Cultural And Literary English Renaissance Quiz 4 (20 MCQs)

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1. Fill in the blank. Martin Luther nailed his ..... to a church door in Wittenberg, accusing the Roman Catholic Church of heresy upon heresy.
2. Which of the following texts is an example of epic poetry?
3. Fill in the blank. Renaissance thinkers strongly associated themselves with the values of .....
4. Fill in the blank. John Lyly's style is best described as .....
5. According to many British Romantic poets, who is the protagonist of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" ?
6. William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is an example of what dramatic genre?
7. The character of Falstaff is important in which play(s) by William Shakespeare?
8. John Milton's "Paradise Lost" focuses attention on the relationship between which opposing entities?
9. John Milton's "Lycidas" is what genre of poetry?
10. Fill in the blank. Th
11. Edmund Spenser wrote what famous text?
12. Who was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn who also reigned as Queen of England from 1558 to1603?
13. Compared to Aquinas, the writers of Florentine humanism considered which of the following only unsystematically?
14. Stephen Greenblatt's work on the Renaissance is best described by what theoretical paradigm?
15. Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks. Throughout the Middle Ages, English drama, like that of other European countries, was mainly ..... and .....
16. Who was considered to be England's first literary celebrity?
17. Fill in the blank. The greatest insurrection of the ..... age in England was over religion.
18. Fill in the blanks. From being narrowly focused on the achievements of north Italians in th
19. There was greater emphasis placed on human potentiality for growth and excellence through Europe by which year?
20. Which of the following theaters could be found in England after Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne?