one of Chaucers daughter was…………?
a musician
an astronomer
a nun
None of the above
Correct Answer :
C. a nun
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Which twelfth-century poet or poets were indebted to Breton storytellers for their narratives?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Chrétien de Troyes
a and c only
b and c only
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An allegory
An epic
A ballad
A sonnet
Who translated Utopia in English language:
Thomas More
Thomas lodge
Ralph Robinson
William Tyndale
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Rosalind
Belinda
Both a and b
None of above
Spencer married in June 11, 1594 to ?
Elizabeth Wilton D/O Lord Grey De Wilton
Elizabeth Raleigh D/O Walter Raleigh
Elizabeth Boyle D/O James Boyle
Elizabeth Boyle D/O Richard Boyle
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
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Dr.Faustus
Tamburlaine
The Tragedy of Dido
The Jew of Malta
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
the Gawain poet
the Beowulf poet
Chr�tien de Troyes
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Allegory
Epic
Sonnet
Ballad
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Latin
Dutch
French
English
Which powerful figure does Faustus ridicule with his new-found powers?
The Pope
The Holy Roman Emperor
The King of England
The King of France
Who took Degree at fifteen from Cambridge in 1518?
Thomas Nash
Thomas More
Thomas lodge
Thomas Wyatt
Which century is known as Dawn of Renaissance:
14 th
15 th
16 th
14 th and 16 th
In the title of Marlowes play, of where was Dido the Queen?
Troy
Carthage
Sparta
Persia
which of these is not certain about Chaucer?
his birth date
his death year
his fathers name
None of the above
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
Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in:
the Anglo-Saxon Conquest beginning in the 1450s.
the Norman Conquest of 1066.
the Peasant Uprising of 1381.
the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s.
Who was the son of a rich London merchant and born in 1557?
Thomas Nah
Thomas lodge
Thomas Kyd
Thomas Hardy
In Paradise regained who regained the paradise?
Satan
Jesus
Adam and Eve
Only Adam
Marlowe born in________
1562
1563
1564
1565
Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry?
embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine
repetition of parallel syntactic structures
ironic understatement
stress on every third diphthong
In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance?
banishment to Asia
everlasting shame
conversion to Christianity
mild melancholia
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16
20
24
28
Greville was biographer of:
Edmund Spencer
John Donne
Sir Philip Sidney
John Milton
The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by:
Wyclif
Thomas more
John Lyly
Robert Greene
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Shakespeares first child Susanna was born in 1583.
In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith.
both a and b.
None of above.
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Edmund Spenser
John Milton
John Donne
Sir Philip Sidney
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British
German
Dutch
American
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Alfred
Richard III
Richard II
Ethelbert
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About 1611
About 1610
About 1609
About 1608