FLE5 Renaissance literature + history

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Renaissance
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What year is commonly used to describe the start of the global Renaissance?

1. 1453
2. 1521
3. 1408
4. 1066

Sit in groups and move your desks in group formation

Where did the Renaissance start first?

1. Turkey
2. Italy
3. Spain
4. England

A. Written texts using English vernacular is popularised

D. King Henry VIII gets divorced

B. An uprising against the British monarchy is started

C. The first queen reigns as monarch

1. In what order did these events occur? Move the event to the correct year.

1476

1534

1558

1599

Middle Ages

Renaissance

Memento mori

Carpe Diem

Nobility

Trader class

William the Conqueror

Elizabeth I

2) Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
1. Ancient culture, philosophy and architecture helped make improvements in the Renaissance
2. Theocentrism was part of Renaissance more than anthropocentrism

1. both are true
2. both are false
3. 1 is true 2 is false
4. 1 is false 2 is true

Which one of these is not a result of the invention of Caxton's printing press?

1. Rapid increase in literacy
2. Increased communication
3. Growth of specialized knowledge
4. popularity of Quattrocento literature.

A. Queen Elizabeth set the Spanish Armada on fire.

B.Predestination is an ancient concept which gained some of its popularity after the start of the Renaissance.

C. Humanism was a movement that believed in mankind's ability to improve and evolve on its own without religion.

D. ‘Memento Mori’ was adopted by the people of the Renaissance as their motto.kst

True

False

4. Choose the characteristics that are part of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

1. Ad fontes
2. Blank verse
3. Volta
4. Metaphysical conceit

5. Anthropocentrism

1. Middle Ages
2. Renaissance

6. Carpe Diem

1. Middle Ages
2. Renaissance

7. Texts mostly written in Latin

1. Middle Ages
2. Renaissance

8. Ad fontes

1. Middle Ages
2. Renaissance

9. Metaphysical poetry

1. Middle Ages
2. Renaissance

10. Theocentrism

1. Middle Ages
2. Renaissance

11. Letting your own choices govern your path in life

1. Middle Ages
2. Renaissance

Who is the king in the picture?

1. William the Conqueror
2. James I
3. George III
4. Henry VIII

12. What fate did each of Henry the VIII's wives meet? Write in the correct order.

How many years does Faustus earn in return for his soul?

1. 24
2. 34
3. 44
4. 54

What is the name of Faustus' demon companion?

Which of the following is not an example of ad fontes from Dr. Faustus?

1. Helen of Troy (P.4)
2. Semele's myth (P.4)
3. Apollo's laurel-bough (Epilogue)
4. Homo fuge (P.3)

13. Tick the elements which belong to Shakespearean sonnets?

1. iambic pentameter
2. 14 lines
3. combination of octet + sestet
4. volta

14. Odd one(s) out: which element(s) do(es) NOT belong to metaphysical poetry?

1. conceits
2. memento mori
3. theme of (im)mortality
4. blank verse

15. Metaphysical conceits typically exist in two forms. Which ones?

16. What's the difference between a soliloquy and a monologue?

What is the text to the left?

1. monologue
2. soliloquy

17. What meter is used in this extract below?
"When I do count the clock that tells the time,
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;
When I behold the violet past prime,
And sable curls all silver’d o’er with white;"

18. What's are three themes of
To His Coy Mistress?

19. What humanist ideal can be found in To His Coy Mistress?

19. What form of metaphysical conceit does the flea in The Flea take?

Who wrote this poem?

1. Andrew Marvell
2. Christopher Marlowe
3. John Donne
4. William Shakespeare

Which of the following is NOT a meaning of the phrase 'marble vault'

1. the uterus
2. the grave
3. virginity
4. cold and distant personality

20. Analyse the poem on the right in terms of:
1. rhyme scheme
2. theme (and whether they are Renaissance or metaphysical)
3. where the volta can be found and how
4. 2 seperate poetic devices of your choice

Where is the volta in this poem? After line ...

What is the volta of this poem?