Renaissance - literature

Which language did people use to write before the Renaissance take place?

• Chinese

• Japanese

• Latin

• native languages

Which of the following is a Renaissance writer?

• Plato

• Alexander the Great

• Napoleon

• Shakespeare

Which type of writing did Shakespeare usually write?

• essays

• plays

• novels

• prayers

Which of the following pair is INCORRECT?

• Dante - poems

• Shakespeare - plays

• Boccaccio - hymns

• Romeo & Juliet - tragedy

Who wrote the poem "The Divine Comedy"?

• Medici

• da Vinci

• Dante

• Julius Caesar

The book Decameron was about young people telling stories of wrongdoings of the ______ and man.

Dante wrote his poem in Italian. He should be coming from ...

• Italy

• Greece

• France

• Rome

Which of the following is NOT a book written by Shakespeare?

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

• Hamlet

• The Merchant of Venice

• Decameron

Renaissance literature was influenced by the idea of ...

• materialism

• capitalism

• humanism

• humanlism

Which of the following is a correct description of the themes / topics of Renaissance literature?

• only about worldly affairs

• only about human and ghosts

• about both human and religious themes

• only about religion