British Literature

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

Early Modern English was the primary language throughout the Renaissance.

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

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

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

The premises of deductive reasoning relate specific facts.

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

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

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

How many books did Spenser plan and complete?

How can Elizabeth I's religious policy be described?

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

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

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

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

Which decree officially divorced England from the Roman Catholic Church?

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

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

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

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

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

Bacon was a concise writer.

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

Who completed the first complete Bible in English?

I Corinthans 13 is devoid of textual organization.

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

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

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

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

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

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

William Tyndale printed the first English New Testament.

More's humanism resisted church dogma and divine authority.

Which character in The Faerie Queene represents reason?

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

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

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

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

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

Book 1 addresses the maturing of what character quality?

In Utopia, only the rich wear gold.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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