Cultural And Literary English Renaissance(English Literature ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. Which of the following statements best describes the “Great Chain of Being” ?
  1.    It regarded human beings as social creatures who could create meaningful lives only in association with other social beings.
  2.    Its major premise was that every existing thing in the universe had its “place” in a divinely planned hierarchical order which was pictured as a c
  3.    It could only be achieved through faith in God’s grace.
  4.    Both A and B
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Its major premise was that every existing thing in the universe had its “place” in a divinely planned hierarchical order which was pictured as a c
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Question 2. Fill in the blank. Renaissance thinkers strongly associated themselves with the values of ____________?
  1.    Catholicism
  2.    Medieval Europe
  3.    Classical antiquity
  4.    Protestantism
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Classical antiquity
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Question 3. A total of how many sonnets constitute the entirety of “Astrophil and Stella” ?
  1.    10
  2.    20
  3.    30
  4.    40
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> 30
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Question 4. Which of the following plays by William Shakespeare is a comedy ?
  1.    “Romeo and Juliet”
  2.    “Hamlet”
  3.    “Much Ado about Nothing”
  4.    “Henry IV, Part I”
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> “Much Ado about Nothing”
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Question 5. Which of the following figures was an important political theorist of the Renaissance ?
  1.    Niccolo Machiavelli
  2.    Francesco Petrarcha
  3.    Aristotle
  4.    Plato
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Niccolo Machiavelli
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Question 6. According to John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” what is Satan’s tragic flaw ?
  1.    Lust
  2.    Pride
  3.    Jealousy
  4.    Love
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Pride
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Question 7. The character of Falstaff is important in which play(s) by William Shakespeare ?
  1.    “Henry IV, Part I”
  2.    “Henry IV, Part II”
  3.    “Titus Andronicus”
  4.    All of the above
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> All of the above
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Question 8. Greek theatre took place where ?
  1.    Large hillside amphitheaters
  2.    Large indoor theaters
  3.    Small indoor theaters
  4.    All of the above
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Large hillside amphitheaters
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Question 9. Fill in the blank. Sir Philip Sidney’s strong_____________ convictions made him publicly oppose a projected marriage for Queen Elizabeth?
  1.    Catholic
  2.    Protestant
  3.    Buddhist
  4.    Quaker
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Protestant
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Question 10. Fill in the blank. The intellectual and social movement which historians call “___________” is what lies at the base of the period we call the Renaissance ?
  1.    Socialism
  2.    Capitalism
  3.    Humanitarianism
  4.    Humanism
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Humanism
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