cultural and literary english renaissance MCQs – Page 2

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cultural and literary english renaissance Mcqs
51. 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?
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A. Utopia

B. Euphues

C. Paradise Regained

D. Acts and Monuments
52. Who wrote Orlando Furioso ?
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A. John Milton

B. Sir Philip Sidney

C. Ludovico Ariosto

D. William Shakespeare

53. What doctrine significantly influenced Sir Thomas Mores Utopia ?
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A. Christian Humanism

B. Marxism

C. New Historicism

D. Feminism

54. Fill in the blank. Renaissance thinkers strongly associated themselves with the values of ____________?
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A. Protestantism

B. Catholicism

C. Medieval Europe

D. Classical antiquity
55. Who was in charge of organizing court festivities and entertainment of the English court ?
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A. Court Jester

B. Master of Rebels

C. Master of Ceremonies

D. Master of Revels
56. Fill in the blank. The intellectual and social movement which historians call ___________ is what lies at the base of the period we call the Renaissance ?
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A. Capitalism

B. Socialism

C. Humanitarianism

D. Humanism
57. Fill in the blank. King_____________ was notorious for his six marriages and for ruthlessly persecuting his political enemies, violently eliminating all opposition ?
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A. Henry VIII

B. Charles II

C. Henry V

D. Charles I

58. Fill in the blank. John Wycliffe challenged a number of ______________doctrines with arguments which centuries later would echo during the Protestant Reformation ?
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A. Protestant

B. Anglican

C. Roman Catholic

D. Buddhist

59. John Miltons Lycidas is what genre of poetry ?
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A. A satire

B. A pastoral elegy

C. A mock-epic

D. An epic

60. The Petrarchan sonnet is composed of how many lines ?
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A. 9

B. 10

C. 14

D. 12

61. Who was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn who also reigned as Queen of England from 1558 to1603 ?
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A. Elizabeth II

B. Elizabeth I

C. Mary, Queen of Scots

D. Catherine of Aragon

62. Which of the following critics is a famous Shakespearean scholar ?
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A. M. H. Abrams

B. Wayne C. Booth

C. Helen Vendler

D. Stephen Greenblatt
63. John Lylys work significantly shaped the writing of which famous writer ?
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A. William Shakespeare

B. William Blake

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. William Wordsworth

64. The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses is an example of what dramatic genre ?
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A. Satire

B. Masque

C. Tragedy

D. Burlesque

65. 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. ?
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A. Romantic

B. None of the above

C. Medieval

D. Victorian

66. John Lyly became instantly famous with the publication of what text ?
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A. Paradise Lost

B. 95 Theses

C. Utopia

D. Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit
67. What author speaks of the exemplary story as a fundamental narrative unit in which it is important to follow chronological order ?
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A. John Lyly

B. Sir Thomas More

C. John Foxe

D. Sir Walter Raleigh

68. Fill in the blanks. From being narrowly focused on the achievements of north Italians in the______________ and early ____________centuries, the Renaissance is now being seen in a far wider context.
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A. 15th and 16th

B. 12th and 13th

C. Non of these

D. 14th and 15th

69. Fill in the blank. The greatest insurrection of the______________ age in England was over religion?
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A. None of these

B. Protestant

C. Hanover

D. Tudor
70. Fill in the blank. ____________ is remembered as the Morning Star of the Reformation.
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A. John Donne

B. John Dryden

C. Johan Gutenberg

D. John Wycliffe
71. Greek theater was often of what genre ?
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A. Romance

B. Comedy

C. A and B only

D. Tragedy

72. Fill in the blank. John Lylys style is best described as ___________________?
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A. Euphuistic

B. Marxist

C. Anachronistic

D. Solipsistic

73. In 1583, which playwright became in control of the first Blackfriars Theatre along with director William Hunnis ?
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A. Henry VIII

B. Sir Thomas More

C. John Foxe

D. John Lyly
74. In The Book of Martyrs, John Foxe provides a record of all known Christian martyrs throughout history, focusing on the persecution of people practicing which religion ?
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A. Roman Catholicism

B. Catholicism

C. Buddhism

D. Protestantism
75. The distinction between comedy and tragedy which characterized classical drama was first forgotten during what period in England ?
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A. Elizabethan

B. Medieval

C. Romantic

D. Victorian

76. What genres of plays did William Shakespeare write ?
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A. Romances

B. Comedies

C. All of the above

D. Tragedies

77. Who introduced the Italian sonnet to the British Isles during the reign of King Henry VIII ?
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A. Thomas Wyatt

B. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

C. John Donne

D. Both A and B
78. Fill in the blank. A ____________ was a spectacle performed at court or at the manor of a member of the nobility and was staged to glorify the court or the particular aristocrat?
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A. Comedy

B. Satire

C. Tragedy

D. Masque
79. Fill in the blank. Prior to the rise of the famed tragedians of the late 1580s,_____________ were the great headliners of the Elizabethan stage?
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A. Clowns

B. Politicians

C. Women

D. Pantomimes

80. The work of John Foxe was no longer read or heeded in educated circles after which major historical event ?
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A. Restoration

B. Seven Years War

C. Glorious Revolution

D. French Revolution

81. Which of the following writers remained a firm believer in the Royal Supremacy ?
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A. John Foxe

B. John Lyly

C. John Locke

D. John Milton

82. Fill in the blank. John Foxes ambiguous attitude towards the Elizabethan church was ______________?
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A. Untypical

B. Not untypical

C. Rejected

D. Exploded

83. Romance, classical structure, and festive elements had already begun to come together in drama when what author began writing ?
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A. Langland

B. Chaucer

C. Shakespeare

D. Homer

84. Choose the best answer. Which of the following statements is true concerning epic poetry ?
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A. Epic poetry is of a moral nature and tends to the promotion of virtue.

B. Canterbury Tales is an example of epic poetry.

C. All of the above answers are true.

D. Both A and B are true.
85. The Petrarchan sonnet is typically composed in what form of meter ?
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A. Trochaic trimeter

B. Iambic pentameter

C. Anapestic pentameter

D. Terza rima

86. Martin Luthers translation of what text helped to develop a standard version of the German language and added several principles to the art of translation ?
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A. Piers Plowman

B. The Bible

C. Canterbury Tales

D. Paradise Lost

87. 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 ?
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A. The Prelude

B. Canterbury Tales

C. The Faerie Queen

D. Paradise Lost
88. Fill in the blank. The economic analysis of poverty was advanced by______________ in the fourteenth century?
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A. Dante

B. Machiavelli

C. Petrarch

D. Langland
89. Edmund Spenser was directly influenced by which writers epic poetry ?
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A. Milton

B. Wordsworth

C. Aristo

D. Both A and B

90. Christopher Marlowes Faustus is an example of what dramatic genre ?
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A. Satire

B. Tragedy

C. Comedy

D. Romance

91. King Henry VIII adopted what religion ?
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A. Protestantism

B. Roman Catholicism

C. Catholicism

D. Buddhism

92. Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks. Throughout the Middle Ages, English drama, like that of other European countries, was mainly ______________ and ______________?
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A. Emotional, Psychological

B. none of these

C. Psychological, Sexual

D. Religious, Didactic
93. Which of the following controversial ideas surround the life and work of William Shakespeare ?
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A. The idea that William Shakespeare never lived.

B. A and B only

C. The idea that William Shakespeare was a Catholic.

D. All of the above

94. Fill in the blank. Martin Luther nailed his _____________ to a church door in Wittenberg, accusing the Roman Catholic Church of heresy upon heresy?
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A. 95 Theses

B. The Bible

C. Piers Plowman

D. Paradise Lost