History Of Romance Week 10

1. Miguel de Cervantes wrote in:

English

Latin

Italian

Spanish

Cervantes was a Spanish writer who parodied the pan-European romance tradition; since romances were vernacular texts by this moment in history, he chose to write in his vernacular: Spanish.

Explanation

Cervantes was a Spanish writer who parodied the pan-European romance tradition; since romances were vernacular texts by this moment in history, he chose to write in his vernacular: Spanish.

2. Don Quixote is written in two parts

True

False

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

4. When did chapbooks begin to be produced?

The 16th century

The 15th century

1474

During William Caxton's tenure as Royal Printer

Chapbooks began to be produced in the 16th century.

Explanation

Chapbooks began to be produced in the 16th century.

5. What does the word "chapbook" mean?

A small book

A large book

An inexpensive book

An expensive book

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.

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.

6. Besides Don Quixote, what else did Cervantes write?

Plays and romances

Moral treatises against romances

Novels

Lyric poems

Cervantes was a popular entertainment writer for most of his life.

Explanation

Cervantes was a popular entertainment writer for most of his life.

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

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.

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.

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

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).

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

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.

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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