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WorksheetsThe Renaissance
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
In England the Renaissance started around ...
(a)
The dominant art forms were...
literature
literature & music
literature & paintings
literature & sculptures
The Renaissance started in (a)
The Renaissance focussed on..
the individual & individual talents
the Bible
Ancient studies
Independence
Which painting reflects the Renaissance?
Left
Right
Find the right order for the origins of theatre
minstrels - bards - church services
church services - minstrels - bards
bards - minstrels - church services
What are Mystery plays?
Plays about Easter
Latin services
Biblical History Plays
Musical History Plays
Who considered theatre work of the devil?
(a)
Which theatre do you see in the picture?
The Playhouse
The Theatre
The Global
The Globe
Why was being an actor a difficult job?
They were considered vagabonds and seen as a threat to society.
They were considered nobles and seen as a threat to society.
They were considered thieves and seen as a threat to society.
Who is this?
The Bard himself
Queen Elizabeth
An actress
Anne Hathaway
What are "the lost years"?
Shakespeare actually served as a sailor in India.
We know very little about Shakespeare's life for a period of time.
Some of Shakespeare's plays were destroyed in a fire.
Shakespeare spent his life in the countryside without writing anything.
Othello is a ..
historical play
tragedy
romantic play
comedy
Intellectual movement that focused on human potential and studying subjects like rhetoric, history, poetry, and grammar.
Humanism
Middle Ages
Classical Era
Crusades
Shakespeare was ...
a playwright
a poet
an actor
all of the above
When Shakespeare couldn't find a word he needed he..
kept looking
gave up
asked his neighbour
invented one
The rhythm of speech Shakespeare used is called
sonnets
Iambic pentameter
Staccato
Free Style
A Midsummer Night´s Dream is a tragedy because...
Plays that end in death and destruction.
There are internal pressures {head tragedies).
It has an unhappy ending.
The fall of a tragic hero.
What does the poet claim will preserve the beauty of his beloved in Sonnet 18?
The power of love.
The memory of their time together.
The changing seasons
The eternal lines of the poem
What is the main theme of "Sonnet 18"?
The fleeting nature of summer.
The inevitability of death.
The power of love?
Eternal beauty trough verse.
Sonnet 130 is critical of what type of poem?
Love poetry
War poetry
Religious poetry
Iambic pentameter means that each line of the poem is divided up into how many ‘feet’?
2
5
7
10
The final rhyming couplet contains a ‘volta’ – this is a ‘twist’, or a sudden change in thought or emotion. How does the poem achieve this?
For 12 lines the poet details how ordinary his mistress is, then reveals that he thinks she is beautiful.
For 12 lines the poet details how beautiful his mistress is, then reveals that he thinks she is quite ordinary.
For 12 lines the poet details how much he dislikes his mistress, then reveals that he actually loves her.
What is described in the poem as ‘false compare’?
Rhyming couplets
Over-the-top metaphors
Alliteration
