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ENGLISH RENAISSANCE LITERATURE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
2.

A movement in Renaissance Europe, celebrating human potential and achievement and stressing the study of subjects such as history, grammar, literature, and philosophy.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Humanism

c)

Arts

d)

Patronage

3.

The most famous English writer of the Renaissance, best known for his plays such as King Lear and A midsummer night's dream.

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Leonardo de Vinci

d)

Vasco de Gama

4.

The period during the rule of Queen Elizabeth I in England, from 1558 to 1603 A.D.

a)

Johann Gutenberg

b)

Elizabethan Age

c)

Renaissance Man

d)

Monarchy

5.

A machine for pressing paper against inked movable type.

a)

printing press

b)

printer

c)

steam engine

d)

ink printer

6.

Sir Thomas More wrote the work

a)

Paradise Lost

b)

Gulliver's Travels

c)

The Canterbury Tales

d)

Utopia

7.
William Shakespeare wrote only theatre plays.
a)
True
b)
False
8.

Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo and Newton were known for contributing what to the Renaissance?

a)

New concepts on the universe and science

b)

New trade routes and goods

c)

Books printed in local vernaculars

d)

New concepts on religion

9.
The Renaissance began in 
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Italy
d)
Constantinople
10.
  An Italian Renaissance painter, born in 1452 A.D., who painted many masterpieces, such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and also excelled in scientific research.
a)
Florence
b)
city-state
c)
Leonardo Da Vinci
d)
Brunelleschi
11.
 The early leader of the Humanist movement, an Italian poet and scholar.  One of the first thinkers to stress the value of classical learning, teachings of Greece and Rome.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
12.
Which of the following people was an artist, scientist, inventor, and philosopher?
a)
Leonardo da Vinci
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
Miguel de Cervantes
d)
Dante Aligheri
13.
How did Renaissance writers like Dante, Cervantes, and Shakespeare influence later writers?
a)
by writing in Latin
b)
by creating the first newspapers
c)
by writing the Bible
d)
by writing in the common lanugage
14.

Spanish writer who wrote Don Quixote

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Martin Luther

c)

Miguel de Cervantes

d)

William Shakespear

15.

Art and literature of the Renaissance was influenced by ancient

a)

Anglo-Saxon

b)

Greek and Latin

c)

Anglo-Norman

d)

Old English

16.

Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

Cheaper book prices

b)

More books written in vernacular - language of the people

c)

Increase in church power

d)

Rapid spread of knowledge and ideas

17.

The Renaissance eventually spread from Italy to the rest of Europe between the 15th and 16th centuries.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The English humanist and writer who wrote Utopia - a book that was about an ideal society where everyone was equal and free

a)

Baldassare Castiglione

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Pieter Brueghel

d)

Thomas More

19.

Which of these statements describes a change brought about by the Renaissance?

a)

Society was dominated by the church.

b)

Society began to value individualism.

c)

Society was focused on warfare.

d)

Society was dominated by lords.

20.

Humanism focused on achievements in all of the following except what?

a)

Art

b)

Education

c)

Math

d)

Literature

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