The Renaissance Period

The Renaissance Period

10th Grade

12 Qs

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The Renaissance Period

The Renaissance Period

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.9-10.9, RL.8.10, RL.8.3

+17

Standards-aligned

Created by

Chris Kemp

Used 1+ times

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12 questions

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1.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Renaissance is translated to mean the _______ __ ______, or "rebirth".

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Renaissance Period was highlighted by a great number of inventions, discoveries, and learning in many different subjects. What name do we call this period in the Literature subject?

The Age of Chaucer

The Restoration Period

The Victorian Age

The Elizabethan Period

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The chief characteristic of the Renaissance was its emphasis on ________, a worldview centered on the nature and importance of humanity.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During this period the most memorable achievement in literature was in the field of...

Drama

Poetry

Prose

Anecdotes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who has been called "the Father of English Dramatic Poetry"?

Ben Jonson

William Shakespeare

Cristopher Marlowe

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the greatest of all Elizabethan dramatists who helped the Romantic drama to reach its climax in the history of literature? He wrote 37 plays, two narrative poems, and 154 sonnets.

Ben Jonson

William Shakespeare

Cristopher Marlowe

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name of the dramatist in the Middle-English period who tried to present the true picture of contemporary society but making his plays realistic rather than romantic?

Ben Jonson

William Shakespeare

Cristopher Marlowe

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

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