Who introduced the Italian sonnet to the British Isles during the reign of King Henry VIII ?

Related Mcqs:

1. King Henry VIII adopted what religion ?

   A. Catholicism
   B. Protestantism
   C. Buddhism
   D. Roman Catholicism

2. In 1534, King Henry VIII was declared head of what church ?

   A. The Catholic Church
   B. The English Church
   C. The Church of God
   D. Both A and B

3. Who was King Henry VIII’s first wife ?

   A. Catherine of Aragon
   B. Anne Boleyn
   C. Mary, Queen of Scots
   D. Anne of Cleves

4. What author fell in love with Anne Boleyn while she was married to King Henry VIII ?

   A. Sir Philip Sidney
   B. Sir Thomas More
   C. Thomas Wyatt
   D. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

5. Who was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn who also reigned as Queen of England from 1558 to1603 ?

   A. Elizabeth I
   B. Elizabeth II
   C. Mary, Queen of Scots
   D. Catherine of Aragon

6. In the play, “Henry V,” what country does Henry wish to conquer ?

   A. England
   B. Spain
   C. France
   D. Denmark

7. In the play, “Henry V,” who is the close friend and mentor of young Henry ?

   A. Montjoy
   B. Horatio
   C. Falstaff
   D. Nim

8. “A MANUSCRIPT was communicated to me during my travels in Italy, which was copied from the archives of the Cenci Palace at Rome, and contains a detailed account of the horrors which ended in the extinction of one of the noblest families of that city during the Pontificate of Clement VIII, in the year 1599.” All of the following state why this quotation from Perce Shelley’s “The Cenci” represents the Gothic EXCEPT_____________?

   A. The placement of the action in the past and in a foreign country
   B. The grandiose threatening setting that requires ingenious stagecraft
   C. The focus on wrongdoing at the highest level of authority
   D. The use of real historical resources by Shelley for the foundation of his play

9. Which of the following shifts began in the reign of Henry VII and continued under his Tudor successors ?

   A. the growing authority of the Pope over domestic English affairs
   B. the expansion of England’s colonial possessions
   C. the rise in the power and confidence of the aristocracy
   D. the countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority

10. What text greatly popularized the sonnet form in England during the Elizabethan period ?

    A. “Astrophil and Stella”
    B. “Utopia”
    C. “Paradise Lost”
    D. “Canterbury Tales”