Tudor Period Flashcards
The phrasing of the title of The Book of Common Prayer’s marriage ceremony indicates what about the ritual?
Marriage is a serious transaction
According to the selection concerning marriage from the Book of Common Prayer, after being pronounced husband and wife, the couple engages in what ceremony?
Lord’s supper
What words accurately describe Foxe’s writing?
Honest, straightforward, structured
The popular title of Foxe’s great work is Book of Martyrs; the more accurate title is
Acts and Monuments
Why did Foxe decide to publish an English version of his Book of Martyrs?
He wanted to influence the common people
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs is actually composed of how many books?
12
How was Latimer’s dress suggestive of the situation in which he and Ridley found themselves?
He wore a corse woolen robe and shroud that befitted his and Ridley’s present humiliation
What is another name for the KJV?
The Authorized Version
What is the Scripture reference for the Beatitudes?
Matthew 5:1-12
Wycliffe
1395
Tyndale
1534
The Great Bible
1539
The Geneva Bible
1560
Bishop’s Bible
1572
Authorized Version
1611
Which two bible versions are most similar to each other?
Geneva and KJV
The typical sonnet line has how many poetic feet?
5
A sonnet consists of how many lines?
14
Which Tudor poet invented blank verse?
Surrey
Wyatt’s “Farewell, Love” criticizes
Cupid
The dominant image in Surrey’s “Love That Liverh and Reigneth in My Thought” is
War
What is the literary term for a strained and elaborate comparison?
Conceit
Which word best describes Sidney?
Idealistic
The sonnet “O Grammar Rules” concludes that Stella
Accepts the poet
What is the title of Sidney’s romance, probably the best prose fiction of the Tudor period?
Arcadia
According to An Apology for Poetrt, in what sense can fictional stories actually be true?
They may convey universal spiritual truths rather than particular historical truths
According to An Apology for Poetry, what is the dual purpose of poetry?
Teach and delight
Raleigh twice tried to east list a settlement on
Roanoke Island
In Raleigh’s poem “The Pilgrimafe,” the travelers enter heaven
Thirsty
What are the “gowns of clay” to which Raleigh refers in “The Pilgrimage”?
Earthly bodies
Who is the lawyer in “The Pilgrimage”?
Jesus
The poem “What Is Our Life?” Compares life to what?
A play
The Shepherd’s Calendar is dedicated to
Philip Sidney
Name three facts about The Shepherd’s Calendar
Spenser considered it predatory to his projected epic
It is a sophisticate, learned work
It compromises many different poetic genres
Sonnet 68 (“Most Glorious Lord”) celebrates christ’s
Resurrection
How many books of The Faerie Queene did Spenser actually complete?
6
Una represents
Truth
Error’s den is located in the
Wandering wood
Which character does not in some way represent Roman Catholicism?
Una
The flimsiness of the House of Pride is indicated by what?
Thin, insubstantial walls
Crumbling back sections
Foundation of sand
What is the name of Spenser’s sonnet sequence?
Amoretti
Who is Spenser’s ideal gentleman-warrior in The Faerie Queene?
Arthur
The dwarf represents what concept?
Reason
Una represents what two concepts?
Truth and faith
What does the cannibalism of Error’s offspring represent?
The self destructive nature of evil
Who was the person most responsible for the organization and style of The Book of Common Prayer?
Thomas Cranmer
