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Why are historical periods inexact and generally unknown to all the people who live during them?
Why are historical periods inexact and generally unknown to all the people who live during them?
They are named later by historians to describe general trends rather than precise beginnings and endings.
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Which of the following statements best characterized the intellectual environment of the Renaissance?
As people became interested in the writings of ancient Greece and Rome, they became more inquisitive and creative.
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The Renaissance is said to have begun in the fourteenth century in--
Italy
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All of the following extraordinary people flourished in the Renaissance except--
Isaac Newton
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Why did the invention of printing with movable type have a great impact?
The wide availability of reading material allowed ideas to spread quickly.
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Who invented the printing press with movable type?
Johannes Gutenberg
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How did Martin Luther contribute to the beginning of the Reformation?
By developing a personal form of Christianity not based on papal decrees.
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How did the Act of Supremacy change England?
England separated from the Catholic Church, and the English Reformation began.
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King Henry VIII of England be considered a “Renaissance man” because he --
Was literary, musical, athletic, and scholarly.
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In the mid-1500s, many people in England were dissatisfied with the Church of England because they--
Felt that the church was insufficiently reformed, merely a copy of Catholicism.
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Why did Queen Elizabeth of England fear Mary Queen of Scots?
She feared that Mary Queen of Scots would cause a Catholic uprising within England.
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England’s independence from the Catholic countries of the Mediterranean was ensured by--
The English navy’s defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
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Oliver Cromwell’s rule in England was marked by the introduction of __ religious practices.
Puritan
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The end of the English Renaissance was characterized by --
Increasing interest in secular, rather than religious, values.
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Identify a key writer of the Renaissance period:
Christopher Marlowe
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What two forms of literature were most prominent in the Renaissance?
Poetry and drama
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What does Renaissance mean literally?
Rebirth
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Why was the Renaissance slower to occur in England than in Italy?
It started in Italy, and the civic distress in England (War of the Roses).
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Why was Edward crowned King of England when Henry VIII died in 1547 ahead of his sisters?
The law ordered a man must be crowned before a woman.
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Their reign is popularly remembered for the easy morality of their court, reflected in much of the literary and artistic production of their day.
Charles II
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Battled the Catholic Church for authority and worried about producing an heir to the English throne.
Henry VIII
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A short reign dominated by regents who tried to strengthen their own positions.
Edward VI
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Usurped the throne of Richard III after a series of English civil wards for control of the English throne.
Henry VII
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Their reign defined a sense of English National identity and expertly balanced religious, social, governmental, and personal forces.
Elizabeth I
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An unknowing and then an unwilling pawn in a political coup orchestrated by John Dudley, the Earl of Northumberland.
Lady Jane Grey
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Referred to as Lord Protector; allowed greater religious freedom for Protestants.
Oliver Cromwell
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Best known for devout Catholic faith and vigorous attempt to revers the English Protestant Reformation.
Mary I
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Their authoritarian rule and quarrels with member of Parliament provoked an English civil war and led to the abolishment of the monarchy in 1649.
Charles I
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Their most important act of cultural patronage was the authorized translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England.
James I
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Who is the first character to attempt to speak with the ghost?
Horatio
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Who is Fortinbras?
Prince of Norway
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Who is now married to the late King Hamlet’s wife?
Claudius
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Where has Laertes been studying?
France
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What are Hamlet’s feelings about his mother?
He sees his mother as weak and lustful.
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The following line is said by --
“And, above all, be true to yourself. Then you wont be false to anybody else.”
“And, above all, be true to yourself. Then you wont be false to anybody else.”
Polonius
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The following line is said by --
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”
Marcellus
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Who poisoned King Hamlet in the orchard?
Claudius
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The ghost tells Hamlet--
Not to be unkind to Gertrude.
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What is the name of the castle where Hamlet is set?
Elsinore
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Under new laws during the English Renaissance, theater companies could legally perform if--
They obtained a formal patron or sponsor in the nobility.
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Who banned theater in 1642?
The Puritan-led parliament.
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Who lifted the ban on English women acting on public stages?
King Charles II
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What was the name of William Shakespeare’s theater company before it was changed to The King’s Men in 1603?
Lord Chamberlain’s Men
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--the most popular private theater-- was built on the grounds of a former Dominican monastery.
The Blackfriars
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Restoration theater evolved under which monard?
King Charles II
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Label the Globe Theater.
1\.) Flag
2\.) The “Heavens”
3\.) Tiring House
4\.) Upper Stage
5\.) Galleries
6\.) Main Stage
7\.) Inner Stage
8\.) Open Yard
9\.) Support Pillars
10\.) Trap Door
11\.) Entrance
12\.) Brick Foundation
2\.) The “Heavens”
3\.) Tiring House
4\.) Upper Stage
5\.) Galleries
6\.) Main Stage
7\.) Inner Stage
8\.) Open Yard
9\.) Support Pillars
10\.) Trap Door
11\.) Entrance
12\.) Brick Foundation
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What is the real reason Polonius sends Reynaldo to France?
To spy on Laertes.
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How has Hamlet shocked Ophelia?
By his disheveled appearance and strange behavior.
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Polonius is convinced that Hamlet is--
In love with Ophelia.
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Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Hamlet’s “friends” who are sent to spy on him by Claudius because Hamlet is percieved as a threat.
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Whom does Fortinbras swear he will not attack?
Denmark
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How does Polonius intend to confirm his theory about the cause of Hamlet’s madness?
He, and Claudius will observe a conversation between Hamlet and Ophelia.
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What does Hamlet believe about women?
They are weak and deceptive.
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What does Hamlet suspect about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
He has a feeling they did not come to Denmark just to see him.
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Who requests the play “The Murder of Gonzago” to be performed?
Hamlet
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How does Hamlet think Claudius will react to the play?
He will be shocked, as it will remind him of King Hamlet’s death.
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What does Claudius say he will do about Hamlet?
He will send Hamlet to England.
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Who says that Hamlet’s brilliant mind is lost?
Ophelia
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What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the play?
He asks Horatio to observe Claudius’s reactions.
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How does Hamlet tease Ophelia?
He makes inappropriate sexual jokes during the performance.
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What is Claudius’s reaction to the play?
He shouts and storms out of the room.
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Who sends for Hamlet after the play?
Gertrude
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Who plans to spy on Gertrude and Hamlet?
Polonius
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To what idea of Hamlet’s madness does Polonius cling? Why?
Polonius thinks Hamlet is lovesick. He does not know of Hamlet’s revenge plot.
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Whom does Hamlet trust most above all others?
Horatio
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What does the play-within-a-play reveal?
Claudius did kill King Hamlet.
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What is Hamlet’s attitude toward Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
He is cold towards them, and lectures them.
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Why does Hamlet not kill Claudius when given the opportunity?
Claudius is praying, and Hamlet does not want him sent to Heaven.
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How does Hamlet behave towards his mother? What changes after the ghost visits?
He is dangerous, and scares her. He is kind, as the ghost reminds him to be.
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What happens to Polonius?
He is stabbed by Hamlet.
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On the orders of Claudius, who will accompany Hamlet to England?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
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Whom does Gertrude rush to see after Polonius is killed?
Claudius
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What does Claudius say he is full of?
Confusion and despair.
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Who says that Claudius is “like an ape” who uses men as he pleases?
Hamlet
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What orders does Claudius sent to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
He orders that Hamlet be killed.
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What is Fortinbras doing when he comes across Hamlet, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern?
He is on his way to attack Poland.
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What does Hamlet resolve to do after meeting Fortinbras?
He vows to kill Claudius.
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Ophelia was driven mad in part--
Her father’s death.
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How does Claudius react to Ophelia?
He is concerned and orders that she be watched.
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How do the people of Denmark feel about Laertes upon his return?
They feel that he ought to be king.
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Hamlet is kidnapped by--
Pirates
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Claudius says that he will not punish Hamlet because--
Too many people adore Hamlet.
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Laertes is happy about Hamlet’s return to Denmark because--
He plans to kill him.
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How does Ophelia die?
She drowns in a river.
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Which two characters plot to kill Hamlet?
Claudius and Laertes
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Why are the gravediggers arguing about Ophelia?
Because they hear that she has killed herself.
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What does the gravedigger say to Hamlet when he asks whose grave he is digging?
He says that its his own grave.
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What does Hamlet say to Laertes upon realizing that it is Ophelia’s funeral?
He says that he loved Ophelia in ways that no one could understand.
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What does Hamlet tell Horatio about death?
That it is inevitable.
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How does Gertrude die?
She accidentally drinks win that Claudius poisoned.
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How does Hamlet find out about Claudius’s plan?
Laertes makes a dying declaration.
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Who will become King of Denmark at the end of the play?
Fortinbras
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What does the dying Hamlet tell Horatio to do?
He tells Horatio to live and pass along his story.
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Who is Yorick?
The jester of Hamlet. His grave is now Ophelia’s.
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What is Hamlet’s reaction to Laertes’ behavior at Ophelia’s funeral?
He lectures Laertes for being dramatic, and making everything about himself.
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What happened to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Hamlet changed Claudius’ orders and so they will be killed when they reach England, instead of Hamlet.
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Describe Hamlet’s state of mind before he fences with Laertes.
He is calm, and in control of his emotions, seeing death as the great leveler.
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How does Claudius die?
He is stabbed by the poisoned rapier, and forced to drink the poisoned wine by Hamlet.
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How does Hamlet die?
He is stabbed by the poisoned rapier by Laertes.
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Who ruled England during most of the 19th century?
Queen Victoria
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