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The Age of Religious Works

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The German language was ... and devised in aristocratic circles.

a)

promoted

b)

neglected

c)

formalized

2.

During this period, a servile spirit of ... was abroad.

a)

substance

b)

originality

c)

imitation

3.

‘Trostgedicht in Widerwaertigkeit des Kriegs’ spoke about the events in ...

a)

The Napoleonic Wars

b)

The Seven Years' War

c)

The Thirty Years' War

4.

... sought intelligibility and regularity rather than imagination and feeling.

a)

Martin Opitz

b)

The First Silesian School

c)

The Second Silesian School

5.

...'s style was inflated and unnatural, overloaded with metaphors.

a)

Martin Opitz

b)

The First Silesian School

c)

The Second Silesian School

6.

Literature in ...'s hands was a mere product of scholarship. The language, but not the literature improved.

a)

Martin Opitz

b)

The First Silesian School

c)

The Second Silesian School

7.

... is also known as The Königsberg Circle.

a)

The French Renaissance

b)

The First Silesian School

c)

The Second Silesian School

d)

Martin Opitz

8.

... used the French and Dutch Renaissance poets as inspiration.

a)

Martin Opitz

b)

The First Silesian School

c)

The Second Silesian School

d)

Johann Gottfried Schnabel

9.

The best poetry that the seventeenth century produced was the religious lyrics, especially the hymns.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Schnabel's Die Insel Felsenburg is frequently compared to Defoe's Gulliver's travels

a)

True

b)

False