The English Renaissance

Question 1

________ (1485) established Tudor rule

Answer 1

Henry VII

Question 2

What dynasty
1.built England’s merchant fleet
2.Created Spanish alliance through marriage
3. Focus on commercial expansion and exploration
4. Laid foundation for English Renaissance period

Answer 2

The Tudor Dynasty

Question 3

What years did
1.Martin Luther’s 95 theses
2. Henry VIII breaks from Rome

Answer 3

1. 1517
2. 1534

Question 4

What happened during the Religious Transformation (4 things)

Answer 4

1.Protestant Reformation impacts England
2.establishment of Church of England
3.Rise of Puritanism
4.Religious tensions shape society and literature

Question 5

Who and what period is everything describing
1. Called the Golden Age (marked by prosperity and stability)
2.who had political mastery and diplomatic skill
3.Defeated the Spanish Armada (1588)

Answer 5

Elizabeth I or the Elizabethan era

Question 6

Who and what period is this describing
1. Middle ground in religious matters
2.Patronage of arts and literature
3. Period is named after the person

Answer 6

Elizabethan era or Elizabeth I

Question 7

Who succeeded Elizabeth I in (1603)

Answer 7

James I

Question 8

When did these events happen
What period too
1.Gunpowder Plot
2.English Civil War
3. Restoration of monarchy

Answer 8

1.1605
2.1642-1651
3.1660
The Stuart

Question 9

What period included
1. Charles I’s conflict with Parliament
2.Cromwell’s Puritan rule
3. Gunpowder plot
4.English Civil War
5. James I succeeding Elizabeth
6.Restoration of monarchy

Answer 9

The Stuart Period

Question 10

Renaissance worldview
1. Shift from _____ to _______ thinking
2. Focus on ________ _______
3. Interest in ______ life

Answer 10

1.Medieval to modern
2. Human potential
3.earthly

Question 11

Renaissance worldview part 2
1. Emphasis on __________ achievement
2. Balance of _________ and _____ ideas
3. Celebration of ________ capabilities

Answer 11

1.individual
2. Classical and new
3. Human

Question 12

List the Cultural and Technological advances during the Renaissance period (6 things)

Answer 12

1. Invention of printing press
2. Increased literacy rates
   3.maritime exploration
3. Scientific discoveries
   5.Growth of theater
4. Expansion of education

Question 13

Literary Developments: Poetry
(6 things)

Answer 13

1. Rise of the sonnet form
2. Pastoral poetry popularity
   3.Court poetry flourishes
3. Technical sophistication
4. Nature as artistic expression
5. Complex metaphors and allegories

Question 14

Who are Major literary figures of the Renaissance period

Answer 14

1. William Shakespeare
   2.Christopher Marlowe
   3.Edmund Spenser
2. Sir Philip Sidney
3. Sir Walter Raleigh
   6.Ben Jonson

Question 15

What changed during the theater revolution (6 things)

Answer 15

1.first permanent theaters built
2. Globe Theatre establishment
3.Professional acting companies
4.Public and Private performances
5.Integration of music and dance
6.Theatrical innovations

Question 16

What was Shakespeare’s Impact during the Renaissance Period (6 things)

Answer 16

1. Wrote 37 plays: tragedies, comedies, histories
2. Universal themes
   3.Complex characters
3. Linguistic innovation
4. Cross-class appeal
5. Enduring influence

Question 17

How did Humanism influence the Renaissance Period(6 things)

Answer 17

1. Focus on classical learning
   2.Emphasis on human dignity
   3.Educational reform
   4.Translation of classics
   5.Balance of faith and reason
   6.Critical thinking emphasis

Question 18

What are some Key Humanist works
(5 things)

Answer 18

1. Thomas More’s Utopia
2. Classical translations
   3.Educational treatises
   4.Religious commentaries
3. Political discourse

Question 19

What are some popular Spiritual and devotional writing during the Renaissance period

Answer 19

1.King James bible completed in 1611
2. Puritan poet John Milton wrote Paradise Lost (epic blank verse poem) (based on Adam and Eve)
3. Puritan poet John Bunyan wrote the allegory The Pilgrims Progress (while in jail)

Question 20

What are some Metaphysical poets and the themes of their stories

Answer 20

Poets:
John Donne and others (used unusual imagery, complex metaphors, and irregular meter)

Themes: Death, physical love, and religious devotion

Question 21

What are some Cavalier poets and the themes of their stories

Answer 21

Poets:
Ben Johnson, Robert Herrick, and others (took side of Charles I in the civil war)
Themes:
Love, war, chivalry, and loyalty to the throne
Advocated for carpe diem or
(living in the moment)

Question 22

What are some Art and Literature connections (6 things)

Answer 22

1. Visual arts flourish
   2.Portrait miniatures
   3.Symbolic representation
   4.Court patronage
2. integration of classical themes
3. Cultural documentation

Question 23

Describes characteristics of Pastorals
(6 things)

Answer 23

1. Portrays shepherds rustic life
   2.Idealized Rural setting
2. Nature imagery
   4.Courtly language rather than language of common speech
3. Expresses thoughts about love and other subjects
   6.metrical patterns and rhyme schemes

Question 24

What type of sonnet
1. 14 lines
2. 2 parts: octave & sestet
3. Octave (8 lines) introduce problem, situation, or a question
4. Sestet (last 6 lines) resolves problem or answers question
5. Mostly about unrequited love.

Answer 24

Petrarchan/Italian

Question 25

What type of poet has the Rhyme scheme abbaabba cdcdcd or cdecde

Answer 25

Petrarchan/Italian

Question 26

What sonnets and writer used the Petrarchan/ Italian type of writing

Answer 26

Sonnet 90 Sonnet 292 Francesco Petrarch

Question 27

What type of Sonnet has 1. 14 lines 2. Three quatrain (4 line unit) followed by a couplet 3. Each quatrain address main idea or problem, or proses a question 4. Coupler provides answer or summation 5. Mostly about heartache

Answer 27

Spenserian

Question 28

What poem has the rhyme scheme abab (quatrain 1) bcbc (Quatrain 2) cdcd (Quatrain 3) ee (Couplet)

Answer 28

Spenserian

Question 29

What sonnets and author uses the Spenserian type of sonnet

Answer 29

Sonnet 30 Sonnet 75 Edmund Spenser

Question 30

What type of poem has 1. 14 lines 2. Three quatrain (4 line units) followed by a rhyming couplet 3. Often turn or shift in thought in 3rd quatrain OR couplet 4. Mostly about love and beauty but also time, change, and death.

Answer 30

Shakespearean/English

Question 31

What poem uses the rhyme scheme abab (quatrain 1) cdcd (quatrain 2) efef (quatrain 3) gg (couplet)

Answer 31

Shakespearean/English

Question 32

What was the shepherds tone toward his subject in “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”

Answer 32

His tone was hopeful and idealistic about what he could offer to persuade him to live with her.

Question 33

What was the speaker’s tone in the “Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” toward her subject.

Answer 33

Her tone was more realistic and cynical (doubtful) about the shepherds offerings.

Question 34

What type of meter does “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” and “Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”

Answer 34

Iambic tetrameter (8 syllables)

Question 35

What are the four sonnets that Shakespeare wrote

Answer 35

1. 18 2. 29 3. 116 4. 130

Question 36

What was the main idea or central theme of sonnet 18 by Shakespeare

Answer 36

Start of the poem: compare his wife to Summer but Summer doesn’t last End of the poem: His wife’s beauty will last through his verses and poems Changes in the third quatrain

Question 37

What was the main idea or central theme of sonnet 29 by Shakespeare

Answer 37

Start of the poem: hating himself and his situation Comparing himself to others End of the poem: he thinks about his wife and would not want to change even if he became a king Change in couplet

Question 38

What was the main idea or central theme of sonnet 116 by Shakespeare

Answer 38

Love can not be altered by time.

Question 39

What was the main idea or central theme of sonnet 130 by Shakespeare

Answer 39

Start of the poem: describing his wife in a bad light and hating her appearance. End of the poem: him appreciating his wife Change in the couplet

Question 40

What was the main idea or central theme of sonnet 90 by Francesco Petrarch

Answer 40

Octave : describing his experience calling him love with a woman Sestet: describing the woman from the speaker’s perspective

Question 41

What was the main idea of central idea of sonnet 292 by Francesco Petrarch

Answer 41

Octave: talking about what the woman gave to the speaker and how it is lost Sestet: The speaker losing his inspiration because of her death

Question 42

What was the main idea or central idea of sonnet 30 by Edmund Spenser

Answer 42

1 Quatrain: he is questioning how fire and ice not counteracting each other 2 Quatrain: him questioning how the opposites help each other not hurt each other 3 Quatrain: Fire and Ice help each other harden or start Couplet: power of life overpowers nature

Question 43

What was the main idea or central idea of sonnet 75 by Edmund Spenser

Answer 43

1.quatrain: when he writes his love’s name, it washes away 2 quatrain : his wife telling his efforts are fruitless 3 quatrain: he reply’s that she will live forever through his verse and poems Couplet: Their love will inspire others