Renaissance Literature

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Multiple Choice

The term Renaissance means

• rebirth

• humanism

• individualism

• death

Multiple Choice

The Renaissance art, literature and philosophy was influenced by which two cultures?

• greek and spainish

• greek and roman

• roman and spainish

• england and roman

Multiple Choice

The Renaissance was known as a influential period of humanism, which was focused on religious subjects and not worldly subjects

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Which poet is known as the father of Humanism during the Renaissance period?

• Shakespesare

• Leonardo Di Vinci

• Francesco Petrarch

• Donatello

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not one of the characteristics of the Renaissance Literature?

• examined traditional teachings of the Church

• Critical of the Christian Church

• Wanted to reform society

• denied women education

Fill in the Blank

Machiavelli believed it is important to be politically effective, than morally _________

Multiple Choice

Machiavelli wrote a political guide book on how to gain power. What is the name of his text?

• The Princess

• Hail Mary

• The King

• The Prince

Multiple Choice

Johann Gutenberg invention of the _________ was very influential to Renaissance period

• mailbox

• computer

• printing press

• typewriter

Multiple Choice

What book did Johann Gutenberg print the first complete edition of?

• The bible

• The Prince

• Romeo and Juliet

• The Vedas

Multiple Select

Why was the invention of the printing press influential to Renaissance artists and writers? Choose all that apply

• with less books available, more people had to pay to read

• with more books available, more people learned to read

• began to spread new ideas across Europe

• Christianity began to spread more rapidly due to access to the bible

Multiple Choice

Shakespeare's plays is an example of humanism because they focused all of the topics except the following?

• religion

• love

• betrayal

• death

Multiple Choice

How many plays did Shakespeare write that are still performed at the Globe Theatre?

• 38

• 39

• 36

• 37

Fill in the Blank

Shakespeare wrote in the vernacular of his time period. What does the word vernacular means ______________?

Open Ended

Why do you believe people still read Shakespeare poetry and stories?

Multiple Choice

Thomas More wrote a book called Utopia which described what an ideal society would be like with men and women living in peace

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Erasmus decided to created a new version of the New Testament in what vernacular?

• roman

• greek

• english

• spanish