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Fill in the blank. _______ was a Christian theologian and Augustinian monk whose teachings inspired the Protestant Reformation?
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A. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Martin Luther
C. John Milton
D. John Wycliffe
Greek theatre took place where ?
A. Large hillside amphitheaters
B. Large indoor theaters
C. Small indoor theaters
D. All of the above
What author fell in love with Anne Boleyn while she was married to King Henry VIII ?
A. Sir Philip Sidney
B. Sir Thomas More
C. Thomas Wyatt
D. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Which of the following figures was an important political theorist of the Renaissance ?
A. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Francesco Petrarcha
C. Aristotle
D. Plato
Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks. Throughout the Middle Ages, English drama, like that of other European countries, was mainly ______________ and ______________?
A. Psychological, Sexual
B. Religious, Didactic
C. Emotional, Psychological
D. none of these
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”
According to John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” what is Satan’s tragic flaw ?
A. Lust
B. Pride
C. Jealousy
D. Love
A total of how many sonnets constitute the entirety of “Astrophil and Stella” ?
A. 10
B. 20
C. 30
D. 40
The conceit of the Petrarchan sonnet in English during the Elizabethan period often involves what topic ?
A. Drugs
B. Sex
C. Animals
D. Propaganda
The distinction between comedy and tragedy which characterized classical drama was first forgotten during what period in England ?
A. Medieval
B. Romantic
C. Victorian
D. Elizabethan
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