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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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D. John Donne


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what was chaucers profession?

A. a poet

B. a merchant

C. a civil servant

D. None of the above

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In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance?

A. banishment to Asia

B. everlasting shame

C. conversion to Christianity

D. mild melancholia

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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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Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues?

A. the short story

B. the heroic epic

C. the morality play

D. the romance

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Chaucer became a page to which kings daughter-in-law?

A. Edward III

B. Richard II

C. Henry IV

D. None of the above

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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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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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What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouths The History of the Kings of Britain?

A. the reign of King Arthur

B. the coronation of Henry II

C. King Johns seal of the Magna Carta

D. the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine

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What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowes father?

A. Carpenter

B. Civil servant

C. Cobbler

D. Farmer

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The collection of the papers and correspondence of a well-to-do Norfolk family is known as:

A. Letters to the Margret Paston

B. Margret Paston to John Paston

C. The Paston letters

D. To John Paston

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Ann Hathaway was _________ years older than Shakespeare:

A. 7

B. 8

C. 9

D. 10

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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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What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V?

A. the Battle of Agincourt

B. the Battle of Hastings

C. the Norman Conquest

D. the War of the Roses

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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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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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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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The first regular English comedy, based on the model of the Latin comedy, is attributed to ?

A. Nicholas Udall

B. Thomas Colwell

C. Lord Burghley

D. None of the above

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Which of the following are University wits:

A. John Gower and Robert Peele

B. John Skelton and Thomas lodge

C. John Lyly and Robert Greene

D. John Donne and Thomas Nashe

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Chaucer was released from legal action by …………………… in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape and abduction?

A. Miss Cecily Chaumpaigne

B. Philippa de Roet of Flanders

C. Agnes de Copton

D. None of the above

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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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At what famous university is Faustus a scholar?

A. Wittenburg

B. Sorbonne

C. Heidelberg

D. Cambridge

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Marlow died of?

A. Illness

B. stabbing

C. poisoned

D. Hanged

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The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200?

A. They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.

B. Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.

C. Their readers primary language was English.

D. a and c only

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Who born in 1422:

A. William Caxton

B. Robert Henry

C. John Lyly

D. Thomas more

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Utopia was first printed in:

A. 1615

B. 1516

C. 1517

D. 1518

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Paradise lost was lost by:

A. Eve

B. Adam

C. Both a and b

D. Satan

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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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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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When, is it estimated, was Dr Faustus first performed?

A. 1594

B. 1604

C. 1590

D. 1593

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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