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level: THE RENAISSANCE

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level questions: THE RENAISSANCE

Question	Answer
Why did the English people follow Henry VIII out of the Roman church? a. They were fed up with the Roman church. b. They hated Spain, whose emperor controlled the Pope. c. None of the choices d. They were interested in Greek and Roman writings.	a. They were fed up with the Roman church.
After whom was the state of Virginia named? a. Catherine of Aragon b. Bloody Mary c. Mary Queen of Scots d. Elizabeth	d. Elizabeth
Dr. Jose Rizal is best characterized as a a. Renaissance man b. Protestant c. humanist d. None of the choices	a. Renaissance man
Which work is dubbed as the only masterpiece produced by a committee? a. PENTA b. ABBA c. KJV d. CDCD	c. KJV
According to Plutarch, the aim of life is to attain a. virtue b. humanism c. success d. creativity	a. virtue
Who among the following is NOT a representation of Queen Elizabeth? a. Joan of Arc b. Gloriana c. Cynthia d. Faerie Queen	a. Joan of Arc
According to Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, what immortalizes the subject of his poem? a. The poem b. The eye of heaven c. men d. Summer	a. The poem
In which country did the Renaissance start? a. Germany b. None of the choices c. Italy d. England	c. Italy
Which church ceiling was painted by Michelangelo with bright, heroic figures? a. Westminster Abbey b. Saint Peter's Basilica c. Sistine Chapel d. Wittenberg Church	c. Sistine Chapel
Which word/phrase was popularized by William Shakespeare? a. utopian b. brave new world c. tender mercies d. Bloody Mary	b. brave new world
Who was the famous Renaissance poet whose sonnet's rhyming structure is being followed by many other poets? a. Plutarch b. Ovid c. Oved d. Petrarch	d. Petrarch
Which invention by Johannes Gutenberg during the Renaissance made books so much easier to produce and made them much cheaper? a. engraving b. printing c. movable type d. humanism	c. movable type
What is an iambic composed of? a. one short syllable followed by two long syllables b. one short syllable followed by one long syllable c. two short syllables followed by two long syllables d. two short syllables followed by one long syllable	b. one short syllable followed by one long syllable
Who among the following is NOT a character who lived during the Renaissance? a. Galileo b. Thomas More c. Cicero d. Leonardo Da Vinci	a. Galileo
Which word/phrase was popularized by the Authorized Version of the Bible? a. wild goose chase b. long suffering c. iambic pentameter d. utopian	b. long suffering
What was the term used to refer to William Shakespeare? a. The Bard of Avon b. The Earl of Sandwich c. The Earl of Saxon d. The Swan of Saxony	a. The Bard of Avon
How many iambs are there in a line of Shakespearean poetry? a. nine b. six c. seven d. not among the choices	d. not among the choices
Who was the second greatest poet of England? a. John Milton b. William Shakespeare c. Desiderius Erasmus d. None of the choices	a. John Milton
Who posted his/her 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church? a. Desiderius Erasmus b. Martin Luther c. Henry VIII d. Thomas More	b. Martin Luther
What was the primary characteristic of the Renaissance? a. Re-invigoration of faith in the Bible especially the Psalms b. Reformation and Protestantism in European countries c. Renewed interest in the writings of ancient Greece and Rome d. Rediscovery of the route to the Spice Islands	c. Renewed interest in the writings of ancient Greece and Rome