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English Renaissance Quiz

Authored by Murod Normuminov

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

English Renaissance Quiz
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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which writer from the English Renaissance is known for shaping English literature?

Sir Philip Sidney

Charles Dickens

J.K. Rowling

George Orwell

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who among the following was a major writer during the English Renaissance?

Edmund Spenser

Mark Twain

Leo Tolstoy

Ernest Hemingway

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What style is Edmund Spenser known for?

Romanticism

Modernism

Classical influences with English traditions

Gothic

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

4.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where was Edmund Spenser born?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a Spenserian stanza composed of?

Eight lines of iambic pentameter followed by one line of iambic hexameter

Ten lines of iambic pentameter

Twelve lines of iambic tetrameter

Six lines of iambic hexameter

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main theme of "Astrophel and Stella"?

War and peace

Unrequited love

Friendship

Adventure

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does Sidney argue poets can create in "The Defence of Poesy"?

A golden world

A silver world

A bronze world

A diamond world

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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