1907790324 | Who ruled during Jacobean literature? | King James I | 0 | |
1907790325 | Who ruled during Caroline literature? | King Charles I | 1 | |
1907790326 | Who ruled during Elizabethan literature? | Queen Elizabeth I | 2 | |
1907790327 | What was Wyatt's most famous Ballad? | "They flee from me"/ Ballad 80 | 3 | |
1907790328 | What is iambic pentameter's rhythm similar to? | The beats of the heart | 4 | |
1907790329 | What was one of Surrey's most famous sonnets? | "Leave me, O Love" | 5 | |
1907790330 | Which reformation was going on during the English Renaissance? | The Protestant Reformation | 6 | |
1907790331 | What were the King's two bodies? | A human body and a heavenly body | 7 | |
1907790332 | What was Sidney's famous poetry collection called? | Astrophil and Stella | 8 | |
1907790333 | Sidney was a prime example of the essentials of being a good ___________. | Cortier | 9 | |
1907790334 | What was the introduction called in a classical oratory piece? | exordium | 10 | |
1907790335 | What was the narrative account of what called happened in a classical oratory piece? | narratio | 11 | |
1907790336 | What was the summary of the issues or a statement of change called in a classical oratory piece? | proposition | 12 | |
1907790337 | What was the outline of what would follow called in a classical oratory piece? | partitio, divisions | 13 | |
1907790338 | What was the main body of the speech called in a classical oratory piece? | confirmation, examination | 14 | |
1907790339 | What was the answering of counterarguments called in a classical oratory piece? | refutation | 15 | |
1907790340 | What was the appeals through pathos called in a classical oratory piece? | peroration | 16 | |
1907790341 | Why did Sidney feel the need to write a defense of poetry at all? | Because of Protestant accusations | 17 | |
1907790342 | What is the purpose of poetry in Sidney's eyes? | To teach and delight | 18 | |
1907790343 | What was the purpose of comedy in Sidney's eyes? | To give a moral through humor | 19 | |
1907790344 | Which Saint is represented by the Scottish cross on the British flag? | St. Andrew | 20 | |
1907790345 | Which Saint is represented by the Irish cross on the British flag? | St. Patrick | 21 | |
1907790346 | Which Saint is represented by the British cross on the British flag? | St. George | 22 | |
1907790347 | What are the first four stanzas in Book 1 of the Faerie Queene called? | The invocation of the muse | 23 | |
1907790348 | What does gentle mean outside of someone who is soft and kind? | Nobly born | 24 | |
1907790349 | Name two common elements of the pastoral. | Nature and shepherds | 25 | |
1907790350 | Who is the Faerie Queene supposed to represent? | Queen Elizabeth I | 26 | |
1907790351 | What quality is Book 1 of the Faerie Queene supposed to discuss? | Holiness | 27 | |
1907790352 | What word describes a line of verse that is 12 syllables long? | Alexandrine | 28 | |
1907790353 | Which word describes a narrative with a literal and secondary meaning? | Allegory | 29 | |
1907790354 | Which word describes a lengthy narrative poem? | Epic | 30 | |
1907790355 | Which word describes an elaborate simile? | Epic simile | 31 | |
1907790356 | Which word describes a wedding poem? | Epithalamion | 32 | |
1907790357 | Which word describes something pertaining to country life? | Pastoral | 33 | |
1907790358 | Which word describes a comparison made with like or as? | Simile | 34 | |
1907790359 | Which word describes a highly structured lyric poem, typically found as 14 line iambic pentameter? | Sonnet | 35 | |
1907790360 | Which word describes a guide to leading a good and sinless life? | Courtesy book | 36 | |
1907790361 | Which word describes a symbol that represents multiple things? | Emblem | 37 | |
1907790362 | What are the four movements of the Redcross Knight's fall and revival? | Error, Sin, Despair, and Holiness | 38 | |
1907790363 | It is believed that Book I of The Faerie Queene may also represent Queen Elizabeth I's conquering/ defeating _______________. | Catholicism | 39 | |
1907790364 | Why have past knights failed in their attempts to kill the dragon? | They want faith or have sin. | 40 | |
1907790365 | To die means death but can also refer to _________. | Sexual acts | 41 | |
1907790366 | Marlowe's famous poem is called __________. | Hero and Leander | 42 | |
1907790367 | Which word means a little epic? | Epyllion | 43 | |
1907790368 | Doctor Faustus is typically referred to in relation to both religion and _____________. | Humanism | 44 | |
1907790369 | Shakespeare's 144th sonnet starts off with: | "Two loves I have" | 45 | |
1907790370 | Shakespeare's 2nd sonnet starts off with: | "When forty winters have besieged thy brow" | 46 | |
1907790371 | Shakespeare's 19th sonnet starts off with: | "Devouring time, blunt thou the lion's paws" | 47 | |
1907790372 | Which word describes when one addresses an inanimate object? | Apostrophe | 48 | |
1907790373 | Shakespeare's 55th sonnet starts off with: | "Not marble, not the guilder monuments" | 49 | |
1907790374 | Shakespeare's 29th line starts off with: | "When in disguise with fortune and men's eyes" | 50 | |
1907790375 | Shakespeare's 94th sonnet starts off with: | " Thy that have power to hurt and will do none" | 51 | |
1907790376 | Shakespeare's 73rd sonnet starts off with: | "That time of year thou mayst in me behold" | 52 | |
1907790377 | Shakespeare's 130th sonnet starts off with: | "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" | 53 | |
1907790378 | King James I became ruler of England in ______. | 1603 | 54 |
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