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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.” ?
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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
Fill in the blank. Prior to the rise of the famed tragedians of the late 1580s,_____________ were the great headliners of the Elizabethan stage?
A. Clowns
B. Women
C. Politicians
D. Pantomimes
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
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
The work of John Foxe was no longer read or heeded in educated circles after which major historical event ?
A. Restoration
B. Glorious Revolution
C. French Revolution
D. Seven Years War
What author speaks of the exemplary story as a fundamental narrative unit in which it is important to follow chronological order ?
A. John Foxe
B. John Lyly
C. Sir Thomas More
D. Sir Walter Raleigh
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
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