British Literature

One of the first Englishwomen to write for publication. She helped popularize some of the scientific revolution's ideas.

How did the middle class gain power through the Tudor period?

Which decree officially divorced England from the Roman Catholic Church?

Under which English monarch was the first Authorized Version of Scripture compiled?

An English minister and historian, this author is famous for one major work about Christian martyrs.

What event most significantly expanded the number and classes of readers?

The humanist perspective that people have great worth and that earthly life is worth studying is inherently unbiblical.

More's Utopia reveals critical attitudes toward greed, unfair division of labor, and values in European society.

One of England's greatest poets, this author blended elements of classical works.

"Eve's Apology in Defense of Women" has overwhelming pathos, not logos, which undercuts her overarching message.

More's Utopia serves as a satire of English society.

In Utopia, only the rich wear gold.

Who completed the first complete Bible in English?

Why did Foxe decide to publish an English version of his book?

This person helped to define a sense of English national identity and expertly balanced opposing views.

Which character in The Faerie Queene represents reason?

Book 1 addresses the maturing of what character quality?

Which author from this unit rose to prominence in the court of James I only to fall into disgrace for taking bribes?

In his speech, Cranmer said that his true faith is what?

This cupbearer of Elizabeth I was interested in an array of subjects and published in a variety of genres.

Sir Francis Bacon controversally laid out an early version of naturalism.

How can Elizabeth I's religious policy be described?

A symbol is a reference to literary or historical ideas outside a work of literature.

The first Englishwoman to publish poems for the public, this poet produced a work that comments on ideas about women.

In The Fairie Queene Gloriana, Queen of Faerie, represents Elizabeth I.

How did the exploratory nature of humanism during the Renaissance affect language in English culture?

Early Modern English was the primary language throughout the Renaissance.

Elizabeth I was the monarch under whom Britain achieved a new and heightened sense of religious and national identity.

The premises of deductive reasoning relate specific facts.

William Tyndale printed the first English New Testament.

Father of Modern Science. He advocated for the direct observation of nature.

In Foxe's Book of Martyr's, Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer were burned at the stake together.

Which translation of Scripture contributed to over fifty percent to the King James Version?

What is the complete title of Foxe's great work?

This person was executed by beheading, was a humanist and defender of Catholicism.

I Corinthans 13 is devoid of textual organization.

The Renaissance affected primarily the lower and middle classes of society.

How did society's focus change between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?

How many books did Spenser plan and complete?

The Fairie Queene is a romance, an allegory, and a literary epic.

Lanier's call for women's general equality with men is biblically valid.

Who was the leading English humanist and defender of the Roman Catholic Church?

Bacon was a concise writer.

Humanists effectively addressed societal issues by using rhetorical appeals and devices in their writing.

Who was the person most responsible for the organization and style of The Book of Common Prayer?

The phrasing of the title of the marriage ceremony indicates what about the ritual?

Humanists considered all literature to be a form of moral persuasion.

Spenser's tone toward Gloriana in The Fairie Queene is very positive.

Renaissance humanism was essentially a focus on intellect, not the arts.

More's humanism resisted church dogma and divine authority.