This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > English Renaissance > Cultural And Literary English Renaissance – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cultural And Literary English Renaissance Quiz 5 (11 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following plays were written by Christopher Marlowe? A) "The Jew of Malta". B) "Doctor Faustus". C) "Edward II". D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. Fill in the blank. Prior to the rise of the famed tragedians of the late 1580s, ..... were the great headliners of the Elizabethan stage. A) Clowns. B) Women. C) Politicians. D) Pantomimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clowns. 3. Who was King Henry VIII's first wife? A) Catherine of Aragon. B) Anne Boleyn. C) Mary, Queen of Scots. D) Anne of Cleves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catherine of Aragon. 4. John Lyly became instantly famous with the publication of what text? A) "95 Theses". B) "Utopia". C) "Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit". D) "Paradise Lost". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit". 5. "The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses" is an example of what dramatic genre? A) Masque. B) Satire. C) Burlesque. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Masque. 6. A total of how many sonnets constitute the entirety of "Astrophil and Stella" ? A) 10. B) 20. C) 30. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30. 7. The conceit of the Petrarchan sonnet in English during the Elizabethan period often involves what topic? A) Drugs. B) Sex. C) Animals. D) Propaganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sex. 8. The Petrarchan sonnet is composed of how many lines? A) 9. B) 10. C) 12. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14. 9. Which writer spent more than twelve years imprisoned in the Tower of London? A) Sir Thomas More. B) Sir Walter Raleigh. C) Sir Philip Sidney. D) John Milton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Walter Raleigh. 10. Fill in the blank. Although there is dispute about the actual "invention" of the printing press with movable metal type, ..... is usually the man credited with the invention. A) Niccolo Machiavelli. B) Johan Gutenberg. C) Peter Schoeffer. D) Johannes Fust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Johan Gutenberg. 11. Which of the following figures was an important political theorist of the Renaissance? A) Niccolo Machiavelli. B) Francesco Petrarcha. C) Aristotle. D) Plato. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Niccolo Machiavelli. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesMovements QuizzesCultural And Literary English Renaissance Quiz 1Cultural And Literary English Renaissance Quiz 2Cultural And Literary English Renaissance Quiz 3Cultural And Literary English Renaissance Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books