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Category: Cultural and Literary English Renaissance
In “The Book of Martyrs,” John Foxe provides a record of all known Christian martyrs throughout history, focusing on the persecution of people practicing which religion ?
A. Protestantism
B. Catholicism
C. Roman Catholicism
D. Buddhism
In 1583, which playwright became in control of the first Blackfriars Theatre along with director William Hunnis ?
A. Henry VIII
B. John Lyly
C. Sir Thomas More
D. John Foxe
Fill in the blank. John Foxe was extremely sensitive to the_______________?
A. Buddhist
B. Anglican
C. Quaker
D. Catholic
John Milton’s “Lycidas” is what genre of poetry ?
A. A pastoral elegy
B. A satire
C. An epic
D. A mock-epic
Which of the following statements best describes the “Great Chain of Being” ?
A. It regarded human beings as social creatures who could create meaningful lives only in association with other social beings.
B. Its major premise was that every existing thing in the universe had its “place” in a divinely planned hierarchical order which was pictured as a chain, vertically extended.
C. It could only be achieved through faith in God’s grace.
D. Both A and B
Fill in the blank. ____________ is remembered as the “Morning Star of the Reformation.”
A. John Donne
B. John Dryden
C. John Wycliffe
D. Johan Gutenberg
Fill in the blank. Although Sir Philip Sidney is writing 200 years before the …. revolution, he presents a very inward and self-absorbed narrator in “Astrophil and Stella.” ?
A. Medieval
B. Victorian
C. Romantic
D. None of the above
John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses attention on the relationship between which opposing entities ?
A. Heaven vs. hell
B. God vs. Satan
C. Good vs. evil
D. All of the above
Which of the following texts is an example of epic poetry ?
A. “Paradise Lost”
B. “The Odyssey”
C. “The Iliad”
D. All of the above
Fill in the blank. Renaissance thinkers strongly associated themselves with the values of ____________?
A. Catholicism
B. Medieval Europe
C. Classical antiquity
D. Protestantism
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