One day I wrote her name in the Strand
In the above sonnet the narrator is concerned about
1. His loves death
2. His love returning his love
3. Immortality of his love
The waves on the sand are a metaphor for what?
1. The narrator’s strange ability
2. His inconsistency
3. Life’s shortness and temporality
4. About love
The speaker expresses in a straightforward way his ideas regarding the immortal nature of his affection for his
1. Poetry
2. His lover
3. His friends
4. His queen.
Which statement describes the characteristics of the Renaissance?
1. The social structure became rigid
2. Creativity in the arts was encouraged
3. Humanism decreased
4. The individual became less important
Which statement best describes the change that occurred during the renaissance?
1. The use of reason was encouraged
2. Technology and science was unimportant
3. A new questioning spirit and attitude immerged
4. Humanism became the dominant political system.
European society during the renaissance was different from the European society during
1. The church was no longer influential
2. The emphases on individual work increased
3. Economic activity declined
4. Art no longer contained religious themes.
Who are humanists?
1. People who taught church religion
2. People who taught the human body
3. Started to read Roman and Greek Literature again
4. Studied Medieval Classics.
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance?
1. The emphases on individualism
2. Confidence in human rationalism
3. The development of social insurance
4. The emergence of rich Merchants.
Who popularized the poem for the first time? Petrarch
Which of the following was NOT one of the religious reformers?
1. Martin Luther
2. Erasmus
3. Gene Calvin
4. Edmond Spence
The only Sonneteer that wrote a sonnet sequence to his wife was
1. Shakespeare
2. Spencer
3. Petrarch
4. Sidney