Literature Quiz: Renaissance And Contemporary Theory (Long)
- 1.Which of the following are characteristic to the renaissance humanists?
- A.
Renaissance humanists wished to recreate classical culture in their own day
- B.
Renaissance humanists wished to create eloquence in their students and readers
- C.
Renaissance humanists wished to spread knowledge by translating Greek books into Latin and Latin books into vernaculars
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 2.The studia humanitatis of the renaissance humanists contained which of the following subjects?
- A.
Grammar
- B.
Dialectic
- C.
Rhetoric
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 3.According to George Trebizond in Rhetoricorum libri V, which of the following are among the parts of an oration?
- A.
Introduction
- B.
Narration
- C.
Contention
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 4.In George Trebizond's Rhetoricorum libri V, the treatment of style is structured by accounts of which of the following theoretical concepts?
- A.
Kinds of style
- B.
Qualities of style
- C.
Forms of style
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 5.In Thomas Wilson's The Arte of Rhetorique, the treatment of invention is structured by accounts of which of the following concepts?
- A.
Parts of an oration
- B.
Kinds of causes or orations
- C.
Amplification
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 6.According to Thomas Wilson in The Arte of Rhetorique, which of the following are qualities of expression?
- A.
Plaines
- B.
Brevitie
- C.
Enditing
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 7.According to Henry Peacham in The Garden of Eloquence, figures may be classified into which of the following highest level categories?
- A.
Tropes
- B.
Figures of words
- C.
Figures of sentences
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 8.According to Henry Peacham in The Garden of Eloquence, knowledge of figures is helpful in which of the following ways?
- A.
Figures promote wisdom
- B.
Figures promote apt speech
- C.
Figures promote persuasiveness
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 9.Richard Rainolde's Foundacion of Rhetorike offers principles for a series of fourteen writing exercises of increasing difficulty designed to teach composition. Which of the following represent lists of these exercises in the order that Rainolde gives them?
- A.
Fable, Narracion, Chria, Sentence, Confutacion
- B.
Confirmacion, Commonplace, The praise, The dispraise, Comparison
- C.
Ethopeia, Discripcion, Thesis, Legislatio
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 10.Within his Foundacion of Rhetorike, Richard Rainolde claims explicitly that his work follows a pedagogical pattern already established by which of the following authors?
- A.
Quintilian
- B.
Aphthonius
- C.
Lorich
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 11.Within Defence of Contraries by Anthony Mundy, which of the following are identified as plausible beneficiaries of the work?
- A.
Yong wittes
- B.
The learned
- C.
The Queen of England
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 12.In The Defence of Contraries, Anthony Mundy calls his compositions declamations. Using the ancient conception of what constitutes a declamation, Mundy's characterization of his compositions might be called inaccurate for which of the following reasons?
- A.
The compositions are not factual
- B.
The compositions are not deliverative
- C.
The compositions are not forensic
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 13.Which of the following represent epistolary genera in Angel Day's The English Secretorie?
- A.
Demonstratiue
- B.
Deliveratiue
- C.
Iudiciall
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 14.Which of the following represent types of familiar letters in Angel Day's The English Secretorie?
- A.
Amatorie
- B.
Gratulatorie
- C.
Narratorie
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 15.Which of the following represent standard parts of a letter according to Angel Days' The English Secretorie?
- A.
Securing of Good Will
- B.
Peition
- C.
Conclusion
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 16.Assuming that an inferior is writing to a superior, which of the following placements of letter elements are recommended in Angel Day's The English Secretorie?
- A.
The superscription is placed high on the page just above the text of the letter
- B.
The salutation is placed very near the end of the text of the letter
- C.
The subscription is placed low on the page following the text of the letter
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 17.According to Hyperius in The Practice of Preaching, preachers my turn to the rhetoricians for which of the following parts of a preacher?
- A.
Invention
- B.
Disposition
- C.
Elocution
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 18.In The Practice of Preaching, Hyperius explicitly recognizes which of the following as types of sermons?
- A.
Convertatorie
- B.
Demonstratiue
- C.
Redargutiue
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 19.Within Hyperius' The Practice of Preaching, which of the following are recognized as standard parts of a sermon?
- A.
Inuocation
- B.
Consolation
- C.
Conclusion
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and C only
- F.
A and B only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 20.In The Practise of Preaching, which of the following does Hyperius offer as means of moving audience affections in sermons?
- A.
Delivery of the preacher
- B.
Places
- C.
Figures
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 21.According to Leonarde Cox in The arte or craft of Rhetoryke, which of the following are functional activities of the speaker?
- A.
Iugment
- B.
Eloquence
- C.
Memory
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 22.In The arte or craft of Rhetoryke, Leonarde Cox suggests that there are "foure kyndes of Oracions." Which of the following represent "kyndes of Oracions" within that description?
- A.
Logycall
- B.
Informatiue
- C.
Persuadible
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 23.Which of the following are likely sources for Leonard Cox's The arte or crafte of Rhetoryke?
- A.
Richard Sherry's A treatise of Schemes and Tropes
- B.
Thomas Wilson's Arte of Rhetorique
- C.
Andreas Hyperius' early Latin version of The Practise of Preaching
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 24.According to Peter Ramus' Dialectica libri II, which of the following belong to dialectic or logic?
- A.
Inuention
- B.
Iudgement
- C.
Eloqution
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
- 25.According to Peter Ramus' Dialectica libri II, which of the following are topics for artificiall argumentes?
- A.
Adjuncts
- B.
Names
- C.
Definitions
- D.
All of the above
- E.
A and B only
- F.
A and C only
- G.
B and C only
- H.
None of the above
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