cultural and literary english renaissance MCQs – Page 3

Practise focused cultural and literary english renaissance questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

cultural and literary english renaissance Mcqs
41. Which of the following characters is NOT found in the dramatis personae ofWilliam Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet ?
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A. Mercutio

B. Falstaff

C. Benvolio

D. Lady Capulet

42. Sir Thomas More held which of the following positions in the English court ?
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A. Master of Requests

B. Speaker of the House of Commons

C. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

D. All of the above
43. The conceit of the Petrarchan sonnet in English during the Elizabethan period often involves what topic ?
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A. Drugs

B. Animals

C. Propaganda

D. Sex
44. Which of the following is an important component of John Foxes martyrology ?
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A. Heroic couplets

B. Epigrams

C. Hexagrams

D. All of the above

45. Edmund Spenser wrote what famous text ?
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A. Paradise Lost

B. The Faerie Queen

C. Canterbury Tales

D. The Prelude

46. According to John Miltons Paradise Lost, what is Satans tragic flaw ?
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A. Jealousy

B. Pride

C. Lust

D. Love

47. Fill in the blank. Christopher Marlowes influence on William Shakespeare was in all probability _______________?
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A. Impossible

B. Insignificant

C. Very great

D. Somewhat significant

48. Which of the following texts is an example of epic poetry ?
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A. The Odyssey

B. Paradise Lost

C. All of the above

D. The Iliad

49. Stephen Greenblatts work on the Renaissance is best described by what theoretical paradigm ?
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A. Psychoanalysis

B. Marxism

C. Feminism

D. New Historicism
50. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence. All of the following are Shakespearean plays EXCEPT?
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A. The Winters Tale

B. Two Gentlemen of Verona

C. Faustus

D. The Tempest

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