In what country is Dr Faustus based?
England
Italy
France
Germany
Correct Answer :
D. Germany
Related Questions
Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450?
the Normans
the Geats
the Celts
the Anglo-Saxons
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
He married to the Anne Hathaway at the age of_______ in______.
18, 1582
17, 1581
16, 1580
15, 1579
Utopia was first printed in:
1615
1516
1517
1518
University Wits were those who:
Had training at two universities
gave curriculum of two universities
Erected two universities
None of the above
William Shakespeare was……. child of John and Mary:
second
fourth
third
fifth
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
On his blindness, a collection of sonnets is written by:
Edmund Spenser
John Milton
Shakespeare
Sir Philip Sidney
Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry?
Bede
Sir Thomas Malory
Geoffrey Chaucer
Caedmon
Astrophel and Stella is a:
Allegory
Epic
Sonnet
Ballad
What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomews Day Massacre in 1572?
The Massacre at Berlin
The Massacre at Rome
The Massacre at Copenhagen
The Massacre at Paris
One of Marlowes earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem Pharsalia, written by which Roman poet?
Ovid
Lucan
Virgil
Horace
Chaucer was released from legal action by …………………… in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape and abduction?
Miss Cecily Chaumpaigne
Philippa de Roet of Flanders
Agnes de Copton
None of the above
What is Christopher Marlowes Nationality?
British
German
Dutch
American
What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowes father?
Carpenter
Civil servant
Cobbler
Farmer
Who succeeded Lyly?
Robert Greene
John Milton
Philip Sidney
Christopher Marlowe
Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true?
She sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.
She was a virgin martyr.
She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.
She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.
which of these is not certain about Chaucer?
his birth date
his death year
his fathers name
None of the above
By Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist:
1590
1591
1592
1593
Who wrote following lines:…….. I am involved in mankind: and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
John Donne
John Milton
Earnest Hemingway
d. H. Lawrence
At what famous university is Faustus a scholar?
Wittenburg
Sorbonne
Heidelberg
Cambridge
John Donnes The Anniversaries is a:
An elegy in two parts
An epic in three parts
A ballad in four parts
None of these
William Shakespeare born in:
26 April 1567
26 April 1566
26 April 1565
26 April 1564
Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus character at the beginning of the play?
kind
stupid
sensitive
arrogant
Who took Degree at fifteen from Cambridge in 1518?
Thomas Nash
Thomas More
Thomas lodge
Thomas Wyatt
The collection of the papers and correspondence of a well-to-do Norfolk family is known as:
Letters to the Margret Paston
Margret Paston to John Paston
The Paston letters
To John Paston
Who was the first English Christian king?
Alfred
Richard III
Richard II
Ethelbert
Who wrote The Massacre at Paris?
Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Edmund Spenser
john Milton
Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?
French
Norwegian
Spanish
Hungarian
Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in:
About 1611
About 1610
About 1609
About 1608