There was greater emphasis placed on human potentiality for growth and excellence through Europe by which year ?
A. 1400
B. 1500
C. 1600
D. 1650
Cultural and Literary English Renaissance
Fill in the blank. John Lyly’s ________ exercised considerable influence upon its author’s contemporaries?
Fill in the blank. John Lyly’s ________ exercised considerable influence upon its author’s contemporaries?
A. “Euphues”
B. “Paradise Lost”
C. “Utopia”
D. “Zelauto”
Fill in the blank. In 1585, _______________ sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island (now North Carolina)?
Fill in the blank. In 1585, _______________ sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island (now North Carolina)?
A. Sir Thomas More
B. Sir Walter Raleigh
C. John Foxe
D. John Lyly
Fill in the blank. _______ was a Christian theologian and Augustinian monk whose teachings inspired the Protestant Reformation?
Fill in the blank. _______ was a Christian theologian and Augustinian monk whose teachings inspired the Protestant Reformation?
A. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Martin Luther
C. John Milton
D. John Wycliffe
What doctrine significantly influenced Sir Thomas More’s “Utopia” ?
What doctrine significantly influenced Sir Thomas More’s “Utopia” ?
A. Marxism
B. Christian Humanism
C. Feminism
D. New Historicism
Which of the following plays were written by Christopher Marlowe ?
Which of the following plays were written by Christopher Marlowe ?
A. “The Jew of Malta”
B. “Doctor Faustus”
C. “Edward II”
D. All of the above
Many of William Shakespeare’s plays were performed at what theater in Elizabethan England ?
Many of William Shakespeare’s plays were performed at what theater in Elizabethan England ?
A. “The Curtain”
B. “The Globe”
C. “The Rose”
D. “The Anchor”
Compared to Aquinas, the writers of Florentine humanism considered which of the following only unsystematically ?
Compared to Aquinas, the writers of Florentine humanism considered which of the following only unsystematically ?
A. Sex
B. Emotions
C. Psychology
D. All of the above
Fill in the blank. Th …. was a movement that had profound implications not only for the modern world in general but also for literary history.
Fill in the blank. Th …. was a movement that had profound implications not only for the modern world in general but also for literary history.
A. Catholic Restoration
B. Catholic Reformation
C. Protestant Reformation
D. None of
Who wrote “Orlando Furioso” ?
Who wrote “Orlando Furioso” ?
A. John Milton
B. Ludovico Ariosto
C. Sir Philip Sidney
D. William Shakespeare