English Literature 2 1.

. Which of the following statements accurately reflects the status of England, its people, and its language in the early sixteenth century? a) English travelers were not obliged to learn French, Italian, or Spanish during their explorations of the Continent. b) English was fast supplanting Latin as the second language of most European intellectuals. c) English travelers often returned from the Continent with foreign fashions, much to the delight of moralists. d) Intending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England. e) all of the above 2. Which of the following sixteenth-century works of English literature was translated into the English language after its first publication in Latin? a) Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus c) Thomas More's The History of King Richard III b) William Shakespeare's King Lear d) William Shakespeare's Sonnets

e) Thomas More's Utopia 3. Which royal dynasty was established in the resolution of the so-called War of the Roses and continued through the reign of Elizabeth I? a) Tudor b) Windsor c) York d) Lancaster e) Valois

4. From which of the following Italian texts might Tudor courtiers have learned the art of intrigue and the keys to gaining and keeping power? a) Castiglione's "The Courtier" d) Machiavelli's "The Prince b) Dante's "Divine Comedy" e) Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso" c) Boccaccio's "Decameron"

5. What impulse probably accounts for the rise of distinguished translations of works, such as Homer's lliad and Odyssey, into English during the sixteenth century? a) human reverence for the classics b) the belief that the English were direct descendants of the ancient Greeks c) pride for the vernacular language d) a and c only e) a, b, and c 6. What was the only acknowledged religion in England during the early sixteenth century? a) Atheism b) Protestantism c) Catholicism d) Ancestor-worship e) Judaism

7. Who began to ignite the embers of dissent against the Catholic church in November 1517 in a movement that came to be known as the Reformation? a) Anne Boleyn b) Martin Luther c) Pope Leo X d) Ulrich Zwingli e) John Calvin

8. Which historical figure initiated a series of religious persecutions condemning Protestants as heretics and burning them at the stake in the 1550s? a) Archbishop Cranmer b) Catherine of Aragon c) Elizabeth I d) Mary, Queen of Scots e) Mary Tudor 9. Which of the following describes the chief system by which writers received financial rewards for their literary production? a) charity b) patronage c) censorship d) subscription e) mass marketing

10. In the Defense of Poesy, what did Sidney attribute to poetry? a) a magical power whereby poetry plays tricks on the reader b) a divine power whereby poetry transmits a message from God to the reader c) a moral power whereby poetry encourages the reader to emulate virtuous models d) a defensive power whereby poetry and its figurative expressions allow the poet to avoid censorship e) a realistic power that cannot be made to seem like mere illusion and trickery 11. Which of the following might be addressed/represented by pastoral poetry? a) an exaltation of the city life over the boring country life b) shepherd and shepherdesses who fall in love and engage in singing contests c) heroic stories in epic form d) a celebration of the humility, contentment, and simplicity of living in the country e) b and d only 12. Short plays called _______-staged dialogues on religious, moral, and political themes-were performed by playing companies before the construction of public theaters. a) interludes 13. What is blank verse? a) iambic pentameter in rhyming couplets c) free verse, without rhyme or regular meter b) the verse form of the Shakespearean sonnet d) alliterative iambic tetrameter b) spectacles c) meditations d) mysteries e) vaudeville

e) unrhymed iambic pentameter 14. Which of the following is true about public theaters in Elizabethan England? a) They relied on admission charges, an innovation of the period. b) The early versions were oval in shape. c) They were located outside the city limits of London. d) The seating structure was tiered, with placement correlating to ticket cost. e) all of the above 15. Which writer was not active under both Elizabeth I and James I? a) William Shakespeare b) Ben Jonson c) John Donne d) Francis Bacon e) John Milton

16. What was the intended target of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605? a) Westminster Abbey d) Buckingham Palace b) Tower Bridge e) the Tower of London c) the Houses of Parliament

17. Which of the following was not one of the four bodily humours? a) choler b) blood c) cholesterol d) black bile e phlegm