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Renaissance History Worksheet
Name: ____________________________
(Rise and Height sections)
Supply the missing information as you read the packet.
The Renaissance was a _________________ of scholarship based on classical learning
(from ancient Greece and Rome) and philosophy, as well as of the _____________________, a
realization of the human potential for development. Artists of the period included
____________________, ______________________, and ____________________. One
revered inventor _____________________ planned flying and war machines.
The ___________________________ attempted to cleanse the Church of its abuses.
During this period two Protestant movements were founded: ____________________________
and ___________________________ . Two philosophers , _________________________ from
the Netherlands and _________________________ from Italy, focused on man’s relation ship to
man rather than on man’s relationship to God as had been the focus of the Medieval period.
Science was shaking the traditional views of the world. ________________________ in
Poland suggested the Sun was the center of the universe, not the earth. ___________________’s
telescope allowed man to view the stars.
The Renaissance is sometimes called the Age of _______________________, a direct
result of the colonization of the New World. Instrumental in the expansion of Europe were the
explorers _________________________ and _____________________ of Spain,
________________________ of England and ________________________ of France.
The Renaissance has three parts: the rise of the Renaissance under the
____________________ monarchs, the height of the period under ____________________, and
the decline of the period under the _________________ kings. The historical event that begins
this period is the ____________________________ (1485). _______________________ was
crowned king and unified England. London ‘s population increased steadily partially as a result
of ________________________ that reduced the amount of open areas for animals and for and
farming, as well as the shift in population to the cities.
The ________________________ made books and thus knowledge more available to the
people, allowing almost half the population to become literate. (__________________________
set up the first press in England.) The Oxford Group introduced the New Learning (or
__________________ -- studies concerned with human interest and values) at Oxford while
______________________ began teaching Greek at Cambridge. This influence spread to
preparatory schools and many private schools were founded.
New genres of literature were brought into England from the European continent.
Wyatt and Surrey brought the _____________________ from Italy (perfected by
____________________ in Italy) and Bacon introduced the ______________________
(originated in _______________________ by _________________________).
Two events happened which diminished the role of the Catholic Church in England. One
was __________________________ posting his __________________________ on the door of
the church in Wittenberg, Germany. The second event was the divorce of
___________________________ and King _____________________. His reason for this
divorce was his desire for a male heir. When the Pope refused to grant the divorce, Henry VIII
created the Church of England (also called __________________________) and had Parliament
declare him the head of the church. Anyone employed by the Church, in an educated profession,
or attending Oxford or Cambridge was required to take the Oath of ____________________,
which recognized Henry VIII as the head of the Church.
He had three children: ____________________ (daughter of Catherine of Aragon);
_________________________ (daughter of Anne Boleyn); and
____________________________ (son of Jane Seymour and heir to the throne). He also more
had three childless marriages to ________________________,
_____________________________, and __________________________.
Henry’s son ruled after the king’s death, followed by his sister _____________________ , who
tried to restore England to Catholicism.
Elizabeth I ruled England from ______________ to ___________________. She was
__________ years old when she was crowned queen and remained on the throne for
_____________ years. Elizabeth had three religious factions to held in check: the
________________________, the __________________ and the ____________________.
When the pope excommunicated her in 1570, England united behind its queen. However, there
were still problems with other heirs to the throne. Elizabeth’s cousin,
_______________________________ (Stuart), represented such a threat. There were many
plots that suggested that the Scottish queen would take the throne. As a result, Elizabeth had her
cousin beheaded in ________________.
Elizabeth was a well-educated queen. She established _______________ free grammar
schools open to all her subjects. ___________________________ made a college education
available to the middle class.
A second threat from outside the island nation came when
__________________________ of Spain tried to punish England for the pirating of his ships by
individuals like _______________________ (captain of the Golden Hind). He sent the
____________________________ to invade England. Its defeat meant that England would
remain _________________________ and the England was a dominant sea power.
The courtiers of the age were expected to be educated men and to live up to the
“Renaissance ideal”: _________________, ___________________ and __________________.
Elizabeth herself was a contradiction – she could be uncouth in one moment and very courteous
in the next.
This age was also known as the Golden Age of _______________________. Three
important playwrights ( _______________________, ______________________ and
_____________________) all wrote and performed on stage during her reign. These three men
caused _______________________ (unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter and introduced to
England by Surrey) to become the main poetic line of theater during the Renaissance. Every
level of society was drawn to theaters, including the criminal element. The
____________________ complained more and more about the “ungodliness” of the theaters.
The theaters were closed when an outbreak of the ___________________ and caused the acting
companies to tour the countryside.
In 1603, Elizabeth I died. On her deathbed, she named the child of her cousin Mary
Stuart (Mary, Queen of Scots) her heir. James VI of Scotland was crowned
__________________ of England, the first of the Stuart kings.
Renaissance History Quiz
British Literature
Name:____________________________
Using the Renaissance history worksheet as an aid, please write a response to each of the
following questions in the space provided.
1. In what European country did the Renaissance originate? _______________________
2. The Renaissance is defined as the rebirth of what?___________________________
3. Which Renaissance artist was also an inventor? ___________________________
4. What important invention did Galileo develop during this period? ______________________
5. Which English explorer was instrumental in the expansion of Europe? ___________________
6. What family of rulers was on the throne at the beginning of the period? __________________
7. What ruler was on the throne at the height of the Renaissance? _________________________
8. What family of rulers was on the throne during the decline of the Renaissance? ____________
9. What historical event ended when the Renaissance began? ____________________________
10. What invention enabled the population of England to become literate? __________________
11. What is the formal name of the "New Learning" introduced by the Oxford
Group? _____________________
12. At what English university did the philosopher and follower of the New Learning Erasmus
teach? __________________________
13. What genre was introduced by Wyatt and Surrey? _________________________
14. What genre was introduced to England by Sir Francis Bacon? ___________________
15 and 16. What two events occurred during this period to diminish the influence of the Catholic
Church? ____________________________ and ____________________________
17. What monarch tried to restore Catholicism? _______________________________
!8. For how many years did Elizabeth rule? _______________________________
19. What heir to the throne was Elizabeth forced to behead? ________________________
20. What historical event resulted in English supremacy on the high seas? _______________ of
_______________________________
21. and 22. What two dramatist wrote during the same time period as Shakespeare?
_______________________ and ___________________________
23. What poetic line became the main vehicle for drama during this period? _________________
24. What disease caused the playhouses to close? _____________________________
25. Who was named Elizabeth's successor? ______________________________
British Literature
Renaissance Literature
I.
_____ 1. essay
_____ 2. carpe diem
_____ 3. art or literary epic
_____ 4. synecdoche
_____ 5. metonymy
_____ 6. anastrophe
_____ 7. formal essay
_____ 8. sonnet
_____9. parallelism
_____ 10. apostrophe
_____ 11. pastoral poetry
_____ 12. metaphysical poetry
_____ 13. Cavalier poetry
_____ 14. metaphysical conceit
Name: ___________________________
January 18, 2007
A. a comparison between two items which seem to have
nothing in common, but the comparison is very true
B. poetry which celebrates and idealizes the beauty and
pleasures of country life
C. intellectual poetry written to startle the reader into
seeing something in a new perspective
D. light-hearted poetry written by men of the court
E. a fourteen line verse written in iambic pentameter
F. Latin phrase meaning "Seize the Day" and is the theme
of much Cavalier poetry
G. a moderately brief prose discussion of a restricted topic,
often presenting a personal point of view
H. serious, dignified, logically organized prose discussion
written to inform or persuade
J. inversion of the usual order of the parts of a sentence
K. figure of speech in which an absent person, an abstract
concept or inanimate object is directly addresses as
if it could respond
L. arrangement of parts of a sentence, paragraph or other
unit of composition in which one element equal in
importance to another is similarly developed and
phrased
M. a deliberate creation by the artist-writer about a
civilization or a people. It, too, may be based on
long-ago histories or on long-ago literature.
N. figure of speech in which a specific word naming an
object is substituted for another word with which it
is closely associated
P. figure of speech in which a part of something stands for
the whole thing
IV. Answer the following questions with short phrases. Complete sentences are not necessary.
1. How is most metaphysical poetry structured? (2 pts.)
2. What is the other common theme of Cavalier poetry not previously mentioned on this exam?
(1 pt.)
3. Explain the symbolism in Herrick's poem of the rosebud and the sun. (2 pts.)
rosebud =
time =
4. For each of the following common characteristics and conventions of structure of the epic,
give a specific example of its use from Paradise Lost. (2 pts. each)
A. theme revealed in opening lines:
B. epic simile:
C. Setting vast in scope:
5. What was Milton’s purpose for writing Paradise Lost? Quote the line from the poem exactly to
receive full credit. (2 pts.)
6. Explain how sonnets are structured. Give both names for each type of sonnet, the poetic line
names and the rhyme schemes as well as the structure of the poem’s content. (15 points)
III. History. Place the letter of the of the correct phrase in the space provided within the
paragraph.
A. Spanish Armada
H. Stuart
Q. Renaissance
B. Edward VI
J. Mary Tudor
R. Protestant
C. William Shakespeare
K. printing press
S. Surrey
D. Wyatt
L. Ninety-five Thesis
T. Sir Francis Drake
E. James VI
M. Mary Stuart
V. Elizabeth
F. Anglican Church
N. blank verse
W. forty-five
G. Globe
P. Tudor
The 1. ____ developed in Italy and spread westward toward England. The period in England
may be divided into three parts: the Rise of the Renaissance under the 2.____ monarchs, the
Height of the Renaissance under 3. ____ , and the Decline of the Renaissance under the 4.____
monarchs. During this period the invention of the 5. ____ made possible the rapid spread of
knowledge. The first major impact of the English Renaissance on its literature is observable in
the poetry of 6. ____ and 7.____ , who introduced and Anglicized the sonnet. Surrey is credited
with inventing English 8. ____, the dominant vehicle for plays.
Two major events occurred which diminished the influence of the Catholic Church in England.
The first was the posting of Martin Luther's 9.____ on the church door in Wittenburg, Germany.
The second was the establishment of the 10. ____ by Henry VIII, a direct result of his divorce
from Catherine of Aragon. Thus England became a 11. ____ nation. Under Henry VIII's
successor, 12 ____, the Protestant movement continued. The next monarch, 13.____, attempted
to restore Catholicism, resulting in turmoil and bloodshed. Elizabeth restored order to England.
She was twenty-five when she ascended to the throne and ruled for 14. ____ years. During her
reign, 15____, a Catholic and heir to the throne after the queen, represented an invitation to
rebellion from within and aggression without. She was beheaded in 1587. Also during
Elizabeth's reign, the defeat of the 16._____ meant that England would remain Protestant and
would emerge as a dominant power on the seas. Riches came from ventures on the sea like those
of pirate-patriot 17.____. Elizabeth's reign was also an age of courtiers, many of whom were
poets. Besides poetry, this period is considered the golden age of drama. One successful and
famous playwright was 18._____. He and his acting company owned and operated the most
famous public theater, the 19. _____. At the end of her reign, Elizabeth named her successor,
20.____.
IV. Quotations. In the space before each quotation, write the letter of the title of the piece. Circle
the word in the parenthesis which best completes the quotation. Circle the name of the author.
Authors and titles may be used more than once. (36 pts.)
Authors
A. Paradise Lost
B. “Song, To Celia”
C. “To Althea, From Prison”
D. “To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time”
E. “Of Studies”
F. “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”
G. “Meditation 17”
H. “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”
_____ 1. "Gather ye (gold, rosebuds, compasses) while ye may..."
Author: Donne Herrick Marlowe
_____ 2. "Our two souls, therefore, which are but one/ Though I must go, endure not yet / A
breach, but an expansion/ Like (time, eyes, gold) to airy thinness beat."
Author: Milton Jonson Donne
_____ 3. "Of man's first (disobedience, prison, chapter) and the (island, fruit, cage) / Of that
forbidden tree, whose mortal/ Brought death into the world…"
Author: Milton Jonson Donne
_____ 4. "No man is a(n) (prison, cage, island), entire of itself...."
Author: Donne Herrick Marlowe
_____ 5. "If they be two, they are two so/ As stiff (twin compasses, sun, rosebuds)
are two; Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show/ To move, but doth if the other do..."
Author: Bacon Donne Lovelace
_____ 6. "Stone walls do not a(n) (disobedience, prison, chapter) make,/ Nor iron bars a(n)
(island, fruit, cage)." Author: Bacon Donne Lovelace
_____ 7. "Drink to me only with thine (time, eyes, delights) / And I will pledge with mine."
Author: Jonson Marlowe Milton
_____ 8. "All mankind is of one (chapter, author, twin) and is one volume; when one man dies
one (chapter, swallowed, twin) is not torn out of the book, but is translated to a better
language." Author: Donne Bacon Milton
_____ 9. "Some books are to be (tasted, swallowed, chewed, digested) , others to be (tasted,
swallowed, chewed, digested), and some few to be (tasted, swallowed, chewed, digested
) and (tasted, swallowed, chewed, digested.” Author: Donne Bacon Milton
_____ 10. “If these (time, eyes, delights) thy mind may move, / Then live with me and be my
love.” Author: Donne Herrick Marlowe
Renaissance and Seventeenth Century Review Sheet
Works read. For each of the following pieces, know the author, genre(s) and specific literary
elements that were discussed in class.
Sonnets as a genre
Bacon: "Of Studies"
Marlowe: "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"
Raleigh: "The Nymph's Reply"
Jonson: "Still to Be Neat"; Song, To Celia"; "On My First Son"
Lovelace: "To Althea, From Prison"; To Lucasta, On Going to the Wars"
Herrick: "To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time"
Donne: "The Bait"; "A Valediction, Forbidding Mourning"; "Holy Sonnet 10"; "Meditation 17"
Milton: Paradise Lost
The King James Bible
Literary terms. Be able to define each term and examples of the use of each device within a
literary work: sonnet (both types), essay, formal essay, Cavalier poetry, carpe diem,
metaphysical poetry, metaphysical conceit, pastoral poetry, art epic, parallelism
Format
14 pts. Define terms. Matching
35 pts. Famous lines from works. Word bank provided for fill in section. Also name the author
and title of piece the lines are taken from. No word bank for poem title/ author section.
20 pts. History paragraph. Fill in the blank (word bank provided).
26 pts. short answer – structure of metaphysical pieces, Cavalier themes, symbolism of time,
rosebud, epic structure as applied to Paradise Lost and sonnet (see review on back side of this
page).
British Literature
Renaissance Literature
I.
_____ 1. essay
_____ 2. carpe diem
_____ 3. art or literary epic
_____ 4. metaphysical conceit
_____ 5. Cavalier poetry
_____ 6. anastrophe
_____ 7. formal essay
_____ 8. sonnet
_____9. parallelism
_____ 10. pastoral poetry
_____ 11. metaphysical poetry
Name: ___________________________
January 18, 2007
A. a comparison between two items which seem to have
nothing in common, but the comparison is very true
B. poetry which celebrates and idealizes the beauty and
pleasures of country life
C. intellectual poetry written to startle the reader into
seeing something in a new perspective
D. light-hearted poetry written by men of the court
E. a fourteen line verse written in iambic pentameter
F. Latin phrase meaning "Seize the Day" and is the theme
of much Cavalier poetry
G. a moderately brief prose discussion of a restricted topic,
often presenting a personal point of view
H. serous, dignified, logically organized prose discussion
written to inform or persuade
J. inversion of the usual order of the parts of a sentence
K. figure of speech in which an absent person, an abstract
concept or inanimate object is directly addresses as
if it could respond
L. arrangement of parts of a sentence, paragraph or other
unit of composition in which one element equal in
importance to another is similarly developed and
phrased
M. a deliberate creation by the artist-writer about a
civilization or a people; may be based on long-ago
histories or on long-ago literature.
IV. Answer the following questions with short phrases. Complete sentences are not necessary.
1. How is most metaphysical poetry structured? (2 pts.)
2. What is the other common theme of Cavalier poetry not previously mentioned on this exam?
(1 pt.)
3. Explain the symbolism in Herrick's poem of the rosebud and the sun. (2 pts.)
rosebud =
time =