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Category: Cultural and Literary English Renaissance
How did the invention of the printing press affect European culture ?
A. Print halted the corruption of texts by copyists, giving everyone identical texts.
B. Scientific research became a more collaborative effort.
C. Learning to read was made easier as print was standardized and made clearer.
D. All of the above
Which of the following writers remained a firm believer in the Royal Supremacy ?
A. John Locke
B. John Lyly
C. John Foxe
D. John Milton
Which of the following plays by William Shakespeare is a comedy ?
A. “Romeo and Juliet”
B. “Hamlet”
C. “Much Ado about Nothing”
D. “Henry IV, Part I”
Who was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn who also reigned as Queen of England from 1558 to1603 ?
A. Elizabeth I
B. Elizabeth II
C. Mary, Queen of Scots
D. Catherine of Aragon
John Lyly became instantly famous with the publication of what text ?
A. “95 Theses”
B. “Utopia”
C. “Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit”
D. “Paradise Lost”
Which writer spent more than twelve years imprisoned in the Tower of London ?
A. Sir Thomas More
B. Sir Walter Raleigh
C. Sir Philip Sidney
D. John Milton
Romance, classical structure, and festive elements had already begun to come together in drama when what author began writing ?
A. Chaucer
B. Langland
C. Homer
D. Shakespeare
Who wrote “Orlando Furioso” ?
A. John Milton
B. Ludovico Ariosto
C. Sir Philip Sidney
D. William Shakespeare
Which of the following is an important component of John Foxe’s martyrology ?
A. Hexagrams
B. Epigrams
C. Heroic couplets
D. All of the above
Who was King Henry VIII’s first wife ?
A. Catherine of Aragon
B. Anne Boleyn
C. Mary, Queen of Scots
D. Anne of Cleves
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