Deck 19: England in the Tudor Age: This Other Eden

Question 1

Why did drama become so popular during the Elizabethan period?

A)Elizabeth insisted on entertainment for the Londoners.
B)The London monasteries were converted to theaters.
C)The middle and upper classes had more leisure time.
D)Plays gave expression to England's religious strife.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Henry VIII insisted upon being called "Your Majesty" rather than "Your Highness" to

A)equate himself with God.
B)distinguish himself from other European kings.
C)associate himself with the ancient Roman emperors.
D)emphasize the magnificence of his court.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

In his Adages,Desiderius Erasmus seems to equate Henry VIII with

A)Achilles.
B)Aeneas.
C)Hector.
D)Oedipus.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Thomas More's ideas about an ideal society were,in part,inspired by

A)China.
B)Africa.
C)the Americas.
D)Ireland.

Question 5

Which Elizabethan writer used the English sonnet form so successfully that it has been given his name?

A)Sir Philip Sydney
B)Christopher Marlowe
C)Edmund Spenser
D)William Shakespeare

Question 6

In an English sonnet,the resolution or explanation is the last

A)couplet.
B)quatrain.
C)sestet.
D)octave.

Question 7

Why did Mary I order mass executions of Protestants when she assumed the throne in 1553?

A)Like her mother,she was a devout Catholic.
B)She hoped to gain Rome's aid in defeating the invading French.
C)She blamed the Protestants for her brother's death.
D)She wanted to appease her Catholic husband,Philip of Spain.

Question 8

in Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors,the skull between the two ambassadors represents

A)Henry VIII's tendency to execute his enemies.
B)the fate that awaits us all.
C)death's equalizing of opposing factions.
D)human blindness to the inevitable.

Question 9

Why was portraiture so popular in Tudor England?

A)Portraits represented the new sense of middle-class wealth.
B)Henry had banned artists from painting religious scenes.
C)The English wished to emulate Renaissance Italians.
D)Portraits show the humanist emphasis on individualism.

Question 10

Henry VIII wrote a tract condemning Martin Luther and his religious reforms to

A)earn a "Defender of the Faith" title from the pope.
B)justify Henry's formation of the Church of England.
C)position himself for appointment as Holy Roman Emperor.
D)support his Catholic ally,King Charles V of Germany.

Question 11

In the skull of The Ambassadors,Hans Holbein uses

A)linear perspective.
B)atmospheric perspective.
C)foreshortening.
D)anamorphic projection.

Question 12

Hans Holbein painted Thomas More with beard stubble and sagging skin because he wanted to

A)honor More's request that he portray him realistically.
B)emphasize More's tireless service to the king.
C)make his work look like Roman portrait busts.
D)convey More's distress at Henry's politics.

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT one of William Byrd's reasons for people to learn to sing?

A)It strengthens the lungs.
B)It remedies stuttering.
C)It honors God.
D)It makes people more pleasant.

Question 14

Why after August 8,1588,could Elizabeth I claim English supremacy in world affairs?

A)The English established a settlement in the New World.
B)The pope declared her a "Defender of the Faith."
C)The English fleet defeated the Spanish Armada.
D)England established exclusive trade rights with India.

Question 15

During Elizabeth's reign,living in London became desirable primarily because of

A)cultural opportunities.
B)higher wages.
C)a repeal of tax laws.
D)a housing surplus

Question 16

Sixteenth-century London's construction and population growth was precipitated by

A)Henry VIII's death.
B)the Dissolution Act of 1536.
C)the end of the Black Death.
D)England's defeat of the Spanish Armada.

Question 17

Italian sonnets differ from English sonnets in

A)number of lines.
B)theme.
C)rhyme scheme.
D)rhythm.

Question 18

Publication of what work directly inspired sacred music during the Elizabethan age?

A)Psalms,Sonnets,& Songs
B)The First Book of Common Prayer
C)Amoretti
D)"Green Growth the Holly"

Question 19

Henry VIII broke away from Rome and started his own Church of England to

A)retaliate for not being appointed Holy Roman Emperor.
B)support Martin Luther's Reformation.
C)annul his marriage to Katharine of Aragon.
D)place himself on the same level as the pope.

Question 20

In The Ambassadors,the lute with the broken string probably symbolizes the

A)break between the Protestants and the Catholics.
B)disharmony in England over Henry's marriages.
C)separation of religion and science.
D)broken relations between England and France.

Question 21

List at least three characteristics of Thomas More's ideal society and then show how England during the early sixteenth century was the opposite of this utopia.

Question 22

Identify and describe the subjects and circumstances of Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors.

Question 23

All of the following are popular themes in Shakespeare's romantic comedies EXCEPT

A)mistaken identity.
B)feuding families.
C)battles of the sexes.
D)lovers' errors in judgment.

Question 24

What in Dr.Faustus would become a standard feature of the Elizabethan stage?

A)extended soliloquys
B)blending of tragic and comedy
C)boys playing female roles
D)a play within a play

Question 25

Identify at least three objects that Holbein includes in The Ambassadors,and explain their inclusion and their symbolism.

Question 26

Explain a conceit,a characteristic of Elizabethan poetry,and provide at least one example.

Question 27

Until James Burbage opened his Shoreditch theater,who supported the acting companies?

A)audiences
B)Queen Elizabeth
C)Parliament
D)noblemen

Question 28

Hamlet is the most desired role and the most often performed character in the history of the English stage because of

A)multiple soliloquys.
B)dramatic death.
C)openness and complexity.
D)tormented love affair.

Question 29

English families agreed to colonize Roanoke Island in 1587

A)to gain religious freedom.
B)in exchange for land.
C)to avoid imprisonment.
D)to escape tyrant English landlords.

Question 30

Identify and analyze the implications of at least two reasons for Henry VIII's separation from the Roman Catholic Church and founding of his Church of England.

Question 31

Identify and discuss three changes in England brought about by Henry's sale of the monastic lands.

Question 32

Christopher Marlowe's Dr.Faustus turns to black magic out of

A)dissatisfaction with traditional scholarship.
B)a desire to achieve immortality.
C)a wish to be the world's greatest professor.
D)anger about dissention in religion

Question 33

The first real cash crop exported from the New World was

A)corn.
B)hemp.
C)tobacco.
D)sugar cane.

Question 34

England sought to establish a colonial foothold in the Americas to

A)search for gold in the newfound land.
B)prevent the French from claiming North America.
C)Christianize the indigenous peoples.
D)counter the powerful Hispanic Catholic presence there.

Question 35

Which form became known as "Marlow's mighty line"?

A)terza rima
B)blank verse
C)rhyming couplets
D)free verse

Question 36

Describe the layout of an Elizabethan public playhouse such as Richard Burbage's The Globe.Then compare it to a modern playhouse or theater.

Question 37

For John Smith and the English people,Pocahontas symbolized the

A)Jamestown colony's civilizing mission.
B)ability of the English and natives to intermarry.
C)inherent goodness of the English colonists.
D)fertility of the new world.

Question 38

List and explain at least three of William Byrd's reasons to persuade people to learn to sing.

Question 39

After the loss of the Roanoke colony,the London Company of Virginia recruited settlers by

A)launching a sustained advertising campaign.
B)granting pardons to criminals who agreed to go to Virginia.
C)allotting shares of the Company to those who would settle.
D)forcing members of the military and their families to go.

Question 40

In Jan Bruegel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens's Allegory of Sight,pictured in the chapter's "Continuity & Change" section,Venus stares sadly at a painting of Christ healing the blind.Explain the symbolism of this juxtaposition of the mythological and the spiritual.

Question 41

Compare Marlowe's character Dr.Faustus to Shakespeare's Hamlet as protagonists,focusing on their reasons for and means of achieving their goals.

Question 42

Analyze the English propagandizing of the marriage between Pocahontas (Rebecca)and John Rolfe-how it was used as propaganda and why.