The Literature of the Northern Renaissance

Multiple Choice

The literature of the Northern Renaissance:

A) broke completely with the past and created totally new forms of literature such as free verse.
B) developed many of the literary forms of the past, but also developed new forms such as the sonnet.
C) kept the literary forms developed during the Italian Renaissance, such as the sonnet, but also created one new form, the novel.
D) was more imitative than original, as it worked to develop the forms pioneered during the Italian Renaissance.
E) consisted, for the most part, in translating the new creations of Italy and the classical works of Greece.