CCP British Lit. Final Exam Quizizz

Which answer best characterizes Queen Elizabeth's views on religion?

• She was Protestant, but was more concerned about the unity of her country.

• She was Catholic, but was more concerned about the unity of her country.

• She secretly harbored atheistic opinions.

• She did not lean strongly one way or the other but was known for her close relationship with the Pope.

Who was the monarch during the English Renaissance?

• Queen Elizabeth I

• King James I

• King Charles I

• Queen Mary I

Which writer is sometimes argued to have used Shakespeare as a pseudonym?

• Christopher Marlowe

• Sir Philip Sidney

• Jonathan Swift

• Alexander Pope

The act passed in 1558 declaring Queen Elizabeth I as the governor of the state and church

• The Act of Supremacy

• The Act of Uniformity

• The Act of Obedience

• The Act of England

The act passed in 1559 the standardized religious customs by combining both Catholicism and Protestantism.

• The Act of Supremacy

• The Act of Uniformity

• The Act of Obedience

• The Act of England

England was at war with this country on-and-off throughout the Renaissance and for religious reasons.

• Spain

• France

• Russia

• Holland

Elizabethan dramas always fell under one of three genres: comedies, histories, and tragedies.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Histories were also written as tragedies.

The style of meter in which Shakespeare's plays were written.

• Iambic pentameter

• Iambic diameter

• Iambic tetrameter

• Iambic hexameter

Shakespeare's wife

• Anne Hathaway

• Julie Johnson

• Elizabeth Westford

• Mary Pennycook

Which of the following is not a child of Shakespeare's?

• Susanna

• Hamnet

• Judith

• Marie