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English Renaissance and poetry quiz.
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1
The actors in Shakespeare's plays were all
female
classically trained
young
male
2
Sonnets always have ___ syllables in each line.
8
14
6
10
3
Carpe diem means what?
embrace family
live carefully
seize the day
enjoy nature
4
What is one of Shakespeare's claims to fame?
created a museum of his literary works
invented over 3,000 words
wrote over 50 plays
founded a school for literary studies
5
Marlowe was the literary rival of __________.
Moore
Bacon
Shakespeare
Spenser
6
Pastoral poems are set in the ____.
countryside
city
suburbs
seaside
7
Sonnets always have ____ lines.
8
14
12
6
8
Humanists encouraged ideas that would benefit the rising
lower class
merchant class
upper class
middle class
9
Francis Bacon was the father of ___ philosophy.
separatist
nihilist
materialist
humanist
10
A sonnet's ___ is a shift in the tone of the poem.
volta
change
turn
meter
11
Shakespearean sonnets are also known as ___________ sonnets.
Elizabethan
Spenserian
Italian
Petrarchan
12
Shakespeare's plays were primarily performed at the ______.
Globe Theater
Gold Theater
Bell Theater
Bull Theater
13
A new way of thinking which stressed individual beauty and worth instead of religion was called
pragmatism
materialism
philanthropism
humanism
14
According to humanism people were _______ than religion
more important
less important
15
Who attended Shakespeare's plays?
the middle class
the upper classes
all classes
the lower classes
16
Sonnets are always written in what form?
trochaic tetrameter
dactylic hexameter
iambic pentameter
anapestic trimeter
17
Materialism was the idea that only the ___ world exists.
supernatural
spiritual
physical
philosophical
18
Shakespearean sonnets have 3 __________ and end with a ________.
octaves, sestet
couplets, quatrain
sestets, octave
quatrains, couplet
19
In Shakespearean sonnets, the turn occurs at the end of the _____ line.
14th
12th
8th
6th
20
The best known Renaissance playwright is
Sir Walter Raleigh
William Shakespeare
Robert Herrick
Christopher Marlowe
21
The renaissance in England happened _____ than in other parts of Europe
later
earlier
22
A Shakespearean sonnet has a abab cdcd efef gg ______________.
syllable count
rhyme scheme
stanza order
stressed and unstressed
23
This type of poem encouraged readers to live in the present moment.
elegiac
pastoral
carpe diem
sonnet
24
During the Renaissance people rediscovered classic literature by ______ authors.
French and Italian
Greek and Roman
Monk and Bardic
Viking and Anglo-Saxon
25
As opposed to the renaissance art of other countries, the English renaissance featured mainly:
literature
religion
acting
sculpture
26
The philosophy of _______ contributed to the writing of carpe diem poems.
materialism
humanism
solipsism
nihilism
27
Characters in pastoral poems included _____ shepherds, farmers, and young women.
uneducated
complicated
wealthy
wise
28
Thomas Moore was a famous _____.
materialist
dystopian
humanist
playwright
29
A main theme of pastoral poems was living in harmony with __________.
family
philosophy
nature
emotions
30
Thomas Moore wrote a book called ______ about an ideal society.
Dystopia
Doctor Faustus
Utopia
The Faerie Queene