Question

Who wrote Utopia, a key prose work of the Early Renaissance?

• A. Desiderius Erasmus
• B. Thomas More
• C. Francis Bacon
• D. William Shakespeare

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Thomas More

• Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia in 1516.

• The book describes an imaginary ideal society on a fictional island, criticizing the political and social issues of 16th-century Europe.

• It's a foundational work of Renaissance Humanism and one of the earliest examples of social and political satire in English prose.