1. Gutenburg invited the _______ in 1453 which revolutionized reading and thinking.
printing press
2. A Shakespearean sonnet is:
a) a 14-line poem broken into three quatrains and a final couplet
b)divided into two parts: an octave and a sestet
c)a 14-line poem with an octave and a sestet
d)a poem made up of strongly stressed syllables followed by two weakly stressed syllables.
I chose a.
3.The theme of "Whoso List to Hunt" is:
a) beauty
b)unrequited love
c)marriage
d)none of the above
I chose b.
4."The Faerie Queen" dedicated to:
Elizabeth I.
5. Which sentence below uses personal pronouns correctly?
a)Who touches Caesar's property will answer to Caesar.
b)Whoever touches Caesar's property will answer to Caesar.
c)Whomever touches Caesar's property will answer to Caesar.
d) Whichever one touches Caesar's property will answer to Caesar.
I chose b.
Those look very good! Well done!
Great job on answering the questions! Here's an explanation of how to arrive at each answer:
1. Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1453, which revolutionized reading and thinking. To find the answer, you can infer that "Gutenberg" is likely a person's name. Researching Gutenberg will lead you to Johannes Gutenberg, who is credited with inventing the printing press.
2. A Shakespearean sonnet is a 14-line poem broken into three quatrains and a final couplet. To arrive at this answer, you can break down and analyze the options given. Option a) correctly describes the structure of a Shakespearean sonnet.
3. The theme of "Whoso List to Hunt" is unrequited love. To determine the theme, you can read and analyze the poem. By understanding the context and message conveyed, you can identify the prevalent theme.
4. "The Faerie Queen" was dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I. To find the answer, you can research the book and its dedications. "The Faerie Queen" was written by Edmund Spenser, and he dedicated it to Queen Elizabeth I.
5. The sentence that uses personal pronouns correctly is b) "Whoever touches Caesar's property will answer to Caesar." To identify the correct usage of personal pronouns, you need to apply the correct rules of grammar. In this case, "Whoever" is the correct form of the pronoun to indicate an unknown person performing the action.