?
5. Book I of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" centers on what event?
6. In 1583, which playwright became in control of the first Blackfriars Theatre along with director William Hunnis?
7. Fill in the blank. The intellectual and social movement which historians call "....." is what lies at the base of the period we call the Renaissance.
8. Who wrote "Orlando Furioso" ?
9. Fill in the blank. John Lyly's ..... exercised considerable influence upon its author's contemporaries.
10. According to John Milton's "Paradise Lost, " what is Satan's tragic flaw?
11. Fill in the blank. John Foxe's ambiguous attitude towards the Elizabethan church was .....
12. Fill in the blank. In 1585, ..... sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island (now North Carolina).
13. Fill in the blank. ..... is remembered as the "Morning Star of the Reformation."
14. Fill in the blank. John Foxe was deeply disgusted by the ....., and could not believe that any honest Christian could accept its doctrinal basis.
15. Which of the following critics is a famous Shakespearean scholar?
16. Fill in the blank. The economic analysis of poverty was advanced by ..... in the fourteenth century.
17. Martin Luther's translation of what text helped to develop a standard version of the German language and added several principles to the art of translation?
18. "The Discovery of Guiana" is what author's account of discovering an area of the New World?
19. Many of William Shakespeare's plays were performed at what theater in Elizabethan England?
20. What text greatly popularized the sonnet form in England during the Elizabethan period?
21. Fill in the blank. The term "Renaissance" literally translates as "....."
22. What author defines the function of poetry with reference to the Horatian dictum of "to teach and delight" ?
23. Who became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I and was knighted and appointed captain of the Queen's Guard in 1587?
24. King Henry VIII adopted what religion?
25. Sir Thomas More held which of the following positions in the English court?
26. Christopher Marlowe's "Faustus" is an example of what dramatic genre?
27. On which of the following topics did Sir Thomas More focus in his "Utopia" ?
28. Which of the following plays by William Shakespeare is a comedy?
29. Fill in the blank. Christopher Marlowe's influence on William Shakespeare was in all probability .....
30. Greek theatre took place where?
31. Sir Thomas More wrote what famous text?
32. Which queen of England attended a number of William Shakespeare's play?
33. What author fell in love with Anne Boleyn while she was married to King Henry VIII?
34. What doctrine significantly influenced Sir Thomas More's "Utopia" ?
35. What author wrote the poem "Whoso list to hunt" ?
36. John Lyly's work significantly shaped the writing of which famous writer?
37. Who was in charge of organizing court festivities and entertainment of the English court?
38. Romance, classical structure, and festive elements had already begun to come together in drama when what author began writing?
39. The Petrarchan sonnet is typically composed in what form of meter?
40. Fill in the blank. John Foxe was extremely sensitive to th
41. Fill in the blank. John Wycliffe challenged a number of ..... doctrines with arguments which centuries later would echo during the Protestant Reformation.
42. Which of the following writers remained a firm believer in the Royal Supremacy?
43. The work of John Foxe was no longer read or heeded in educated circles after which major historical event?
44. Fill in the blank. In the second edition of ....., John Foxe promised that he would edit a collection of the works of William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes.
45. Fill in the blank. Sir Philip Sidney's strong ..... convictions made him publicly oppose a projected marriage for Queen Elizabeth.
46. Fill in the blank. Although Sir Philip Sidney is writing 200 years before the ..... revolution, he presents a very inward and self-absorbed narrator in "Astrophil and Stella."
47. Fill in the blank. When writers like ..... and his fellow humanists read pagan literature, they were influenced by the secular outlook of the Greeks and Romans.
48. What genres of plays did William Shakespeare write?
49. Greek theater was often of what genre?
50. Who is largely considered to be the father of epic poetry?
51. What author speaks of the exemplary story as a fundamental narrative unit in which it is important to follow chronological order?
52. Edmund Spenser was directly influenced by which writer's epic poetry?
53. What Renaissance text uses martyrology as a device to historicize the conflict between the true Church and the false Church in England?
54. In 1534, King Henry VIII was declared head of what church?
55. The distinction between comedy and tragedy which characterized classical drama was first forgotten during what period in England?
56. Who introduced the Italian sonnet to the British Isles during the reign of King Henry VIII?
57. Fill in the blank. King ..... was notorious for his six marriages and for ruthlessly persecuting his political enemies, violently eliminating all opposition.
58. The foundation story of what poem is the Genesis account of the Creation of the world and of Adam and Eve, culminating in the drama of their temptation and fall?
59. Which of the following controversial ideas surround the life and work of William Shakespeare?
60. Which of the following characters is NOT found in the dramatis personae of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" ?
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