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Scavenger Hunt--The English Renaissance

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On pages 222 and 223, Shakespeare was born in . . .

a)

1066

b)

1594

c)

1564

d)

1625

2.

(On pages 222 & 223) This famous play was written in 1594

a)

Astrophel and Stella

b)

Beowulf

c)

The Faerie Queene

d)

Romeo and Juliet

3.

When was the King James Bible published?

a)

1611

b)

1549

c)

1534

d)

1500

4.

In the first paragraph on page 224, scholars react against what?

a)

The Tudors

b)

Ptolemy's math fro 2 A.D.

c)

German monks

d)

the "dark ages"

5.

This Catholic king remarried in defiance of the Pope, leading to birth of the Protestant denomination.

a)

King Henry VIII

b)

Queen Mary I

c)

King James I

d)

Martin Luther

6.

On page 228, the most significant literary development of the Renaissance was in:

a)

painting

b)

pastoral poetry

c)

poetry, especially the sonnet

d)

comedies

7.

Shakespeare was likely to be the first to use this list of words (page 232):

a)

kangaroo coconut, sushi

b)

taco, pious, courtship

c)

aerial, critic, lonely

d)

lip synch, poetry, wassail

8.

On page 237, Edmund Spenser uses which Greek mythological character in line 7?

a)

"In their amazement like Narcissus vain"

b)

"Of Helicon whence she derived is"

c)

"With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies!"

d)

"Livelier than elsewhere, Stella's image see"

9.

Look at the top of page 224. Click on any writers who lived during the English Renaissance

a)

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)

b)

Margaret Paston (1423-1484)

c)

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)

d)

Sir Thomas Mallory (1405?-1471)

10.

Read page 244, what do pastoral poems do?

a)

dramatize political figures

b)

celebrate the pleasures of city life and technology

c)

celebrate the pleasures of a simple life and use Greek and Roman mythology

d)

talked about being improsoned in the Tower of London

11.

(Pages 244-245) Who is the "love" in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?

a)

Philomel

b)

Christopher Marlowe

c)

Sir Walter Raleigh

d)

The Nymph

12.

Go to page 231. What is the among the most widely quoted and influential words works in the English language?

a)

The prose of Sidney, Nashe, and Raleigh

b)

The King James Bible, or Authorized version

c)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

d)

The Unfortunate Traveler

13.

On page 266 in from Utopia, Sir Thomas Moore says that kings and prince's should:

a)

"act as a jailor rather than as a king"

b)

"wage wars in live in royal style"

c)

encourage trade and taxing citizens

d)

"take more care of his people's happiness than his own, as a shepherd ought to take more care of his flock than of himself"

14.

On page 275, the Bible uses the genres of:

a)

psalms, sermons, and plays

b)

psalms, sermons, and poetry

c)

prose, sermons, and poetry

d)

psalms, sermons, and parables

15.

(Page 290) The Globe was previously named

a)

The Playhouse

b)

Broadway

c)

The Theater

d)

The Auditorium