This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Renaissance > Renaissance Literature – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Renaissance Literature Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During the Renaissance, writers were influenced by ..... A) The Church. B) The king. C) Humanism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humanism. 2. Which writer is known for creating the literary genre of detective fiction? A) Henry David Thoreau. B) Edgar Allen Poe. C) Ralph Waldo Emerson. D) Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Edgar Allen Poe. 3. Renaissance literature was influenced by the idea of ..... A) Materialism. B) Capitalism. C) Humanism. D) Humanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humanism. 4. Who popularized the Petrarchan sonnet in English literature? A) Sir Thomas Wyatt. B) John Milton. C) Geoffrey Chaucer. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Thomas Wyatt. 5. Which writer is associated with the belief in the unity of all creation and the goodness of man? A) Ralph Waldo Emerson. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Herman Melville. D) Edgar Allen Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ralph Waldo Emerson. 6. Who is known for writing the famous work 'Walden'? A) Ralph Waldo Emerson. B) Walt Whitman. C) Nathaniel Hawthorne. D) Henry David Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry David Thoreau. 7. Which of the following is one of the three canticles that compose The Divine Comedy? A) Terra. B) Chiesa. C) Inferno. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inferno. 8. How many lines are there in a Petrarchan sonnet? A) 16. B) 10. C) 14. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14. 9. What to you call a poem composed of fourteen lines with ten syllables each? A) Lyric Poem. B) Narrative Poem. C) Sonnet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonnet. 10. What was the profession of William Shakespeare? A) Painter. B) Politician. C) Scientist. D) Poet and playwright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Politician. 11. What is the meaning of the word 'monastic'? A) Pertaining to monasteries. B) Pertaining to ancient civilizations. C) Pertaining to modern life. D) Pertaining to royal palaces. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pertaining to royal palaces. 12. Which one is the correct spelling of the topic we are studying? A) Renaissance. B) Renaissance. C) Renaissance. D) Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renaissance. 13. Which writer is known for incorporating metaphors taken from nature and reflections in his works? A) Walt Whitman. B) Ralph Waldo Emerson. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Edgar Allen Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry David Thoreau. 14. Which of the followings were not the "three literary masters" ? A) Shakespeare. B) Dante. C) Petrarch. D) Boccaccio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shakespeare. 15. The Middle Ages lasts from 1000 to 1300 A.D A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Which writer emphasized independence and self-reliance in his book 'Walden'? A) Henry David Thoreau. B) Edgar Allen Poe. C) Herman Melville. D) Nathaniel Hawthorne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry David Thoreau. 17. In his book The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli advises that a wise ruler is one who A) Keeps taxes and food prices low. B) Does anything that is necessary to stay in power. C) Allows advisors to speak their minds. D) Encourages education and the arts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does anything that is necessary to stay in power. 18. What do you call the "turn" or shift of subject in a Petrarchan sonnet? A) Introduction. B) Conclusion. C) Time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time. 19. How is a sestet defined? A) A sestet is a stanza with six lines. B) A sestet is a stanza with four lines. C) A sestet is a stanza with two lines. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sestet is a stanza with six lines. 20. Who was the Roman writer who served as Dante's guide? A) Virgil. B) Horace. C) Ovid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virgil. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesRenaissance Literature Quiz 1Renaissance Literature Quiz 2Renaissance Literature Quiz 4The Renaissance Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books