1) Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning the Globe theater in Elizabethan England ? a. It burned down and was reconstructed hundreds of years later. b. It was situated on the Thames River. c. It was lit from natural sunlight as well as by candle light. d. All of the above
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2) Fill in the blank. Christopher Marlowe’s influence on William Shakespeare was in all probability _______________? a. Very great b. Insignificant c. Somewhat significant d. Impossible
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3) Fill in the blank. John Foxe was extremely sensitive to the_______________? a. Buddhist b. Anglican c. Quaker d. Catholic
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4) The conceit of the Petrarchan sonnet in English during the Elizabethan period often involves what topic ? a. Drugs b. Sex c. Animals d. Propaganda
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5) Fill in the blank. In the second edition of_________________, John Foxe promised that he would edit a collection of the works of William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes? a. “Acts and Monuments” b. “Utopia” c. “Euphues” d. “Paradise Regained”
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6) Fill in the blank. John Foxe was deeply disgusted by the _______________, and could not believe that any honest Christian could accept its doctrinal basis ? a. Mass b. Transubstantiation c. Resurrection d. both A and C
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7) Edmund Spenser wrote what famous text ? a. “Paradise Lost” b. “The Faerie Queen” c. “The Prelude” d. “Canterbury Tales”
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8) What author fell in love with Anne Boleyn while she was married to King Henry VIII ? a. Sir Philip Sidney b. Sir Thomas More c. Thomas Wyatt d. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
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9) Who is largely considered to be the father of epic poetry ? a. Homer b. Dante c. Virgil d. Milton
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10) Which of the following texts is an example of epic poetry ? a. “Paradise Lost” b. “The Odyssey” c. “The Iliad” d. All of the above
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