Cultural & Literary English Renaissance Mcqs - Set 3

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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
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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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Very great

Explanation:
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3)   Fill in the blank. John Foxe was extremely sensitive to the_______________?

a. Buddhist
b. Anglican
c. Quaker
d. Catholic
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Catholic

Explanation:
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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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sex

Explanation:
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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”
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: “Acts and Monuments”

Explanation:
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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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mass

Explanation:
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7)   Edmund Spenser wrote what famous text ?

a. “Paradise Lost”
b. “The Faerie Queen”
c. “The Prelude”
d. “Canterbury Tales”
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: “The Faerie Queen”

Explanation:
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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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Thomas Wyatt

Explanation:
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9)   Who is largely considered to be the father of epic poetry ?

a. Homer
b. Dante
c. Virgil
d. Milton
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Homer

Explanation:
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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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!