16th Century MCQs

Option A: human reverence for the classics

Option B: the belief that the English were direct descendants of the ancient Greeks

Option C: pride for the vernacular language

Option D: a and c only

Correct Answer: a and c only ✔

Option A: Archbishop Cranmer

Option B: Catherine of Aragon

Option C: Elizabeth I

Option D: Mary Tudor

Correct Answer: Mary Tudor ✔

Option A: a magical power whereby poetry plays tricks on the reader

Option B: a divine power whereby poetry transmits a message from God to the reader

Option C: a moral power whereby poetry encourages the reader to emulate virtuous models

Option D: a defensive power whereby poetry and its figurative expressions allow the poet to avoid censorship

Correct Answer: a moral power whereby poetry encourages the reader to emulate virtuous models ✔

Option A: Anne Boleyn

Option B: Martin Luther

Option C: Pope Leo X

Option D: Ulrich Zwingli

Correct Answer: Martin Luther ✔

Option A: Elizabeth Eisenstein

Option B: Johannes Gutenberg

Option C: Henry VIII

Option D: William Caxton

Correct Answer: William Caxton ✔

Option A: They relied on admission charges, an innovation of the period.

Option B: The early versions were oval in shape.

Option C: They were located outside the city limits of London.

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: ignominy

Option B: unwarranted abuse

Option C: odium

Option D: love

Correct Answer: love ✔

Option A: Tudor

Option B: Windsor

Option C: York

Option D: Lancaster

Correct Answer: Tudor ✔

Option A: Atheism

Option B: Protestantism

Option C: Catholicism

Option D: Ancestor-worship

Correct Answer: Catholicism ✔

Option A: manifest destiny

Option B: extreme unction

Option C: royal absolutism

Option D: constitutional monarchism

Correct Answer: royal absolutism ✔

Option A: the patron of the acting company, eg, the Lord Chamberlain

Option B: the bishop of London

Option C: the printer

Option D: the acting company

Correct Answer: the acting company ✔

Option A: George Puttenham

Option B: Philip Sidney

Option C: Walter Ralegh

Option D: Thomas Wyatt

Correct Answer: George Puttenham ✔

Option A: Elizabeth II

Option B: Henry IX

Option C: James I

Option D: Charles I

Correct Answer: James I ✔

Option A: Ulster

Option B: the Protectorate

Option C: the Pale

Option D: West Britain

Correct Answer: the Pale ✔

Option A: They caused excessive noise and traffic.

Option B: They charged too much.

Option C: They excited illicit sexual desires.

Option D: They drew young people away from work.

Correct Answer: They charged too much. ✔

Option A: Cavalcanti

Option B: Castiglione

Option C: Pirandello

Option D: Boccaccio

Correct Answer: Castiglione ✔

Option A: remained constant.

Option B: fell from 375,00 to barely 100,000.

Option C: doubled from 60,000 to 120,000.

Option D: doubled from 600,000 to 1,200,000

Correct Answer: doubled from 60,000 to 120,000. ✔

Option A: Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus

Option B: William Shakespeare’s King Lear

Option C: Thomas More’s The History of King Richard III

Option D: Thomas More’s Utopia

Correct Answer: Thomas More’s Utopia ✔

Option A: charity

Option B: patronage

Option C: censorship

Option D: subscription

Correct Answer: patronage ✔

Option A: ruinous condition.

Option B: performing bears.

Option C: graffiti.

Option D: bookshops.

Correct Answer: bookshops. ✔

Option A: villain tragedy

Option B: poetic tragedy

Option C: heroic tragedy

Option D: revenge tragedy

Correct Answer: revenge tragedy ✔

Option A: the growing authority of the Pope over domestic English affairs

Option B: the expansion of England’s colonial possessions

Option C: the rise in the power and confidence of the aristocracy

Option D: the countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority

Correct Answer: the countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority ✔

Option A: iambic pentameter in rhyming couplets

Option B: the verse form of the Shakespearean sonnet

Option C: free verse, without rhyme or regular meter

Option D: unrhymed iambic pentameter

Correct Answer: unrhymed iambic pentameter ✔

Option A: It was aimed primarily at sons of the nobility and gentry.

Option B: Its curriculum emphasized ancient Greek, the language of diplomacy, professions, and higher learning.

Option C: It was conducted by tutors in wealthy families or in grammar schools.

Option D: It was ordered according to the medieval trivium and quadrivium

Correct Answer: Its curriculum emphasized ancient Greek, the language of diplomacy, professions, and higher learning. ✔

Option A: Castiglione’s \The Courtier\

Option B: Dante’s \Divine Comedy\

Option C: Boccaccio’s \Decameron\

Option D: Machiavelli’s \The Prince\

Correct Answer: Machiavelli’s \The Prince\ ✔

Option A: lead poisoning contracted from handling printer’s ink

Option B: the brutal punishment for printing without a license

Option C: the pre-Reformation ban on printing the Bible in English

Option D: the perception among court poets that printed verses were less exclusive

Correct Answer: the perception among court poets that printed verses were less exclusive ✔

Option A: shepherd and shepherdesses who fall in love and engage in singing contests

Option B: heroic stories in epic form

Option C: a celebration of the humility, contentment, and simplicity of living in the country

Option D: A and C only

Correct Answer: A and C only ✔

Option A: English travelers were not obliged to learn French, Italian, or Spanish during their explorations of the Continent.

Option B: English was fast supplanting Latin as the second language of most European intellectuals.

Option C: English travelers often returned from the Continent with foreign fashions, much to the delight of moralists.

Option D: Intending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England.

Correct Answer: Intending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England. ✔

Option A: interludes

Option B: spectacles

Option C: meditations

Option D: mysteries

Correct Answer: interludes ✔