English Renaissance Literature: The Whos and Whats of the English Renaissance Quiz
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around English Renaissance Literature? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. When Henry VIII divorced his wife to remarry, what new form of Christianity did he create?
Calvinism
Anglicanism
Lutheranism
Galileism
Q. Henry VIII's daughter, Queen Elizabeth:
Had as many husbands as her father had wives.
Decided to go on The Bachelor.
Never married.
Married the King of Spain.
Q. Queen Elizabeth's favorite author was Shakespeare, but who wrote The Faerie Queen about her?
Edmund Spenser
Ben Jonson
John Milton
Elton John
Q. The English Renaissance really took off after whose printing press technology made its way to England from Germany?
Karl Marx
Martin Luther
Johannes Gutenberg
Edmund Spenser
Q. Christopher Marlowe:
Was a pirate!
Was a spy!
Got stabbed in the eye!
Was a spy and was stabbed in the eye!