What does the Renaissance mean?

1. 
   What does the Renaissance mean?
   

1. 
   А. Re-birth
   
2. 
   В. Re-built
   
3. 
   С. Re-place
   
4. 
   D. Re-make
   

2. 
   The first major work of English literature is…
   
   1. 
      “Elena”
      
   2. 
      “Juliana”
      
   3. 
      “Beowulf”
      
   4. 
      “Anglo-Saxon Chronicle”
      
3. 
   Alfred the Great was …
   
   1. 
      …a monk, who lived at the end of the 18^th century
      
   2. 
      …a shepherd at Whitby, a famous abbey in Yorkshire
      
   3. 
      …a poor priest
      
   4. 
      …a Latin scholar
      
4. 
   Chaucer`s poetry is generally divided into …
   
   1. 
      three periods
      
   2. 
      four periods
      
   3. 
      two periods
      
   4. 
      five periods
      
5. 
   Fables are…
   
   1. 
      a funny metrical short story about cunning humbugs and the unfaithful wives of rich merchants.
      
   2. 
      a short story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents.
      
   3. 
      a long narrative in verse or prose telling of the adventures of a hero
      
   4. 
      a popular literary form, comes from unlettered people
      
6. 
   Who collected the romances about King Arthur?
   
   1. 
      William Langland
      
   2. 
      Thomas Malory
      
   3. 
      Edmund Spenser
      
   4. 
      Philip Sidney
      
7. 
   Who was the author of ballads?
   
   1. 
      Geoffrey Chaucer
      
   2. 
      Thomas Malory
      
   3. 
      Unknown
      
   4. 
      William Langland
      
8. 
   Renaissance thinkers paid greater attention to the study of:
   
   1. 
      Humanity
      
   2. 
      Culture
      
   3. 
      Nature
      
   4. 
      Science
      
9. 
   Queen Elizabeth established_____ free grammar schools in all parts of the country:
   
   1. 
      102
      
   2. 
      200
      
   3. 
      150
      
   4. 
      100
      
10. 
    James Burbage built England`s first play house called:
    
    1. 
       the House
       
    2. 
       the Club
       
    3. 
       the Show
       
    4. 
       the Theatre
       
11. 
    _____is a short poem that expresses a poet`s personal emotions and thoughts in a song like style
    
    1. 
       the lyric
       
    2. 
       the song
       
    3. 
       the poem
       
    4. 
       the sonnet
       
12. 
    The biographers of the English authors illustrate that Marlowe was___ when he was killed.
    
    1. 
       27
       
    2. 
       29
       
    3. 
       28
       
    4. 
       30
       
13. 
    Who were humanists?
    
    1. 
       Scholars
       
    2. 
       Artists
       
    3. 
       Scholars and artists
       
    4. 
       Artists and painters
       
14. 
    The Renaissance in England is usually studied by dividing it into:
    
    1. 
       Three parts
       
    2. 
       Two parts
       
    3. 
       Four parts
       
    4. 
       Five parts
       
15. 
    Which invention made possible the rapid spread of knowledge?
    
    1. 
       Press
       
    2. 
       Paper
       
    3. 
       Ink
       
    4. 
       Printing press
       
16. 
    The greatest of the Puritan poets and one of the greatest English poets was:
    
    1. 
       Ben Johnson
       
    2. 
       John Milton
       
    3. 
       Ch. Marlowe
       
    4. 
       Francis Bacon
       
17. 
    Thomas More published his famous work “Utopia” at the age of…
    
    1. 
       38
       
    2. 
       48
       
    3. 
       40
       
    4. 
       45
       
18. 
    Who is the author of the poem “Shepherd’s Calendar” (1579)?
    
    1. 
       F. Bacon
       
    2. 
       Th. More
       
    3. 
       E. Spenser
       
    4. 
       R. Hooker
       
19. 
    Ph. Sidney dedicated his longest work, the “Arcadia”, to his ____ Mary.
    
    1. 
       Girl friend
       
    2. 
       Sister
       
    3. 
       Wife
       
    4. 
       Mother
       
20. 
    The comedy “Twelfth Night” centers on the typical Shakespearian conflict between______ emotion
    
    1. 
       True and happy
       
    2. 
       Sad and false
       
    3. 
       Personal and social
       
    4. 
       True and false
       

21. 
    Where did the Renaissance begin?
    
    1. 
       In Russia
       
    2. 
       In Italy
       
    3. 
       In Germany
       
    4. 
       In Britain
       
22. 
    Fabliaux are…
    
    1. 
       a funny metrical short story about cunning humbugs and the unfaithful wives of rich merchants.
       
    2. 
       a short story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents.
       
    3. 
       a long narrative in verse or prose telling of the adventures of a hero
       
    4. 
       a popular literary form, comes from unlettered people
       
23. 
    W. Shakespeare and E. Spenser wrote ____sequences.
    
    1. 
       poem
       
    2. 
       verse
       
    3. 
       ballad
       
    4. 
       sonnet
       
24. 
    In the …. The Norman kings made London their residence.
    
    1. 
       13^th century
       
    2. 
       15^th century
       
    3. 
       14^th century
       
    4. 
       12^th century
       
25. 
    During the second period (1596-1600) Shakespeare wrote…
    
    1. 
       Hamlet
       
    2. 
       Romeo and Juliet
       
    3. 
       Othello
       
    4. 
       Macbeth
       
26. 
    What was the most important work written by Bede?
    
    1. 
       “Elena”
       
    2. 
       “Juliana”
       
    3. 
       “Beowulf”
       
    4. 
       “The Ecclesiastical History of theEnglish Race”
       
27. 
    Grammar schools were open to ____ of all ranks
    
    1. 
       Ladies
       
    2. 
       Boys
       
    3. 
       Both sexes
       
    4. 
       Girls
       
28. 
    The Elizabethan period was the golden age of English _____
    
    1. 
       prose
       
    2. 
       play
       
    3. 
       music
       
    4. 
       drama
       
29. 
    When were founded the first universities?
    
    1. 
       13^th century
       
    2. 
       15^th century
       
    3. 
       14^th century
       
    4. 
       12^th century
       
30. 
    “Utopia” by Th. More was written in ______
    
    1. 
       Latin
       
    2. 
       French
       
    3. 
       English
       
    4. 
       Greek
       

31. 
    What event gave official birth to the Romantic Age in English literature?
    

1. 
   The Chartist movement
   
2. 
   Oliver Cromwell’s death
   
3. 
   The publication of “Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect” by R. Burns
   
4. 
   The publication of “Lyrical Ballads” by W. Wordsworth and S. T. Coleridge
   

32. 
    Who was the author of the best English satirical comedies?
    

1. 
   Ch. Marlowe
   
2. 
   Ben Jonson
   
3. 
   A. Pope
   
4. 
   W. Shakespeare
   

33. 
    What novel written by Thackeray remained unfinished because of his death?
    

1. 
   “The Newcomers”
   
2. 
   “The History of Pendennis”
   
3. 
   “Denis Duval”
   
4. 
   “The Virginians”
   

34. 
    What writer are the following lines about? “She created Hercule Poirot, the little Belgian detective”.
    

1. 
   Agatha Christie
   
2. 
   Jane Austen
   
3. 
   The Bronte` sisters
   
4. 
   George Eliot
   

35. 
    What writer are the following lines about?
    

“In 1701 he wrote a satire in verse, “The True-born Englishman””

1. 
   Sir Walter Scott
   
2. 
   R. Stevenson
   
3. 
   D. Defoe
   
4. 
   Tennyson
   

36. 
    Poets and writers of that period imitated Latin books about the early Christians.
    

1. 
   Renaissance period
   
2. 
   Anglo-Saxon period
   
3. 
   Norman period
   
4. 
   Augustan Age
   

37. 
    What event marked the end of the Romantic period in English literature?
    

1. 
   G. G. Byron’s death in 1824
   
2. 
   Walter Scott’s death in 1832
   
3. 
   The end of the Puritan Rule in 1660
   
4. 
   J. Milton’s death in 1674
   

38. 
    What did Charles Dickens describe in his novels “Oliver Twist” and “David Copperfield”?
    

1. 
   The lives of children made miserable by cruel or thoughtless adults.
   
2. 
   The lives of medical workers, who served for the well-being of their country
   
3. 
   Unhappy love
   
4. 
   The spread of Christianity
   

39. 
    Who are the main characters of “Paradise Lost”?
    

1. 
   Gabriel, Raphael, Michael
   
2. 
   Eliza, Robin, Eliot
   
3. 
   Dorian Gray, Higgins, Oliver Twist
   
4. 
   God, Adam, Eve, Satan
   

40. 
    Which was the first poetic work published by Walter Scott?
    

1. 
   The Lay of the Last Minstrel
   
2. 
   The Lady of the Lake
   
3. 
   Ivanhoe
   
4. 
   Hour of Idleness
   

41. 
    When did the “University Wits” live?
    

1. 
   In the Victorian Age
   
2. 
   In the Augustan Age
   
3. 
   In the Elizabethan Age
   
4. 
   In the Age of Enlightenment
   

42. 
    In what line are the Lake poets listed?
    

1. 
   P. B. Shelley, W. Scott, G. G. Byron
   
2. 
   J. Milton, Sir Ph. Sidney, E. Spencer
   
3. 
   R. Southey, G. G. Byron, R. Burns
   
4. 
   W. Wordsworth, S. T. Coleridge, R. Southey
   

43. 
    Which writer is characterized by the following: He was the creator of a new literary language. He was the true founder of English literature.
    

1. 
   John Milton
   
2. 
   Ben Jonson
   
3. 
   Geoffrey Chaucer
   
4. 
   William Shakespeare
   

44. 
    Which tragedy written by W. Shakespeare is considered the hardest of the works to understand because of the main character’s behavior?
    

1. 
   Othello
   
2. 
   Hamlet
   
3. 
   King Lear
   
4. 
   Macbeth
   

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