Cultural & Literary English Renaissance Mcqs | Set 2

MCQs 1: Which of the following characters is NOT found in the dramatis personae ofWilliam Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” ?

Benvolio

Lady Capulet

Mercutio

Falstaff

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MCQs 2: John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses attention on the relationship between which opposing entities ?

Heaven vs. hell

God vs. Satan

Good vs. evil

All of the above

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MCQs 3: Fill in the blank. The term “Renaissance” literally translates as “_____________” ?

Reincarnation

Rebirth

Reproduction

Recapitulation

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MCQs 4: What text greatly popularized the sonnet form in England during the Elizabethan period ?

“Astrophil and Stella”

“Utopia”

“Paradise Lost”

“Canterbury Tales”

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MCQs 5: Who was in charge of organizing court festivities and entertainment of the English court ?

Court Jester

Master of Revels

Master of Rebels

Master of Ceremonies

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MCQs 6: Sir Thomas More wrote what famous text ?

“Toxophilus”

“Utopia”

“The Inferno”

“Paradise Lost”

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MCQs 7: Fill in the blank. Although there is dispute about the actual “invention” of the printing press with movable metal type, _________ is usually the man credited with the invention.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Johan Gutenberg

Peter Schoeffer

Johannes Fust

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MCQs 8: On which of the following topics did Sir Thomas More focus in his “Utopia” ?

Riches, jewels, and gold

Suicide

Marriage and divorce

All of the above

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MCQs 9: Which of the following theaters could be found in England after Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne ?

The Curtain

The Rose

The Globe

All of the above

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MCQs 10: What Renaissance text uses martyrology as a device to historicize the conflict between the true Church and the false Church in England ?

“Euphues”

“Paradise Lost”

“Paradise Regained”

“Acts and Monuments”

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MCQs 1: Which of the following characters is NOT found in the dramatis personae ofWilliam Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” ?

MCQs 2: John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses attention on the relationship between which opposing entities ?

MCQs 3: Fill in the blank. The term “Renaissance” literally translates as “_____________” ?

MCQs 4: What text greatly popularized the sonnet form in England during the Elizabethan period ?

MCQs 5: Who was in charge of organizing court festivities and entertainment of the English court ?

MCQs 6: Sir Thomas More wrote what famous text ?

MCQs 7: Fill in the blank. Although there is dispute about the actual “invention” of the printing press with movable metal type, _________ is usually the man credited with the invention.

MCQs 8: On which of the following topics did Sir Thomas More focus in his “Utopia” ?

MCQs 9: Which of the following theaters could be found in England after Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne ?

MCQs 10: What Renaissance text uses martyrology as a device to historicize the conflict between the true Church and the false Church in England ?

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