Unit 2. Test

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Renaissance Literature Quiz

Test your knowledge of the Northern Renaissance and Elizabethan literature with this engaging quiz! Dive into the fascinating world of poets, playwrights, and influential literary movements of the era.

Key topics include:

Influence of Italian poets
Major literary genres
Notable poets and their contributions

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by WritingStar527

1. Northern Renaissance…

Pursued religious reform after the abuses of the Church and the Papacy

Was less religious than Italian Renaissance

Was simultaneous to the Italian Renaissance

Advocated for the translation of poetry

2. At the beginning of the Renaissance period in Britain there was a standard version of Early Modern English.

True

False

3. The Elizabethan age…

A. Is a period of political upheaval and religious intolerance

B. Is a period in which literature flourished

C. Is an ignorant period

4. What were the most important literary genres during the English Renaissance?

A. Poetry and novel

B. Novel and drama

C. Drama and poetry

5. Who introduced the Italian sonnet in the English tradition?

A. Edmund Spenser

B. The Earl of Surrey

C. Sir Walter Raleigh

D. Sir Thomas Wyatt

6. The first poet to use blank verse was…

A. The Earl of Surrey

B. William Shakespeare

C. Sir Walter Raleigh

D. Sir Philip Sydney

7. The Faerie Queen was written by…

A. Edmund Spenser

B. William Shakespeare

C. Thomas Nashe

D. Sir Philip Sidney

9. John Donne…

A. Wrote mostly sonnets

B. Defined himself as a metaphysical poet

C. Wrote Astrophil and Stella

D. Used wit and analogy in his poems

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Renaissance Literature Quiz

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