Chaucer became a member of Parliament in………..?
1386
1300
1343
1350
Correct Answer :
A. 1386
Related Questions
The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200?
They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.
Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.
Their readers primary language was English.
a and c only
Who is the author of Piers Plowman?
Sir Thomas Malory
Margery Kempe
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Langland
In the title of Marlowes play, of where was Dido the Queen?
Troy
Carthage
Sparta
Persia
In whose reign Morality plays began?
Henry five
Elizabeth one
Henry six
Henry eight
Chaucer acted as a controller of custom during………….?
1374 to 1385
1350 to 1360
1360 to 1400
1365 to 1500
46How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil?
16
20
24
28
Which book Edmund Spenser dedicated to the Philip Sidney:
The Faerie Queene
The shepheaedes Calendar
Complaints
Colin Clouts come home again
One of Marlowes earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem Pharsalia, written by which Roman poet?
Ovid
Lucan
Virgil
Horace
Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in:
About 1611
About 1610
About 1609
About 1608
Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures?
Beowulf
Arthur
Caedmon
Augustine of Canterbury
Who wrote Holy Sonnets?
Edmund Spenser
John Donne
Shakespeare
John Milton
What was vellum?
parchment made of animal skin
the service owed to a lord by his peasants (villeins)
unrhymed iambic pentameter
an unbreakable oath of fealty
what was chaucers profession?
a poet
a merchant
a civil servant
None of the above
Thomas kyd (1558-95) achieved great popularity with which of his first work?
The Rare Triumphs of love and fortune
The Spanish Tragedy
Jeronimo
Cornelia
Who was the first English Christian king?
Alfred
Richard III
Richard II
Ethelbert
In the tragic history of Doctor Faustus. Faustus was a :
German scholar
French scholar
Spanish scholar
Greek scholar
During Spencers visit to his Kinsfolk in Lancashire he felt in love a woman and who figures as__________________ much of his work:
Rosalind
Belinda
Both a and b
None of above
Renaissance is a:
French word
Italian word
Greek word
Spanish word
Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to
the royal family and upper orders of the nobility
the lower orders of the nobility
agricultural laborers
the clergy
Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces,which of these was not in his charge?
Westminster Palace
Tower of London
St. Georges chapel at Windsor
Buckingham Palace
One of Marlowes most famous poems was an account of which lovers?
Anthony and Cleopatra
Hero and Leander
Troilus and Cressida
Apollo and Hyacinth
The first regular English comedy, based on the model of the Latin comedy, is attributed to ?
Nicholas Udall
Thomas Colwell
Lord Burghley
None of the above
Ann Hathaway was _________ years older than Shakespeare:
7
8
9
10
Who of the following is known as Child Of Renaissance?
Marlowe
Milton
Spencer
Johnson
Which of the Marlowes plays were written in collaboration with Thomas Nash?
Queen of Carthage and The passionate Shepherd.
The tragedy of Dido and Queen of Carthage.
The passionate Shepherd and The tragedy of Dido.
Queen of Carthage and The Massacre of Paris.
what did Chaucers wife use to do?
lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainaut
nurse of royal court
governess to Henry IV
None of the above
By Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist:
1590
1591
1592
1593
When, is it estimated, was Dr Faustus first performed?
1594
1604
1590
1593
What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowes father?
Carpenter
Civil servant
Cobbler
Farmer
Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devils angels?
Mephastophilis
beelzebub
Aamon
None of the above