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Rennaissance & Shakespeare

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did the sonnet originate from?

a)

Italy

b)

Europe

c)

Japan

d)

France

2.

The rhyming scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is...

a)

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

b)

ABCD ABCD ABCD EE

c)

ABAB CDCD FEFE GG

d)

ABAB CDEF CDEF GG

3.

What does a couplet do for a sonnet?

a)

it completes the poet's message with a strong impact

b)

it helps the reader focus again on the poem's problem

c)

it acts as the final pair of lines in a sonnet

d)

all of the above

4.

A sonnet always has a specific meter.

a)

false

b)

true

5.

A meter is a regular pattern of what?

a)

rhyming words

b)

stressed and unstressed letters

c)

stressed and unstressed syllables

d)

beginning sounds of a word

6.

How many lines does a sonnet have?

a)

12

b)

5

c)

4

d)

14

7.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Renewed
b)
Rebuilt
c)
Remade
d)
Rebirth
8.

Humanism...

a)

emphasized the Bible

b)

leads to happier lives

c)

encourages people to learn Latin and Greek

d)

focuses on the potential of humans to achieve perfection

9.

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.

a)

Renaissance, Medieval

b)

Renaissance, Classical

c)

Classical, Medieval

d)

Medieval, Renaissance

10.
Which of these would be valued most by a Renaissance thinker who emphasized individualism?
a)
a nation's strength 
b)
a family's ancestors
c)
a person's achievements
d)
an army's success in battle
11.

The dominant intellectual movement during the renaissance was called___________

a)

Humanism

b)

Leonardo Da Vinci

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Gutenberg

12.

Choose the TRUE statement about the Rennaissance period

a)

Renaissance was an European movement that had three main trends or representations: literary, musical, artistic.

b)

Looked for inspiration in Greek and British Civilizations

c)

Humanism was a refusal of the idea presented in Medieval times about only God being capable of perfection.

d)

Art during this period looked for only godly representations of true life situations.

e)

English authors from this period are now forgotten.

13.

What is NOT an achievement that can be atributed to the development of the Printing Press....

a)

Availability of written works for people

b)

Spread of Religion

c)

Spread of the Written Word

d)

Elimination of Illiteracy

14.

___________________was an English author known as the poet of poets

a)

Petrarch

b)

Spenser

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Da Vinci

15.

Another word for cuartet is....

a)

couplet

b)

sonnet

c)

quatet

d)

quatrain

16.

The Skakespearean sonnet is formed by...

a)

4 couplets

b)

3 quatrains + 1 sonnet

c)

3 quatrains + 1 couplet

d)

3 couplets + 1 cuartet

17.

Why say that a sonnet is written in IAMBIC PENTAMETER because it has....

a)

6 feets in a daDUM meter

b)

5 feet in a daDUM beat

c)

5 meters in a DAdum foot

d)

5 meter ins a daDUM feet

18.

Which WAS a belief from the Renaissance...

a)

Only God is capable of perfection.

b)

The spread of ideas is not desirable.

c)

Humans are also capable of perfection.

d)

Elimination of religion is key.

19.

Why is it called Shakespean Sonnet?

a)

It is called like that because he stole it.

b)

It is called like that because he invented it.

c)

It is called like that because he popularized it.

d)

It is called like that because he imitated it.

20.

Which is a literary manifestations found during the Renaissance period?

a)

Sonnets

b)

Tragedy

c)

Elegy

d)

Pastoral

e)

All of the above