Objective questions on Renaissance Period prepared for M.A, M.Phil, CSS, FPSC, PPSC, PCS, Teachers and Lecturer entry tests & other competitive examination 2020.
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The middle ages in Europe were followed by the Renaissance. The Renaissance Period in English literature is also called the Elizabethan Period or the Age of Shakespeare.
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| S No. | Question | Answer |
| 1 |
The Renaissance Period is also called |
The Elizabethan Period or the Age of Shakespeare |
| 2 | Renaissance means |
Rebirth / Revival Reborn |
| 3 | The Renaissance began in |
Italy in Art and architecture |
| 4 | Fall of constantinopole by the invasion of the Turks in |
1453 A.D |
| 5 |
The essence of Revival of learning movement was |
“Man discovered himself and the universe.” And “Man, so long blinded had suddenly opened his eyes and seen.” |
| 6 |
The discovery of circumnavigated the earth by |
Vascoda Gama |
| 7 | America discovered by | Columbus |
| 8 |
The discovery of Solar system and prepared the way for Galileo was done by |
Copernicus |
| 9 | Book printing and philosophy, science and art were systemized in |
Renaissance Period |
| 10 | To bring the church and state together in England during Renaissance by |
King Henry VIII |
| 11 | The head of Church of England during Renaissance was |
Emphasis on Humanism |
| 12 | Humanism movement was started in | Italy by Dante, Petrarch and Baccaccio |
| 13 | The first Englishman who wrote under the influence of Greek studies was |
Sir Thomas More |
| 14 | Thomas More literary work written in Latin was suggested by Plato’s Republic is |
Utopia (Latin) |
| 15 |
Important aspects of Humanism movement were |
i). rediscovery of classical antiquity particularly of ancient Greece ii). Discovery of the external universe and its significance for man iii). It enhanced sensitiveness to formal beauty and the cultivation of aesthetic sense iv). Men came to be regarded as responsible for their own actions |
| 16 |
The most memorable achievement in literature during Elizabethan period was in the field of |
Drama |
| 17 |
The three important plays which write original plays in English on the Latin model were |
❶ Nicholas UdallRalph Roister Doister (Comdedy) ❷ John Still Grummar Gurton’s Needle (Comdedy) ❸ Thomas Sackville Gorbuduc or Ferrex and Porrex (Tragedy) |
| 18 |
The second period of Elizabethan drama was dominated by the |
University Wits |
| 19 | University Wits were | A professional set of literary men |
| 20 |
University Wits includes popular dramatists during the Elizabethan period were |
❶Christopher Marlowe
❷Robert Greene ❸Thomas Nashe ❹John Lyly ❺Thomas Lodge ❻George Peele ❼Thomas Kyd ❽William Shakespeare |
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Who called the popular dramatists of the Elizabethan period as “University Wits” |
George Saintsbury |
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