Didacticism is a characteristic of medieval literature, not Renaissance literature.

Francesco Petrarca is considered the father of Renaissance humanism.

Politics is not a major theme in Renaissance literature.

Epic is not a major genre of Renaissance literature.

Francesco Petrarca is considered the greatest poet of the Italian Renaissance.

Hamlet is not a major work of Renaissance literature.

William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright of the English Renaissance.

The Duchess of Malfi is not a major work of Renaissance drama.

Thomas More is considered the greatest prose writer of the English Renaissance.

Paradise Lost is not a major work of Renaissance prose.

The rise of the printing press, the Protestant Reformation, and the discovery of the New World were all major causes of the cultural and intellectual change that occurred during the Renaissance.

Didacticism is a characteristic of medieval literature, not Renaissance literature.

Politics is not a major theme in Renaissance literature.

Epic is not a major genre of Renaissance literature.

Hamlet is not a major work of Renaissance literature.