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CLEP Western Civ I

Category - Early Modern Europe

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Considered the best English writer and dramatist of all-time, who was the English man whose nickname was the “Bard of Avon”? His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 narrative poems. His innovative use of iambic pentameter is iconic in all of his works.
  1. John Donne
  2. William Blake
  3. William Shakespeare
  4. Isaiah Pope
  5. William Wordsworth Longfellow
Explanation
Answer: C - William Shakespeare is by far the most iconic and remembered English writer in history. His works helped define the English language as we know it. His 38 surviving plays are still being portrayed around the globe and his sonnets are considered classic.
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