Unit 2 Flashcards
(189 cards)
The glory of Henry VIII’s court was reflected in which new title instituted by the king?
Your Majesty
When Thomas More published Utopia in 1516, it was not only a description of an ideal state, but also a-?
Critique of English Politics
Which features illustrates a convention of English portraiture?
Three Quarter profile
Philip II of Spain was motivated to launch the Spanish Armada against England because he-?
wanted to avenge the execution of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots.
Class distinctions in Tudor England were transformed by
the sale of monastic lands to the new gentry.
The literary term that means “little song” is
Sonnet
In this line of poetry, “Where whenas death shall all the world subdue,” words beginning with the same sounds illustrate the literary device of
Alliteration
The rise and development of English drama coincided with
the growth of the middle class and upper classes.
The term miracle play refers to
A drama based upon legends of a saint or sacred object.
Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus developed out of conventions associated with
Morality plays
During his lifetime, William Shakespeare was
An acknowledged master of the English stage
The colony of Virginia was named after
Queen Elizabeth, who was sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess.
Where was the first successful permanent English colony established in the New World?
Jamestown
Why was Thomas Hariot’s A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia particularly important to Sir Walter Raleigh?
He sought to advertise the commercial potential of the New World.
John White, THE VILLAGE OF SECOTAN, ca. 1585. Watercolor on paper, 12 3/4” × 7 3/4”. © The Trustees of the British Museum.
Which of the following statements is an accurate description of this image?
It suggests the fertility of American lands while documenting the settled life of native peoples.
Sixteenth-century England’s political climate discouraged the production of
Religious art
The “nonconformists” who were ultimately exiled by Elizabeth I or faced execution were called
Puritans
After the defeat of the Spanish Armada, Elizabeth could rightly claim
The supremacy of England in world affairs
Comparing these portraits of Henry and Elizabeth, which feature calls attention to Holbein’s superior skill over English painters who came later, such as Gower?
Three dimensional representation of the body
When abstract virtues and vices or other abstract qualities are given human form in a literary work, this device is known as
Personification
In what way did the design of the Elizabethan playhouse expand its audience?
It opened groundling space with inexpensive standing room.
Shakespeare is especially renowned for his mastery of blank verse. This refers to
lines composed in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
Council of Trent convened to plan Catholic Church reform; Pope Paul II initiates the Inquisition
1542-63
Lifetime of William Shakespeare, poet and playwright
1564-1616