On his blindness, a collection of sonnets is written by:

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On his blindness, a collection of sonnets is written by:

A. Edmund Spenser

B. John Milton

C. Shakespeare

D. Sir Philip Sidney

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In the title of Marlowes play, of where was Dido the Queen?

A. Troy

B. Carthage

C. Sparta

D. Persia

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On his blindness, a collection of sonnets is written by:

A. Edmund Spenser

B. John Milton

C. Shakespeare

D. Sir Philip Sidney

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Who wrote following lines:…….. I am involved in mankind: and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

A. John Donne

B. John Milton

C. Earnest Hemingway

D. d. H. Lawrence

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Utopia was first printed in:

A. 1615

B. 1516

C. 1517

D. 1518

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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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chaucer was fined in 1367 or 1366 for…………..?

A. beating a friar in a London street

B. for writing poetry against the church

C. for crossing the border of Great Britain

D. None of the above

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Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in:

A. the Anglo-Saxon Conquest beginning in the 1450s.

B. the Norman Conquest of 1066.

C. the Peasant Uprising of 1381.

D. the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s.

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Who wrote Holy Sonnets?

A. Edmund Spenser

B. John Donne

C. Shakespeare

D. John Milton

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Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450?

A. the Normans

B. the Geats

C. the Celts

D. the Anglo-Saxons

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Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for

A. courtiers entering the service of Richard II

B. translators of French romances

C. women who have chosen to live as religious recluses

D. knights preparing for their first tournament

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Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus character at the beginning of the play?

A. kind

B. stupid

C. sensitive

D. arrogant

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What does Faustus promise to the devil in exchange for great knowledge, riches and power for a period of 24 years?

A. his body

B. his house

C. his soul

D. his horse

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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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Who born in 1422:

A. William Caxton

B. Robert Henry

C. John Lyly

D. Thomas more

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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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Chaucer acted as a controller of custom during………….?

A. 1374 to 1385

B. 1350 to 1360

C. 1360 to 1400

D. 1365 to 1500

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Which of the Marlowes plays were written in collaboration with Thomas Nash?

A. Queen of Carthage and The passionate Shepherd.

B. The tragedy of Dido and Queen of Carthage.

C. The passionate Shepherd and The tragedy of Dido.

D. Queen of Carthage and The Massacre of Paris.

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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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Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, which came to know as………?

A. Chaucers corner

B. poets corner

C. legends corner

D. None of the above

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one of Chaucers daughter was…………?

A. a musician

B. an astronomer

C. a nun

D. None of the above

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Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to

A. the royal family and upper orders of the nobility

B. the lower orders of the nobility

C. agricultural laborers

D. the clergy

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Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures?

A. Beowulf

B. Arthur

C. Caedmon

D. Augustine of Canterbury

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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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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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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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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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Philip Sidney was born on 30th November:

A. 1553

B. 1554

C. 1555

D. 1550

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Greville was biographer of:

A. Edmund Spencer

B. John Donne

C. Sir Philip Sidney

D. John Milton

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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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In Paradise regained who regained the paradise?

A. Satan

B. Jesus

C. Adam and Eve

D. Only Adam

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B. John Milton

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Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, which came to know as………?

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Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to

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