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Cultural And Literary English Renaissance Quiz 3 (20 MCQs)

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1. Fill in the blank. John Wycliffe challenged a number of ..... doctrines with arguments which centuries later would echo during the Protestant Reformation.
2. Which of the following writers remained a firm believer in the Royal Supremacy?
3. The work of John Foxe was no longer read or heeded in educated circles after which major historical event?
4. 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.
5. Fill in the blank. Sir Philip Sidney's strong ..... convictions made him publicly oppose a projected marriage for Queen Elizabeth.
6. 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."
7. 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.
8. What genres of plays did William Shakespeare write?
9. Greek theater was often of what genre?
10. Who is largely considered to be the father of epic poetry?
11. What author speaks of the exemplary story as a fundamental narrative unit in which it is important to follow chronological order?
12. Edmund Spenser was directly influenced by which writer's epic poetry?
13. What Renaissance text uses martyrology as a device to historicize the conflict between the true Church and the false Church in England?
14. In 1534, King Henry VIII was declared head of what church?
15. The distinction between comedy and tragedy which characterized classical drama was first forgotten during what period in England?
16. Who introduced the Italian sonnet to the British Isles during the reign of King Henry VIII?
17. Fill in the blank. King ..... was notorious for his six marriages and for ruthlessly persecuting his political enemies, violently eliminating all opposition.
18. 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?
19. Which of the following controversial ideas surround the life and work of William Shakespeare?
20. Which of the following characters is NOT found in the dramatis personae of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" ?
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