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English Literature Mcqs

Fill in the blank. Although there is dispute about the actual “invention” of the printing press with movable metal type, _________ is usually the man credited with the invention.

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Fill in the blank. Although there is dispute about the actual “invention” of the printing press with movable metal type, _________ is usually the man credited with the invention.

A. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Johan Gutenberg
C. Peter Schoeffer
D. Johannes Fust

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Cultural and Literary English Renaissance, English Literature Mcqs

Which of the following theaters could be found in England after Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne ?

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Which of the following theaters could be found in England after Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne ?

A. The Curtain
B. The Rose
C. The Globe
D. All of the above

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Cultural and Literary English Renaissance, English Literature Mcqs

What Renaissance text uses martyrology as a device to historicize the conflict between the true Church and the false Church in England ?

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What Renaissance text uses martyrology as a device to historicize the conflict between the true Church and the false Church in England ?

A. “Euphues”
B. “Paradise Lost”
C. “Paradise Regained”
D. “Acts and Monuments”

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Cultural and Literary English Renaissance, English Literature Mcqs

Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning the Globe theater in Elizabethan England ?

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Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning the Globe theater in Elizabethan England ?

A. It burned down and was reconstructed hundreds of years later.
B. It was situated on the Thames River.
C. It was lit from natural sunlight as well as by candle light.
D. All of the above

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Cultural and Literary English Renaissance, English Literature Mcqs

Fill in the blank. Christopher Marlowe’s influence on William Shakespeare was in all probability _______________?

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Fill in the blank. Christopher Marlowe’s influence on William Shakespeare was in all probability _______________?

A. Very great
B. Insignificant
C. Somewhat significant
D. Impossible

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Cultural and Literary English Renaissance, English Literature Mcqs

The conceit of the Petrarchan sonnet in English during the Elizabethan period often involves what topic ?

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The conceit of the Petrarchan sonnet in English during the Elizabethan period often involves what topic ?

A. Drugs
B. Sex
C. Animals
D. Propaganda

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Cultural and Literary English Renaissance, English Literature Mcqs

Fill in the blank. In the second edition of_________________, John Foxe promised that he would edit a collection of the works of William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes?

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Fill in the blank. In the second edition of_________________, John Foxe promised that he would edit a collection of the works of William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes?

A. “Acts and Monuments”
B. “Utopia”
C. “Euphues”
D. “Paradise Regained”

Fill in the blank. In the second edition of_________________, John Foxe promised that he would edit a collection of the works of William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes? Read More »

Cultural and Literary English Renaissance, English Literature Mcqs