FLE5 Renaissance literature + history

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Renaissance
literature

What do you associate with Renaissance? Compile a list of keywords.

1) Which events happened first? Choose the right order
A. Written texts using English vernacular is popularised
B. An uprising against the British monarchy is started
C. The first reigning queen as monarch
D. King Henry VIII gets divorced

1. A B C D
2. A D C B
3. D A B C
4. D A C B

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

3.1 Queen Elizabeth defeated set the Spanish Armada on fire.

1. True
2. False

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

1. True
2. False

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

1. True
2. False

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

1. True
2. False

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

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

6. Middle Ages or Renaissance?

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