The Renaissance Period

Renaissance is translated to mean the _______ __ ______, or "rebirth".

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The Renaissance Period was highlighted by a great number of inventions, discoveries, and learning in many different subjects. What name do we call this period in the Literature subject?

• The Age of Chaucer

• The Restoration Period

• The Victorian Age

• The Elizabethan Period

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The chief characteristic of the Renaissance was its emphasis on ________, a worldview centered on the nature and importance of humanity.

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During this period the most memorable achievement in literature was in the field of...

• Drama

• Poetry

• Prose

• Anecdotes

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Who has been called "the Father of English Dramatic Poetry"?

• Ben Jonson

• William Shakespeare

• Cristopher Marlowe

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Who was the greatest of all Elizabethan dramatists who helped the Romantic drama to reach its climax in the history of literature? He wrote 37 plays, two narrative poems, and 154 sonnets.

• Ben Jonson

• William Shakespeare

• Cristopher Marlowe

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What was the name of the dramatist in the Middle-English period who tried to present the true picture of contemporary society but making his plays realistic rather than romantic?

• Ben Jonson

• William Shakespeare

• Cristopher Marlowe

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What is the name for a collection of poems or other written works?

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What was the name of the first printed anthology of English poetry?

• Faerie Queen

• Tottel's Miscellany

• Shephard's Calendar

• Astrophel

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What was the name of the greatest poet in non-dramatic Elizabethan poetry who incorporated a large amount of imagination into his writing?

• Sir Thomas Wyatt

• Edmund Spenser

• Thomas Sackville

• Sir Philip Sidney

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