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1
What is blank verse?
A stanza of poetry with the following rhyme scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Lines of poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
A stanza of poetry with the following rhyme scheme: ABBAABBACDCDCD
Poetry written with no identifiable structure
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What is a Shakespearean sonnet?
Poetry written with no identifiable structure
Lines of poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
A stanza of poetry with the following rhyme scheme: ABBAABBACDCDCD
A stanza of poetry with the following rhyme scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG
3
The “English Sonnet” refers to _____________’s take on the poetic form.
Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas Wyatt
William Shakespeare
Francesco Petrarch
4
King James I commissioned a group of _____ scholars to produce a new translation of the Bible.
14
6
54
36
5
In 1599 Shakespeare built the largest open-air amphitheater in London called the _______________.
Kennedy Center
Novello Theatre
Globe Theatre
Colosseum
6
Why was the Catholic Church threatened by efforts to translate the Bible into the vernacular?
Both B and C (blue and yellow)
They feared people would no longer read the Bible.
They feared people would no longer feel a need to listen to priests.
They feared people would interpret the will of God incorrectly.
7
The classical works respected by Renaissance writers were from ancient
Egypt
Greece
Both B and C (blue and yellow)
Rome
8
True or False: Latin was the vernacular language of Italy during the Renaissance.
True
False
9
The word renaissance means ___________.
reduce
refund
reconcile
rebirth
10
How many lines are in a sonnet?
6
54
14
36
11
This monarch was well-known for rejecting the Anglican Church in order to re-establish Catholicism.
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
Mary I
12
Gutenberg’s invention in 1440 facilitated the spread of ideas and an increase for the desire for literacy.
chain mail armor
microscope
printing press
ballpoint pen
13
A speech made to the audience but not heard by the others on stage is a(n)
monologue
aside
soliloquy
scene
14
________ leaders deemed theatre houses to be wicked and disreputable.
Puritan
Catholic
Pagan
Protestant
15
This monarch was responsible for England’s “golden age” of prosperity and peace after defeating the Spanish Armada.
Mary I
Henry VIII
Henry VII
Elizabeth I
16
This Renaissance fashion item was a linen underskirt stretched over thick, iron hoops that supported a skirt.
ruff
farthingale
codpiece
corset
17
A speech given by one character to someone else is a(n)
scene
soliloquy
aside
monologue
18
The Renaissance began with the Plantagenet royal dynasty being overthrown by the __________ royal dynasty.
Lancaster
Tudor
Stuart
York
19
____________ was the southern boundary of London, described both as a principal thoroughfare and a beautiful sewer.
The Seine River
The Euphrates River
The Ganges River
The Thames River
20
Henry VIII split away from the Catholic Church, creating the Anglican Church in order to marry _________.
Katherine Parr
Catherine of Aragon
Anne of Cleves
Anne Boleyn
21
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
24
80
120
154
22
A speech given by one character who is talking to himself or herself is a ___________.
monologue
pun
turn
soliloquy
23
If a sonnet discusses themes of time, change, or death, it was written by
Shakespeare
Petrarch
24
The ____________ was a reaction against the perceived corruption of the Catholic Church.
Renaissance
Reformation
Classical Period
Romantic Period
