Elizabethan

Question 1

the most important of the continuities with the classical period

Answer 1

the great chain of being

Question 2

what does the great chain of being say

Answer 2

everything in the universe has its place in a divinely planned hierarchical order

Question 3

what does the order look like

Answer 3

vertical chain

Question 4

what did an object’s place depend on

Answer 4

relative proportion of spirit and matter, more spirit was better

Question 5

what is alchemy

Answer 5

belief that metals could be changed to gold by adding spirit

Question 6

what are the two universal things

Answer 6

independence and orderliness

Question 7

what doctrine demonstrated universal independence

Answer 7

correspondences, segments of the chain reflect each other

Question 8

how did they view humans

Answer 8

microcosm (little world) that reflected the structure of the world as a whole( the macrocosm)

Question 9

what is the earth made of

Answer 9

earth, wind, fire, water

Question 10

what is the human made of

Answer 10

four humors reflecting 4 elements

Question 11

what causes illness

Answer 11

an imbalance in the humors, they weren’t in proper proportion to each other

Question 12

what does the hierarchical organization of mental faculties reflect

Answer 12

hierarchical organization of family, state, and forces of nature

Question 13

what happens when order is present

Answer 13

reason rules emotions, king rules subjects, parent rules child, sun governs planets

Question 14

disorder?

Answer 14

found in one realm causes disorder in all other realms

Question 15

King Lear

Answer 15

family troubles means mental troubles and stormy nature

Question 16

renaissance writers favor

Answer 16

order

Question 17

why did writers write about disorder

Answer 17

growing frustration with hierarchy

Question 18

the chain concept says

Answer 18

everything has a place and a purpose, and to do otherwise is to betray oneself

Question 19

what is the human’s place

Answer 19

between beasts and angels

Question 20

pica dela mirandola

Answer 20

showed frustration with the order, said philosophical contemplation could bring humans to the levels of angels, wrote dignity of man

Question 21

going beyond

Answer 21

Christopher Marlowe’s character dr. Faustus, fear and fascination with human limits, wants to be beyond human and purely human

Question 22

political needs

Answer 22

strong government due to recent loss of feudalism

Question 23

major political accomplishment of the renaissance

Answer 23

establishment of strong central government

Question 24

new governments

Answer 24

monarchies, wealthy oligarchical families, city states

Question 25

what did the rule do

Answer 25

rationale for authority of rulers there is an ideal behavior that is appropriate ideals of kingship

Question 26

major intellectual movement

Answer 26

humanism, values of renaissance and lasting value

Question 27

who ruled in the 16th century

Answer 27

the tudor monarchs in England and wales

Question 28

who was the last tudor monarch

Answer 28

Elizabeth I

Question 29

1485

Answer 29

Henry VII

Question 30

after Henry VII

Answer 30

Henry VIII and his kids Edward, Elizabeth, Mary

Question 31

when did Elizabeth come to the throne

Answer 31

1558

Question 32

major questions

Answer 32

religion and economy

Question 33

Elizabeth I religious

Answer 33

brought whole country to Protestantism, first theory, then practice

Question 34

what did Elizabeth do to the church of england

Answer 34

a bit reformed, a bit conservative, everyone is happy enough, truly pleased no one

Question 35

nickname for church of england

Answer 35

mongrel beast

Question 36

what did the church allow

Answer 36

the country to stay faithful to the queen

Question 37

growth

Answer 37

middle classes, population, London, number of merchants and professionals, trade (middle east)

Question 38

how long does Elizabeth reign

Answer 38

45 years

Question 39

how was her reign

Answer 39

economically stable, grows economy

Question 40

scaling interest in

Answer 40

luxury goods

Question 41

one more thing she is known for

Answer 41

expanding known world through cartography and beginning colonies and trade

Question 42

shakespeare

Answer 42

surrounds us, familiar, we quote it, but we don't know it, many celebrations, festivals, theaters

Question 43

how do we know of Shakespeare

Answer 43

his works

Question 44

quotes

Answer 44

it's all greek to me, more sinned against than sinning, salad days, more in sorrow than anger, last property vanished into thin air, wish is father to the thought, budge an inch, green eyed jealousy, fast and loose, tongue tied, tower of strength, hoodwinked, in a pickle, knit vows, virtue of necessity, insisted on fair play, slept not one wink, stood on ceremony, dance a tempest on your lord and master, too much of a good thing, cold comfort, short shrift, laugh in stitches, better days, fool's paradise, early days, bag and baggage, high time, long and short of it, game is up, truth is out,even flesh and blood, teeth on edge, fell swoop, rhyme or reason, devil his due, truth be known, good riddance, send me packing, dead as a doornail, eyesore, lie low til crack of doom because foul play, laughing stock, devil incarnate, Italian ya head, stony hearted villain, bloody minded, blinking idiot, by jove, what the dickens, it's all one to me, oh lord, tough tough, for goodness sake, but but no buts

Question 45

shakespeare

Answer 45

private man, producer, writer in London, actor

Question 46

sonnet

Answer 46

14 lines, Shakespeare wrote 150+

Question 47

shall I compare thee to a summer's day, thou art more lovely and more temperate, rough winds break, summer too short, sometimes too hot, often gold complexion dim, every fair declines in seasons, untrimmed, but thy eternal summer shall not fade nor lose possession of fair, death shall not brag, you grow in eternal lines, so long as men breathe and eyes see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee

Answer 47

one of the most well known, used for celebrations, actually eulogy for his son Hamnet, he goes from London to Stratford upon avon to see hamnet, took 3 days, hamnet buried when he got there, wrote to survive, froze hamnet in time because eternity

Question 48

mystery

Answer 48

a lot, is magic

Question 49

winter of discontent

Answer 49

occupy wallstreet and everywhere else

Question 50

would Shakespeare thrive here

Answer 50

yes, because so much leadership and stuff, time for great heroes, henry IV

Question 51

what does Richard III want

Answer 51

trouble. crazy brothers

Question 52

henry 5 says

Answer 52

winter of discontent, band of brothers

Question 53

what do we become

Answer 53

complicit in plans of Richard III, awful feeling cheering for evil