Which Renaissance work would most likely have been encountered at the court of Elizabeth I?
A) El Greco painting the monarch's portrait
B) a performance of Palestrina's Mass of Pope Marcellus
C) a theater set designed by Palladio
D) performance of a motet by William Byrd

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William Byrd was a prominent English Renaissance composer and a Catholic during the reign of Elizabeth I, so it is likely that a performance of his music would have been encountered at court. The other options, although also examples of Renaissance art, are not as closely tied to Elizabethan England as Byrd's music.

Which Renaissance Work Would Most Likely Have Been Encountered at the Court