Module 3 (Elizabethan Literature) - Week 5 (Queen Elizabeth)

Which of the following is a true statement about the invention of the moveable type printing press? Choose all that apply.

Allowed for cheaper and higher volume of text production Allowed for Bibles and Bible translations to spread quickly

What effect did peace from war have on Elizabethan culture and art?

Allowed for the country to recover financially and young men to grow up studying

Martin Luther

Began the Protestant Reformation

William Tyndale

Translated and distributed English Bibles (which was punishable by execution)

True or False? Elizabeth held a tolerant view of religious practices.

True

Which war was fought, starting in 1455, between two English families over the English throne?

War of the Roses

Who is England's most famous playwright, who wrote plays about history, legend, and everyday life?

William Shakespeare

Elizabethan Drama Names

William Shakespeare Christopher Marlowe

Which of the following people was known for translating and distributing English Bibles?

William Tyndale

King Henry VIII split from the Catholic church in a move prompted by both his desire to divorce his wife and the spreading popularity of the Protestant Reformation. What church did England then join?

Church of England

What effect did religious tolerance have on Elizabethan culture and art?

Contributed to a sense of peace and freedom in a person's private thought life

Henry VIII

Created the Church of England and had six wives

Johannes Gutenberg

Created the moveable type printing press

What is one advantage that Elizabeth had when compared to other girls growing up at the same time, which contributed to her abilities as a queen and artist?

Education Elizabeth was given a boy's education and was fluent in Greek, Latin, French, and Italian and studied major philosophers and thinkers of her day.

Henry Tudor

Ended the War of the Roses by marrying Elizabeth of York and becoming King of England.

What effect did having one queen for 44 years have on Elizabethan culture and art?

Gave a sense of stability to the government and laws

Catherine of Aragon

Henry VIII's first wife, a Catholic

Anne Boleyn

Henry VIII's second wife, a Protestant

Edward VI

Henry VIII's son, ruled for 6 years beginning at age 9

Mary

Henry and Catherine's daughter, a Catholic, ruled 5 years, aka Bloody Mary

What does Elizabeth say is her chiefest strength as a ruler?

Her people love her. "She tells the men that she does not fear any treachery or betrayals from them because she has placed her "chiefest strength and the safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects." She has worked to earn the love and loyalty of her people. Here, she vows to earn it again by fighting amongst them in battle."

What effect did the printing press have on Elizabethan culture and art?

Led to Bibles and other information circulating widely

King Henry VIII had two daughters that lived to adulthood: Mary and Elizabeth. What was one key difference between the two women?

Mary was a Catholic, and Elizabeth was a Protestant.

Queen Elizabeth

Reigned for 44 years Reign of peace and thus exploration Known as the "Virgin Queen" because she never married; Sir Walter Raleigh named "Virginia" in her honor

What a central conflict of the poem by Elizabeth I, "On Monsieur's Departure" is seen in the following lines? I grieve and dare not show my discontent, I love and yet am forced to seem to hate, I do, yet dare not say I ever meant, I seem stark mute but inwardly do prate. I am and not, I freeze and yet am burned, Since from myself another self I turned.

She feels she has to split herself in two: the public her and the real her. She repeats the idea that she has true feelings but can't show them, which leads her to feel like she has turned away from herself.

What two things does Elizabeth assure her men of?

She has the heart of a king and will take up arms to protect her realm. The men will be rewarded and paid for their valor and deeds in battle.

What was one opposition that Queen Elizabeth faced as a ruler?

She was a woman ruling alone.

What is the name for the popular form of poetry during the Elizabethan Era that follows strict rules for number of lines and syllables?

Sonnet