The English Renaissance: Cultural Influences & Literature

One of the most important Renaissance inventions was Gutenberg's:

John Milton claimed to know the Bible by heart. His book ____ is based on the Genesis story.

English writer and scholar ______ published his book called Utopia in 1516.

A master of the sonnet form, ______________ wrote poems to a mysterious "dark lady":

Which of the following is NOT one of the categories of Shakespearean drama?

Puritan writer ____ wrote a famous allegory called The Pilgrim's Progress.

The most popular theater in London, the _______, owed its success to Shakespeare.

An important literary legacy was left by James I, when he commissioned a new translation of:

Meaning "rebirth", the Renaissance began in the 14th century in:

During the Renaissance, people focused on:

One of Shakespeare's contemporaries, _______, wrote tragedies as well.

Which of the following was NOT a source for Elizabethan drama?

Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard introduced a fixed form of poetry into English: the 14-line

Portraying shepherds and rustic life, a ____ is a type of poetry popular in the Elizabethan era