Renaissance Literature Quiz 2 (20 MCQs)

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1. Erasmus' book, In Praise of Folly

Correct Answer: B) Called for reform in the Catholic Church.

2. What type of poem originated in Italy and consists of fourteen lines that rhyme according to a pattern?

Correct Answer: D) Epic.

3. Which type of writing did Shakespeare usually write?

Correct Answer: B) Plays.

4. What did Petrarch's searches in monastic libraries set off throughout Europe?

Correct Answer: A) Religious pilgrimages.

5. What language did the write use to write during Renaissance?

Correct Answer: B) Native language.

6. A Shakespearean Sonnet is divided into four subgroups. Which of the following is not one of these?

Correct Answer: B) Octave.

7. Which movement emphasized the importance of subjectivity, emotions, and individualism?

Correct Answer: B) Romanticism.

8. What is the sestet in a Petrarchan sonnet?

Correct Answer: A) The final six lines of the poem.

9. Dante's The Divine Comedy is an important piece of humanist literature because it

Correct Answer: A) Is written in the vernacular and is about real people.

10. One way in which the Roman Empire and the Italian Renaissance are similar is that they both included periods of

Correct Answer: C) Numerous cultural achievements.

11. Who is known for his belief in civil disobedience and wrote the influential essay 'Resistance to Civil Government'?

Correct Answer: A) Henry David Thoreau.

12. What is the main theme in Petrarchan sonnets?

Correct Answer: C) Unrequited love.

13. Which of the following is NOT a theme of Medieval Literature?

Correct Answer: C) Humanism.

14. The Renaissance eventually spread from Italy to the rest of Europe between the 15th and 16th centuries.

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. Which of the following is a correct description of the themes / topics of Renaissance literature?

Correct Answer: C) About both human and religious themes.

16. Who is the Italian author who wrote The Divine Comedy?

Correct Answer: B) Dante Alighieri.

17. What did humanists study as part of the Renaissance?

Correct Answer: B) Geography and Economics.

18. What were the main subjects studied by humanists in the Renaissance?

Correct Answer: B) Grammar, Poetry, Philosophy, History.

19. Which of the following is NOT a book written by Shakespeare?

Correct Answer: D) Decameron.

20. What did Shakespeare's writing emphasize that is still present in our lives today?

Correct Answer: B) Animal instincts.