History Of Romance Week 10

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    Miguel de Cervantes wrote in:

    • English
    • Latin
    • Italian
    • Spanish
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History Of Romance Week 10 - Quiz

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  • 2. 

    Don Quixote is written in two parts

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
    Explanation
    The second part was published ten years after the first in 1615, and was largely a sequel written to meet popular demand after the success of the first part.

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  • 3. 

    Cervantes was writing in what era:

    • The late 16th and early 17th century

    • The end of the 17th century

    • The middle ages

    • The Elizabethan period

    Correct Answer
    A. The late 16th and early 17th century
    Explanation
    Miguel de Cervantes was born in 1574 and died in 1616, the same year that Shakespeare died. He was writing at the very end of the medieval romance tradition in a period usually referred to as the "early modern" or "Renaissance" period.

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  • 4. 

    When did chapbooks begin to be produced?

    • The 16th century

    • The 15th century

    • 1474

    • During William Caxton's tenure as Royal Printer

    Correct Answer
    A. The 16th century
    Explanation
    Chapbooks began to be produced in the 16th century.

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  • 5. 

    What does the word "chapbook" mean?

    • A small book

    • A large book

    • An inexpensive book

    • An expensive book

    Correct Answer
    A. An inexpensive book
    Explanation
    Literally "cheap book", these printed texts usually cost a penny and were very popular amongst the poor of the 17th to 19th centuries. They would usually have a paper cover and would be of "quarto" size.

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  • 6. 

    Besides Don Quixote, what else did Cervantes write?

    • Plays and romances

    • Moral treatises against romances

    • Novels

    • Lyric poems

    Correct Answer
    A. Plays and romances
    Explanation
    Cervantes was a popular entertainment writer for most of his life.

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  • 7. 

    Why are chapbooks important for a history of romance?

    • Because chapbooks replaced romances

    • Because chapbooks criticized the immorality of romances

    • Because many romances were printed in chapbooks in the 17th and 18th centuries

    • They aren't

    Correct Answer
    A. Because many romances were printed in chapbooks in the 17th and 18th centuries
    Explanation
    As chapbooks grow in popularity, so did the romances that preserved them. Early-modern chapbooks would adapt and translate medieval romances such as Bevis of Hampton and Guy of Warwick for a new audience. These stories would usually be episodic, full of adventure, and sentimental attitudes towards heterosexual relationships between knights and their ladies.

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  • 8. 

    Choose all of the innovations within Don Quixote Lengthy prose narrative “Natural speech” Satire/parody Depiction of real manners and mannerisms “First novel” (?) Picaresque narrative

    • Lengthy prose narrative

    • The use of natural speech

    • Parody of a pre-existing literary genre

    • The description of madness

    • Picaresque plot

    • Depiction of real manners and mannerisms in fiction

    Correct Answer(s)
    A. Lengthy prose narrative
    A. The use of natural speech
    A. Parody of a pre-existing literary genre
    A. Picaresque plot
    A. Depiction of real manners and mannerisms in fiction
    Explanation
    The most important feature of this book for our purposes is how it bridges the romance tradition and the novel by adapting pre-existing romance features (a narrative in lengthy prose, a picaresque structure, the focus on a knight) to a parody which introduces other literary features that become mainstays of the novel (the use of natural speech and the depiction of real manners in fiction).

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  • 9. 

    Overall, how would you rate the virtual classes of this week?

    • Excellent; I want more virtual classes

    • Good; I would be okay with more virtual classes

    • Fair; I don't care if I have virtual classes again or not

    • Poor; I disliked virtual classes

    • Unacceptable; I never want to do this again

    Correct Answer(s)
    A. Excellent; I want more virtual classes
    A. Good; I would be okay with more virtual classes
    A. Fair; I don't care if I have virtual classes again or not
    A. Poor; I disliked virtual classes
    A. Unacceptable; I never want to do this again
    Explanation
    The given correct answer provides a range of options for rating the virtual classes of the week. It includes options for those who had a positive experience and would like more virtual classes (Excellent and Good), as well as options for those who had a neutral or negative experience (Fair, Poor, and Unacceptable). This allows for a comprehensive assessment of the virtual classes, taking into account different opinions and preferences.

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  • 10. 

    What does "de la Mancha" mean in "Don Quixote de la Mancha"?

  • 11. 

    What does the phrase "tilting at windmills" mean?

  • 12. 

    To what extend did chapbooks represent a popular culture?

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