Themes
Elizabethan Poems
Shakespearean Sonnets
The Faerie Queene
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This theme surrounded the split of the church of England.
What is religion. More specifically, the battle between Protestant and Catholic ideals.
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What poem did Queen Elizabeth I supposedly scratch into glass using a diamond ring or necklace?
What is Verses Written with a Diamond?
100
How many lines is a sonnet poem?
What is 14 lines?
100
Who are the two main characters?
Who are Red Crosse and Una?
100
What century do all of these categories belong to?
What is 16th Century England?
200
This theme dealt with a maiden being pursued.
What is chastity and sex.
200
What poem deals with the loss of a lover?
What is On Monsieur's Departure?
200
What is Sonnet 93 about?
What is finding comfort in lies and love?
200
What are the major themes in The Faerie Queen?
What are religion and purity?
200
Who wrote Whoso List to Hunt?
Who is Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder?
300
This theme has to do with being "two-faced" but not necessarily in a bad way (more so in a personal way).
What is Facade vs. Feeling?
300
What did Queen Elizabeth really struggle with being in the public eye all of the time?
What is her feelings versus how she had to act?
300
What is Sonnet 130 about?
What is a mistress being nothing like the sun? She is not fair, but rather disgusting.
300
Who does Errour represent in an allegorical way?
Who is Eve and her role in making Adam error and fall to sin due to a serpent's temptation?
300
Why was the Faerie Queene written?
What is Queen Elizabeth had it commissioned as a national epic?
400
This theme dealt with things that could not be yours.
What is love that is unobtainable?
400
Who criticized Queen Elizabeth's decision and wrote her a poem explaining his anger?
Who is Sir Walter Ralegh?
400
What is Sonnet 138 about?
What is believing the lies of his lover even though he knows she does not speak truth?
400
What things are explained when Red Cross descends into the "underworld?"
What is the Seven Deadly Sins?
400
Why is the Faerie Queene canonized?
What is C.S. Lewis read it and recognized the very successful use of literary elements such as allegory?
500
This thematic element was used to covertly express the theme and purpose of a story.
What is an allegory?
500
How did Queen Elizabeth reply to Sir Walter Ralegh?
What is she wrote him a very well versed reply that discredited his opinion?
500
What is Sonnet 60 about?
What is everyone is dying and love on earth will eventually die; however, through writing his poem, Shakespeare will make his lover live on forever?
500
How does Red Crosse regain his Christianity and virtue?
What is he is taught at the House of Holiness?
500
Does Red Crosse take the trodden or less trodden path and how does that affect him?
What is he takes the trodden path and ends up falling to sin?
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