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What doctrine significantly influenced Sir Thomas More’s “Utopia” ?
A. Marxism
B. Christian Humanism
C. Feminism
D. New Historicism
Who introduced the Italian sonnet to the British Isles during the reign of King Henry VIII ?
A. Thomas Wyatt
B. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
C. John Donne
D. Both A and B
Sir Thomas More held which of the following positions in the English court ?
A. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
B. Speaker of the House of Commons
C. Master of Requests
D. All of the above
Fill in the blank. John Foxe was deeply disgusted by the _______________, and could not believe that any honest Christian could accept its doctrinal basis ?
A. Mass
B. Transubstantiation
C. Resurrection
D. both A and C
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”
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
Edmund Spenser was directly influenced by which writer’s epic poetry ?
A. Milton
B. Wordsworth
C. Aristo
D. Both A and B
Fill in the blank. The term “Renaissance” literally translates as “_____________” ?
A. Reincarnation
B. Rebirth
C. Reproduction
D. Recapitulation
William Shakespeare’s “Henry V” is an example of what dramatic genre ?
A. Tragedy
B. Comedy
C. Romance
D. History
Fill in the blank. The intellectual and social movement which historians call “___________” is what lies at the base of the period we call the Renaissance ?
A. Socialism
B. Capitalism
C. Humanitarianism
D. Humanism
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