Fill in the blank. Although Sir Philip Sidney is writing 200 years before the …. revolution, he presents a very inward and self-absorbed narrator in “Astrophil and Stella.” ?

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1. Fill in the blank. Sir Philip Sidney’s strong_____________ convictions made him publicly oppose a projected marriage for Queen Elizabeth?

   A. Catholic B. Protestant C. Buddhist D. Quaker...

2. A total of how many sonnets constitute the entirety of “Astrophil and Stella” ?

   A. 10 B. 20 C. 30 D. 40...

3. Fill in the blank. Although there is dispute about the actual “invention” of the printing press with movable metal type, _________ is usually the man credited with the invention.

   A. Niccolo Machiavelli B. Johan Gutenberg C. Peter Schoeffer D. Johannes Fust...

4. Which book Edmund Spenser dedicated to the Philip Sidney ?

   A. The Faerie Queene B. The shepheaedes Calendar C. Complaints D. Colin Clouts come home again...

5. Philip Sidney was born on 30th November ?

   A. 1553 B. 1554 C. 1555 D. 1550...

6. Philip Sidney’s Apologie for Poetrie is a defence of poetry against the charges brought against it by____________?

   A. Henry Howard B. Roger Ascham C. John Skelton D. Stephen Gosson...

7. “Astrophel and Stella” is a ?

   A. Allegory B. Epic C. Sonnet D. Ballad...

8. Fill in the blank. Prior to the rise of the famed tragedians of the late 1580s,_____________ were the great headliners of the Elizabethan stage?

   A. Clowns B. Women C. Politicians D. Pantomimes...

9. Fill in the blank. The intellectual and social movement which historians call “___________” is what lies at the base of the period we call the Renaissance ?

   A. Socialism B. Capitalism C. Humanitarianism D. Humanism...

10. Fill in the blank. Renaissance thinkers strongly associated themselves with the values of ____________?

    A. Catholicism B. Medieval Europe C. Classical antiquity D. Protestantism...