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All about the #Literary #Renaissance in #England
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Where did the Renaissance begin?
England
France
Italy
Germany
2
Which is
NOT
an author from the Renaissance?
Edmund Spenser
Queen Elizabeth I
William Shakespeare
William Langland
3
Who actually made the term "Renaissance" official?
Jacob Burckhardt
Leonardo Da Vinci
Jules Michelet
Louis Boidish
4
True or False: Of the 1,800 new words Shakespeare created, about 800 are still in use today.
True
False
5
Which play was
NOT
Shakespeare's?
Othello
Timon of Athens
Julius Caeser
Doctor Faustus
6
Edmund Spenser was influenced by all of the above
EXCEPT
?
Queen Mary
Sir Philip Sidney
King Louis XIV
The Reformation
7
What centuries did the Renaissance occur in?
12th - 15th
15th - 18th
14th - 17th
13th - 16th
8
True or False: The scientific discoveries made did
NOT
have an effect on the literature.
False
True
9
Who coined the time period as the Renaissance?
Louis Boidish
Jacob Burckhardt
Jules Michelet
Leonardo Da Vinci
10
True or False: Spenser's epic poem
Faerie Queene
was based on upholding of Christian values?
False
True
11
Which of the options is
NOT
a characteristic of the Renaissance?
Contained much individuality
Illustrated many of the problems with the church
Focused on reviving classical literary elements
Were often nonfiction works
12
Which were the classical literary elements revived by the time period?
Naturism
Tragedy
Comedy
Humanism
13
How many children did Shakespeare have?
8
3
1
2
14
Shakespeare was all of the above
EXCEPT
?
A King's Fool
Playwright
A King's Man
Lyricist
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True or False: The plays created caused the popularity of the theater to drastically increase.
True
False
