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English Literature - Renaissance to Restoration
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READING Comprehension -Two articles: E-mails - a sign of progress or of laziness? / Text messaging :-) OR :-(?
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
4768
"Bullying... WHY ME?!!" Reading/ Writing Worksheet for Intermediate students
Level:
intermediate
Age:
11-17
Downloads:
4018
"Television - Benefits and Side Effects": a 90-minute-lesson with the focus on Reading + Writing skills for Intermediate Students
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
3951
"Shopping - Do you like it or hate it?" ( a 90-minute class) - Reading comprehension + writing for Intermediate or Upper elementary students
Level:
intermediate
Age:
11-17
Downloads:
3147
100 READING GAMES - POSTER + Timesavers + Hippo Report + Suggestions + BW + tons of LINKS - ((11_PAGES)) - A1-C2 level
Level:
elementary
Age:
6-17
Downloads:
2928
"Me and My family" - Reading comprehension for Upper elementary and Lower Intermediate students
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-12
Downloads:
3174
1. Choose the right alternative to complete the sentence:
Queen Elizabeth I, The Virgin Queen, was crowned in
_______
, at the age of 25. She was the daughter of _________
I
and Ann Boleyn, his second wife, and was considered a bastard.
1558 - Henry VIII
1616 - Richard III
1590 - Henry V
1066 - G. Chaucer
2. Mary Stuart was queen of the _____
British
Scots
Irish
Welsh
3.
The Metaphysical Poets w
rote verses which were a mixture of ________ and ____________. John Donne is the greatest representative.
Politics and Emotions
Politics and Power
Reasons and Emotions
Sience and Politics
4.
The comedy has an inevitable _________, with little
__________
even for the worst villains;
____________
are frequently used.
sad ending / happiness / murders
confusing ending / punishment / solilloquies
happy ending / problems / big sceneries
happy ending / punishment / mistaken identities
5. The first great dramatist of the Renaissance was
William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
John Lyly
John Bunyam
6. Who is considered to be the father of English criticism"
Ben Jonson
William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Edmund Spenser
7.
A civil war began between the Cavaliers – the king’s men – and the Roundhead – the Parliament’s men. The ..... won because .......
... Parliament ...its leader Oliver Cromwell was a good military chief
...Cavaliers.... its king Charles I was a dictatorship
...Parliament... its king Charles I was strong
...Cavaliers ... its leader was the king
8.
Oliver Cromwell proclaimed himself Lord Protector, established
t________________________
and ruled England as a dictator for the next
________
years.
Monarchy / 60 years
the Commonwealth, a kind of Republic / eleven years
Monarchy / eleven years
the Stuart line / 30 years
9.
The Puritans desired to purify
the Church of England
, taking off the ceremonies, the priesthood, the ritual worship, and restauring the severe Old Testament way of living, without
dancing, playing, amusements
and singing – except religious songs. Theatres had been already closed in 1642.
the Church of England / dancing, playing, amusements
the Monarchy / theatre plays
the Parliament / songs, poems
the Republic / dancing, playing, amusements
10. By this time of Reforms, there were two big disasters in London:
the Swine flu and the yellow fever
the Plague and the Great fire in London
the Great flood in London and the Plague
the Plague and the rebellion of the angels
11. John Milton (1608-1674) is considered to be the most important poet of this time. His work can be divided into three main groups
the shorter poems written in youth
his prose with the pamphlets
three great poems
the shorter poems, prose, the three great poems
12. The name of the three great poems written by John Milton, in fact dictated to his daughters because he was completely blind, were
Aeropagitica, Ill Penseroso, Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Aeropagitica
Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes
L'Allegro, Lycides, the masque Comus
13. Among the Cavalier Poets are
Richard Lovelace, Robert Herrick, Sir John Suckling
Richard Lovelace, William Shakespeare, Sir John Suckling
Robert Herrick, John Milton, Richard Lovelace
John Dryden, JOhn MIlton, Richard Lovelace
14. John Bunyam represents the biblical prose for the common people, his great work was
Paradise Regained
The Pilgrim's Progress
Paradise Lost
Everyman
15. Find names of important people from the contextual background of the period between Medieval times and Restoration.
16. William Shakespeare is known as
17. In 1623, two of Shakespeare former theatrical colleagues published the
a collected edition of his dramatic works.
18. Write the names of the correct plays by William Shakespeare:
a. Shylock, a jew, Portia, Antonio, Bassanio are characters from
b. Ophelia, Claudius, Gertrude, Hamlet, Horatio are characters from
c. Benedickt, Beatrice, Claudio, Hero, Dom Pedro, Leonato are characters from
d. Leontes, Hermione, Perdita, Polixenes, Florizel, are characters from
e. Prospero, Miranda, Ariel, Caliban, Ferdinand are characters from
f. Rosalind, Orlando, Duke Senior, Celia, Duke Frederick are characters from
g. Macbeth, Banquo, king Duncan, MacDuff, lady Macbeth are characters from
h. Viola, Orsino, Olivia, Sebastian, Malvolio are characters from
i. Mistress Ford, Mistress Page, Falstaff, Ford, Page are characters from
j. Oberon, Puck, Titania, Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, Helena, Theseus, Hyppolita, Nick Bottom are characters from
k. Katherine, Petruchio, Bianca, Baptista are characters from
l. Iago, Desdemona, Othello and Emilia are characters from
m. Cordelia, Goneril, Reagan, Lear, Edgar, Edmund are characters from
