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EL of Renaissance and Enlightenment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Renewed
b)
Rebuilt
c)
Remade
d)
Rebirth
2.
The Renaissance occurred between what years?
a)
500-1500
b)
2000-2020
c)
1300-1600
d)
1400-1700
3.

During the Renaissance, there was a rebirth of interest in ...........

a)
art and learning
b)
religion
c)
military strategies
d)
political freedom
4.

Which was NOT one of the profound effects of the printing press?

a)

Books became cheaper

b)

News spread

c)

Increased Literacy Rates

d)

Books could be produced in mass

5.

Artist who painted the Mona Lisa & Last Supper

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Picasso

d)

Van Gogh

6.

William Shakespeare did NOT write ...........

a)

Twelfth Night

b)

The Merchant of Venice

c)

Anthony and Cleopatra

d)

The Silent Woman

7.

Which of these plays was written by Shakespeare?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Macbeth

c)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

d)

All of them

8.

In which play by Shakespeare can you read this quote: "To be or not to be, that is the question"

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

The King Lear

c)

Macbeth

d)

Hamlet

9.
A sonnet contains _____ lines. 
a)
12
b)
4
c)
14
d)
16
10.

A quatrain in the sonnet consists of ..... verses

a)

2

b)

4

c)

8

d)

14

11.

One of the main heroes in this epic poem by John Milton was Satan

a)

Beowulf

b)

Hamlet

c)

Utopia

d)

Paradise Lost

12.

What was Sir Thomas More's famous work?

a)

Utopia

b)

Captain Singleton

c)

Gulliver's Travels

d)

All of the above

13.

The Enlightenment is ..........

a)
a time of rebirth
b)
a time when science ruled
c)
a time with people used reason and logic to explain the world
d)
a time when technology ruled
14.

What is the Age of Reason?

a)

Feudalism

b)

Classicism

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Romanticism

15.

"Robinson Crusoe" was written by ....... in 1719

a)

Jane Austen

b)

Daniel Defoe

c)

Jonathan Swift

16.

A ship came to an island and rescued Robinson Crusoe ..........

a)

after 28 years.

b)

after 82 years.

c)

after 18 years.

d)

after 8 years.

17.

"Gulliver's travels" genre is...

a)

Adventure and fantasy

b)

Love

c)

Terror

d)

Fantasy and satire

18.

Which of the following statements describes the essential element(s) of satire?

a)

Making fun of an idea, person, or institution

b)

Use of irony

c)

Making a broader point about society, culture, politics, etc.

d)

All of the above are essential elements

19.

The author of "Gulliver's travels" is ...........

a)

Jonathan Swift

b)

John Milton

c)

Daniel Defoe

d)

Geoffrey Chaucer

20.

Who was considered "The prince of English prose satire"?

a)

Christopher Marlowe

b)

Daniel Defoe

c)

Sir Walter Scott

d)

Jonathan Swift