Renaissance Mini Test

Question 1

Whose sonnets are written on the dominate theme, love?

Answer 1

Shakespeare

Question 2

Whose sonnets are written on the dominate theme, love?

Answer 2

Shakespeare

Question 3

Who had a pet pig?

Answer 3

Robert Herrick

Question 4

Who wrote “To His Coy Mistress”?

Answer 4

Andrew Marvell

Question 5

Who wrote “Faerie Queen”?

Answer 5

Edmund Spenser

Question 6

Who wrote “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”?

Answer 6

Robert Herrick

Question 7

Who had a pet pig?

Answer 7

Robert Herrick

Question 8

Who wrote “To His Coy Mistress”?

Answer 8

Andrew Marvell

Question 9

Who wrote “Faerie Queen”?

Answer 9

Edmund Spenser

Question 10

Who wrote “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”?

Answer 10

Robert Herrick

Question 11

Who wrote 154 sonnets?

Answer 11

Shakespeare

Question 12

Who spent most of his time in Ireland?

Answer 12

Edmund Spenser

Question 13

Who worked as a tutor before assisting John Milton?

Answer 13

Andrew Marvell

Question 14

Who became a priest?

Answer 14

Robert Herrick

Question 15

Who became active in politics?

Answer 15

Andrew Marvell

Question 16

Two Main Types of Sonnets

Answer 16

Petrarchan and Shakespearean

Question 17

How many lines are in a sonnet?

Answer 17

14

Question 18

The meter sonnets are usually wrote in?

Answer 18

Iambic pentameter

Question 19

Shakespeare sonnets are usually divided into 3 ___ and 1 ___.

Answer 19

3 quatrains and 1 couplet

Question 20

Sonnets which follow one another are?

Answer 20

sonnet sequence

Question 21

Two characters from the Faerie Queen and what they stand for.

Answer 21

The Red Cross Knights- mankind

Duessa- falsehood

Question 22

Two major characters in Shakespeare sonnets and be specific.

Answer 22

1. A beloved young man and friend (usually spoken of fondly and praised)
2. A dark woman (often depicted as dark, malicious, and ordinary)

Question 23

3 distinct sections in “To His Coy Mistress” and what are they about?

Answer 23

1. First section is a list of all the things he would do to praise her if there were enough time in the world.
2. The second section is a shift from timelessness to the limits of times and all that will be lost.
3. The final section is seen as a plea to the young woman to take control of the time that they have.

Question 24

3 ways that “To His Coy Mistress” and “To the Virgins…” are similar.

Answer 24

• carpe diem poems
• broke down into 3 parts which explain something different
• sonnets talk about the passing of time