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WorksheetsThe English Renaissance
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 21mins
The cultural movement known as the (a) began in Italy in the mid 14th century.
The English Renaissance begins in England in the late...
14th century
15th century
16th century
(a) was the major intellectual movement of the Reinassance.
Humanism places (a) at the centre of intellectual inquiry.
The prestige of English as a _______ ________ gave impulse to the diffusion of poetry.
(a)
(a) increased as did the number of people who actually owned books.
The introduction of ________ ________ allowed the reproduction of literary works.
classical literature
printing techniques
the Italian verse
The evolution of the Elizabethan sonnet was inspired by the influence of...
lyric poetry
Italian verse
metaphysical poetry
________ drama was replaced by new forms of _______ drama.
Roman, English
English, Medieval
Medieval, English
Elizabethans imported the _______ structure from Seneca's plays.
two-act
three-act
five-act
________ became detractors of acting as a form of entertainment.
Puritans
Royalist
Londoners
Travelling actors would perform on temporary stages erected in the (a) of taverns.
For Puritans the theatre was synonymous with....
inability
laziness and vice
laziness
James Burbage built the first permanent playhouse called...
The Swan
The Globe
The Theatre
By the end of the 16th century, professional (a) of actors had formed.
At the end of the 16th century theatrical performances were (a) from the city of London.
Under James I a new division was introduced: private _______ theatres for the commoners and public ______ theatres for the nobility.
outdoor, indoor
indoor, outdoor
internal, external
We know ____ _____ about Shakespeare's early life.
very little
very much
a lot
Shakespeare was born in ________-____-____ in 1564.
Shakespeare's father was a....
merchant
clockmaker
glovemaker
In London Shakespeare became a successful (a) .
What drama company did Shakespeare join?
Shakespeare's company built ___ _____, where most of his plays were performed.
(a)
The _____ _____ is a one-volume edition of 36 plays, organised into comedies, tragedies and histories.
First Folio
Main Folio
Golden Folio
Shakespeare's sonnets consist of __ lines structured as three ________ and a _______.
The third quatrain, called ' (a) ', generally introduces an unexpected change of image or tone.
