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Cultural and Literary English Renaissance

Fill in the blank. King_____________ was notorious for his six marriages and for ruthlessly persecuting his political enemies, violently eliminating all opposition ?

Fill in the blank. King_____________ was notorious for his six marriages and for ruthlessly persecuting his political enemies, violently eliminating all opposition ?

A. Charles I
B. Charles II
C. Henry V
D. Henry VIII

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Cultural and Literary English Renaissance, English Literature Mcqs

What author defines the function of poetry with reference to the Horatian dictum of “to teach and delight” ?

What author defines the function of poetry with reference to the Horatian dictum of “to teach and delight” ?

A. Sir Thomas More
B. Sir Walter Raleigh
C. John Lyly
D. Sir Philip Sidney

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Cultural and Literary English Renaissance, English Literature Mcqs

Fill in the blank. John Wycliffe challenged a number of ______________doctrines with arguments which centuries later would echo during the Protestant Reformation ?

Fill in the blank. John Wycliffe challenged a number of ______________doctrines with arguments which centuries later would echo during the Protestant Reformation ?

A. Roman Catholic
B. Anglican
C. Buddhist
D. Protestant

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Cultural and Literary English Renaissance, English Literature Mcqs

Stephen Greenblatt’s work on the Renaissance is best described by what theoretical paradigm ?

Stephen Greenblatt’s work on the Renaissance is best described by what theoretical paradigm ?

A. Marxism
B. Feminism
C. New Historicism
D. Psychoanalysis

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According to many British Romantic poets, who is the protagonist of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

According to many British Romantic poets, who is the protagonist of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?

A. Satan
B. Adam
C. Eve
D. Christ

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Cultural and Literary English Renaissance, English Literature Mcqs