WorksheetsRennaissance & Shakespeare
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Where did the sonnet originate from?
Italy
Europe
Japan
France
The rhyming scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is...
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
ABCD ABCD ABCD EE
ABAB CDCD FEFE GG
ABAB CDEF CDEF GG
What does a couplet do for a sonnet?
it completes the poet's message with a strong impact
it helps the reader focus again on the poem's problem
it acts as the final pair of lines in a sonnet
all of the above
A sonnet always has a specific meter.
false
true
A meter is a regular pattern of what?
rhyming words
stressed and unstressed letters
stressed and unstressed syllables
beginning sounds of a word
How many lines does a sonnet have?
12
5
4
14
Humanism...
emphasized the Bible
leads to happier lives
encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
focuses on the potential of humans to achieve perfection
Although during ______________, Art was flat with rigid, emotionless figures that ressemble religious/moral values, ______________ art provided full backgrounds with figures that showed emotion and detail in real life situations.
Renaissance, Medieval
Renaissance, Classical
Classical, Medieval
Medieval, Renaissance
The dominant intellectual movement during the renaissance was called___________
Humanism
Leonardo Da Vinci
Shakespeare
Gutenberg
Choose the TRUE statement about the Rennaissance period
Renaissance was an European movement that had three main trends or representations: literary, musical, artistic.
Looked for inspiration in Greek and British Civilizations
Humanism was a refusal of the idea presented in Medieval times about only God being capable of perfection.
Art during this period looked for only godly representations of true life situations.
English authors from this period are now forgotten.
What is NOT an achievement that can be atributed to the development of the Printing Press....
Availability of written works for people
Spread of Religion
Spread of the Written Word
Elimination of Illiteracy
___________________was an English author known as the poet of poets
Petrarch
Spenser
Shakespeare
Da Vinci
Another word for cuartet is....
couplet
sonnet
quatet
quatrain
The Skakespearean sonnet is formed by...
4 couplets
3 quatrains + 1 sonnet
3 quatrains + 1 couplet
3 couplets + 1 cuartet
Why say that a sonnet is written in IAMBIC PENTAMETER because it has....
6 feets in a daDUM meter
5 feet in a daDUM beat
5 meters in a DAdum foot
5 meter ins a daDUM feet
Which WAS a belief from the Renaissance...
Only God is capable of perfection.
The spread of ideas is not desirable.
Humans are also capable of perfection.
Elimination of religion is key.
Why is it called Shakespean Sonnet?
It is called like that because he stole it.
It is called like that because he invented it.
It is called like that because he popularized it.
It is called like that because he imitated it.
Which is a literary manifestations found during the Renaissance period?
Sonnets
Tragedy
Elegy
Pastoral
All of the above
