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After the death of Christopher Marlowe who completed his unfinished poem Hero and Leander?

A. Shakespeare

B. Thomas Nash

C. George Chapman

D. Thomas More

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C. George Chapman


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What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomews Day Massacre in 1572?

A. The Massacre at Berlin

B. The Massacre at Rome

C. The Massacre at Copenhagen

D. The Massacre at Paris

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Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law?

A. tenth

B. eleventh

C. twelfth

D. fourteenth

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Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What are their names?

A. Valdes and Cornelius

B. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

C. Troilus and Cressida

D. Pyramus and Thisbe

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Who of the following is known as Child Of Renaissance?

A. Marlowe

B. Milton

C. Spencer

D. Johnson

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The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by:

A. Wyclif

B. Thomas more

C. John Lyly

D. Robert Greene

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Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury?

A. Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.

B. The common people were still essentially pagan.

C. They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic.

D. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.

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Spencer married in June 11, 1594 to ?

A. Elizabeth Wilton D/O Lord Grey De Wilton

B. Elizabeth Raleigh D/O Walter Raleigh

C. Elizabeth Boyle D/O James Boyle

D. Elizabeth Boyle D/O Richard Boyle

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One of Marlowes most famous poems was an account of which lovers?

A. Anthony and Cleopatra

B. Hero and Leander

C. Troilus and Cressida

D. Apollo and Hyacinth

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Marlow died of?

A. Illness

B. stabbing

C. poisoned

D. Hanged

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John Donnes The Anniversaries is a:

A. An elegy in two parts

B. An epic in three parts

C. A ballad in four parts

D. None of these

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Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devils angels?

A. Mephastophilis

B. beelzebub

C. Aamon

D. None of the above

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By Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist:

A. 1590

B. 1591

C. 1592

D. 1593

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Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces,which of these was not in his charge?

A. Westminster Palace

B. Tower of London

C. St. Georges chapel at Windsor

D. Buckingham Palace

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In whose reign Morality plays began?

A. Henry five

B. Elizabeth one

C. Henry six

D. Henry eight

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Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry?

A. embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine

B. repetition of parallel syntactic structures

C. ironic understatement

D. stress on every third diphthong

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Paradise lost was lost by:

A. Eve

B. Adam

C. Both a and b

D. Satan

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After the death of Christopher Marlowe who completed his unfinished poem Hero and Leander?

A. Shakespeare

B. Thomas Nash

C. George Chapman

D. Thomas More

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Faustus servant shares his name with a famous German composer. Who?

A. Bach

B. Schumann

C. Beethoven

D. Wagner

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Marlowes poem The Passionate Shepherd to His Love begins with the line Come live with me and be my love; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line?

A. William Shakespeare

B. Thomas Kyd

C. John Dryden

D. John Donne

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Who wrote The Massacre at Paris?

A. Shakespeare

B. Christopher Marlowe

C. Edmund Spenser

D. john Milton

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Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true?

A. She sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.

B. She was a virgin martyr.

C. She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.

D. She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.

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Shakespeares only son Hamnet died in?

A. 1595

B. 1596

C. 1597

D. 1598

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Who wrote Mirror for Magistrates?

A. Thomas Sacville

B. Thomas Wyatt

C. Thomas lodge

D. Thomas Kyde

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After __________ years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London.

A. two

B. three

C. four

D. five

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which of these kings was not served by Chaucer?

A. Edward III

B. Henry II

C. Richard II

D. None of the above

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In the tragic history of Doctor Faustus. Faustus was a :

A. German scholar

B. French scholar

C. Spanish scholar

D. Greek scholar

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Thomas kyd (1558-95) achieved great popularity with which of his first work?

A. The Rare Triumphs of love and fortune

B. The Spanish Tragedy

C. Jeronimo

D. Cornelia

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Which book Edmund Spenser dedicated to the Philip Sidney:

A. The Faerie Queene

B. The shepheaedes Calendar

C. Complaints

D. Colin Clouts come home again

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Marlowes play Tamburlaine the Great was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler?

A. Zhu Yuanzhang

B. Genghis Khan

C. Timur

D. Kublai Khan

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what did Chaucers wife use to do?

A. lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainaut

B. nurse of royal court

C. governess to Henry IV

D. None of the above