Unit 3 Test 9/23/16 Flashcards
The English Reformation has been given many names. Give three of them and explain why they were called that.
- the English Renaissance, because of the rebirth of culture associated with it
- the Tudor Age, because it was ruled by the Tudor monarchs
- the Elizabethan period, because Elizabeth I was the dominant figure under which England achieved a unity of spirit it had never known before
When did Queen Elizabeth I rule?
from 1558 to 1603
When did the Renaissance occur in relation to the Reformation in England?
at the same time
What were some of the literary forms introduced in the Elizabethan Period?
- the Italian sonnet
- the “utopia”
- lyric poetry
- the romantic allegory
- literary criticism
- the essay
- the drama
- the mystery play
- the miracle play
- the morality play
Who wrote Utopia?
Sir Thomas More
Who started a translation of the Bible?
William Tyndale
Who finished a translation of the Bible stared by another man?
Miles Coverdale
What does “Utopia” mean and what is significant about the works name?
“Utopia” means “no place,” but has become associated with the idea of a perfect/ideal place. This is ironic because the “utopia” described in the work is far from perfect.
What are some things present in “Utopia” that suggest it is not an ideal society?
slaves, controlling government, etc.
What is the correspondence of sounds?
rhyme
What is the regular recurrence of sounds?
rhythm
What is the repetition of the accented or stressed vowel sound and all succeeding sounds in words which come at the ends of lines of poetry?
end rhyme
What is the measured rhythm of a poem?
meter
What is the pattern in a line of poetry consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables?
a foot
Describe the iambic (iamb) foot.
unaccented, accented
Describe the trochaic (trochee) foot.
accented, unaccented
Describe the anapestic (anapest) foot.
unaccented, unaccented, accented
Describe the dactylic (dactyl) foot.
accented, unaccented, unaccented
Describe the spondaic (spondee) foot.
accented, accented
Describe monometer (monosyllabic foot).
accented
What is the Faerie Queene’s name?
Gloriana
What does Gloriana the Faerie Queene represent? (in the Faerie Queene)
In general, she represents the concept of Glory, but specifically, she portrays Queen Elizabeth.
What does the Red Cross Knight represent? (in the Faerie Queene)
the virtue of Holiness
What does the virgin Una represent? (in the Faerie Queene)
Truth
Who wrote Doctor Faustus?
Christopher Marlowe?
What work is the following line from, and who said it?:
“To him I’ll build an altare and a church,”
Doctor Faustus, Faustus
What work is the following line from, and who said it?:
“Lo Mephistopheles, for love of thee,
I cut mine arm, and with my proper blood
Assure my soule to be great Lucifer’s
Chief Lord and regent of perpetual night.
View here the blood that trickles from mine arm,
And let it be propitious for my wish.
Doctor Faustus, Faustus
What is a form of literature written in prose or poetry or a combination of the two which relies on action to portray life or character? It tells a story by actions and dialogue.
the drama
What aids in producing the play and helping the reader visualize the setting of scenes by giving details of time, place, and the entrances and exits of characters and other pointers?
stage directions
What is the speeches between two or more characters or all the speeches of the play taken collectively?
dialogue
What is a speech by one character alone on the stage?
soliloquy
What is it called when a character either directly addresses the audience or another character to comment on the action?
aside
What refers to the actual movements and speech of characters performing or “acting out” situations on the stage?
action
What term refers to the persons who perform the action in a drama?
characters
What is the arrangement of events in a drama?
plot
What introduces the characters and conflict and provides the necessary background?
exposition
What is a drama which ends unhappily?
a tragedy
What is a drama which ends happily?
a comedy
Who wrote The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?
Christopher Marlowe
Who wrote The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd?
Sir Walter Raleigh
What work is the following line from?:
Come live with me, and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove,
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
What is the Nymph’s reply?
simply… no :(
Who were some Elizabethan sonneteers?
- Sir Philip Sidney
- Edmund Spenser
- William Shakespeare
What is a classical love song dealing with shepherds and rustic life and often presenting an idealized concept of rural life?
a pastoral
Who wrote “The Burning Babe”?
Robert Southwell
Who IS the Burning Babe?
Jesus
What is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a definite pattern of two basic varieties, Italian or English?
a sonnet
What is another name for the Italian sonnet?
Petrarchan sonnet
What is another name for the English sonnet?
Shakespearean sonnet
What work is the following line from?:
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s-day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Sonnet 18
Who wrote Essays (Of Studies)?
Francis Bacon
What work is the following lines from?: Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments: love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove:
Sonnet 116
