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1) Fill in the blank. King_____________ was notorious for his six marriages and for ruthlessly persecuting his political enemies, violently eliminating all opposition ? a. Charles I b. Charles II c. Henry V d. Henry VIII
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2) What author wrote the poem “Whoso list to hunt” ? a. Sir Philip Sidney b. Sir Thomas More c. Thomas Wyatt d. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
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3) What author defines the function of poetry with reference to the Horatian dictum of “to teach and delight” ? a. Sir Thomas More b. Sir Walter Raleigh c. John Lyly d. Sir Philip Sidney
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4) Fill in the blank. John Wycliffe challenged a number of ______________doctrines with arguments which centuries later would echo during the Protestant Reformation ? a. Roman Catholic b. Anglican c. Buddhist d. Protestant
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5) Which of the following is an important component of John Foxe’s martyrology ? a. Hexagrams b. Epigrams c. Heroic couplets d. All of the above
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6) Stephen Greenblatt’s work on the Renaissance is best described by what theoretical paradigm ? a. Marxism b. Feminism c. New Historicism d. Psychoanalysis
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7) Which writer spent more than twelve years imprisoned in the Tower of London ? a. Sir Thomas More b. Sir Walter Raleigh c. Sir Philip Sidney d. John Milton
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8) According to many British Romantic poets, who is the protagonist of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ? a. Satan b. Adam c. Eve d. Christ
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9) Greek theater was often of what genre ? a. Tragedy b. Comedy c. Romance d. A and B only
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10) Edmund Spenser was directly influenced by which writer’s epic poetry ? a. Milton b. Wordsworth c. Aristo d. Both A and B
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