Literature V6 Reader 2

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 Literature Quiz /Reader 2/V6

What became important during the Renaissance? More answers possible.

1. Individualism
2. Guilds
3. Humanism
4. Religion

Which Latin phrase applied to the Renaissance?

1. Cogito,ergo sum
2. Carpe Diem
3. In vino veritas
4. Memento Mori

Why was there no theatre culture in around 410?

When did secular theatre start to emerge?

1. 12th century
2. 14thcentury
3. 15th century
4. 16th century

Why were theatres built outside the City of London?

Were there any evening performances?

1. Yes
2. No

Characteristics Elizabethan theatre

How many plays did Shakespeare write?

1. At least 37
2. Around 30
3. We don´t know
4. 25

What kind of play is The Merchant of Venice?

1. A comedy
2. A sonnet
3. A tragedy
4. A historical play

Why?

What is Shylock´s punishment?

What actual crime is he accused of?

Rhythm in rhyme with five accents of unstressed and stressed syllables

1. Alliteration
2. Stanza
3. Iambic pentameter
4. Paradox

Which period preceded the Romantic Period?

1. The neo -classical period
2. The Middle English period
3. The Old English Period

Which characteristics became important in Romantic poetry?
More answers possible.

1. Emotion & imagination
2. the unconscious mind
3. the individual spirit
4. nature & country life

What kind of language was used?

What did the Romantics criticize?
More answers possible

1. Manskind future in an industrialized society
2. Disturbance of pastoral / rural life
3. Loss of childlike innocence in urban society
4. Glorification of reason and science

Where was WWI mostly fought?

Four important war poets

How do Brooks and Owen stand for different attitudes towards the war?

Why are Brooke´s poems not about the trench warfare?

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