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Tudor Period Flashcards

1
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The phrasing of the title of The Book of Common Prayer’s marriage ceremony indicates what about the ritual?

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Marriage is a serious transaction

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According to the selection concerning marriage from the Book of Common Prayer, after being pronounced husband and wife, the couple engages in what ceremony?

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Lord’s supper

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3
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What words accurately describe Foxe’s writing?

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Honest, straightforward, structured

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The popular title of Foxe’s great work is Book of Martyrs; the more accurate title is

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Acts and Monuments

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Why did Foxe decide to publish an English version of his Book of Martyrs?

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He wanted to influence the common people

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Foxe’s Book of Martyrs is actually composed of how many books?

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12

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How was Latimer’s dress suggestive of the situation in which he and Ridley found themselves?

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He wore a corse woolen robe and shroud that befitted his and Ridley’s present humiliation

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What is another name for the KJV?

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The Authorized Version

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9
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What is the Scripture reference for the Beatitudes?

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Matthew 5:1-12

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10
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Wycliffe

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1395

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Tyndale

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1534

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The Great Bible

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1539

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The Geneva Bible

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1560

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Bishop’s Bible

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1572

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15
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Authorized Version

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1611

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16
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Which two bible versions are most similar to each other?

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Geneva and KJV

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17
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The typical sonnet line has how many poetic feet?

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5

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18
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A sonnet consists of how many lines?

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14

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19
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Which Tudor poet invented blank verse?

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Surrey

20
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Wyatt’s “Farewell, Love” criticizes

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Cupid

21
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The dominant image in Surrey’s “Love That Liverh and Reigneth in My Thought” is

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War

22
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What is the literary term for a strained and elaborate comparison?

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Conceit

23
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Which word best describes Sidney?

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Idealistic

24
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The sonnet “O Grammar Rules” concludes that Stella

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Accepts the poet

25
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What is the title of Sidney’s romance, probably the best prose fiction of the Tudor period?

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Arcadia

26
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According to An Apology for Poetrt, in what sense can fictional stories actually be true?

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They may convey universal spiritual truths rather than particular historical truths

27
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According to An Apology for Poetry, what is the dual purpose of poetry?

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Teach and delight

28
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Raleigh twice tried to east list a settlement on

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Roanoke Island

29
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In Raleigh’s poem “The Pilgrimafe,” the travelers enter heaven

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Thirsty

30
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What are the “gowns of clay” to which Raleigh refers in “The Pilgrimage”?

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Earthly bodies

31
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Who is the lawyer in “The Pilgrimage”?

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Jesus

32
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The poem “What Is Our Life?” Compares life to what?

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A play

33
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The Shepherd’s Calendar is dedicated to

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Philip Sidney

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Name three facts about The Shepherd’s Calendar

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Spenser considered it predatory to his projected epic
It is a sophisticate, learned work
It compromises many different poetic genres

35
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Sonnet 68 (“Most Glorious Lord”) celebrates christ’s

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Resurrection

36
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How many books of The Faerie Queene did Spenser actually complete?

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6

37
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Una represents

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Truth

38
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Error’s den is located in the

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Wandering wood

39
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Which character does not in some way represent Roman Catholicism?

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Una

40
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The flimsiness of the House of Pride is indicated by what?

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Thin, insubstantial walls
Crumbling back sections
Foundation of sand

41
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What is the name of Spenser’s sonnet sequence?

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Amoretti

42
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Who is Spenser’s ideal gentleman-warrior in The Faerie Queene?

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Arthur

43
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The dwarf represents what concept?

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Reason

44
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Una represents what two concepts?

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Truth and faith

45
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What does the cannibalism of Error’s offspring represent?

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The self destructive nature of evil

46
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Who was the person most responsible for the organization and style of The Book of Common Prayer?

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Thomas Cranmer

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