WorksheetsEL of Renaissance and Enlightenment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
During the Renaissance, there was a rebirth of interest in ...........
Which was NOT one of the profound effects of the printing press?
Books became cheaper
News spread
Increased Literacy Rates
Books could be produced in mass
Artist who painted the Mona Lisa & Last Supper
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Picasso
Van Gogh
William Shakespeare did NOT write ...........
Twelfth Night
The Merchant of Venice
Anthony and Cleopatra
The Silent Woman
Which of these plays was written by Shakespeare?
Hamlet
Macbeth
A Midsummer Night's Dream
All of them
In which play by Shakespeare can you read this quote: "To be or not to be, that is the question"
Romeo and Juliet
The King Lear
Macbeth
Hamlet
A quatrain in the sonnet consists of ..... verses
2
4
8
14
One of the main heroes in this epic poem by John Milton was Satan
Beowulf
Hamlet
Utopia
Paradise Lost
What was Sir Thomas More's famous work?
Utopia
Captain Singleton
Gulliver's Travels
All of the above
The Enlightenment is ..........
What is the Age of Reason?
Feudalism
Classicism
Enlightenment
Romanticism
"Robinson Crusoe" was written by ....... in 1719
Jane Austen
Daniel Defoe
Jonathan Swift
A ship came to an island and rescued Robinson Crusoe ..........
after 28 years.
after 82 years.
after 18 years.
after 8 years.
"Gulliver's travels" genre is...
Adventure and fantasy
Love
Terror
Fantasy and satire
Which of the following statements describes the essential element(s) of satire?
Making fun of an idea, person, or institution
Use of irony
Making a broader point about society, culture, politics, etc.
All of the above are essential elements
The author of "Gulliver's travels" is ...........
Jonathan Swift
John Milton
Daniel Defoe
Geoffrey Chaucer
Who was considered "The prince of English prose satire"?
Christopher Marlowe
Daniel Defoe
Sir Walter Scott
Jonathan Swift
