English Renaissance Literature: The English Renaissance Obsessions: Themes and Symbols Quiz
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Q. Renaissance writers loved to allude to the Bible, history, and:
Monty Python
Classical Mythology
Egyptian Mythology
Norse Mythology
Q. Increased interest in mythology stems from a movement called:
Neologism
Utopianism
Humanism
Cartesean Dualism
Q. Which two mythological lovers are alluded to the most?
Pyramis and Thisbe
Echo and Narcissus
Romeo and Juliet
Titania and Oberon
Q. Humanism shifted what focus?
From utopianism to dystopianism.
From an Earth-centered solar-system to a sun-centered one.
From star-gazing to navel-gazing.
From a focus on the external and heavenly to the self.
Q. What's one thing that Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Romeo and Juliet have in have in common?
They were all written by Christopher Marlowe.
They're all concerned with exploration.
Within the play, none of the characters find live.
Within the play they all have another play or masque.