One of Marlowes earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem Pharsalia, written by which Roman poet?
Ovid
Lucan
Virgil
Horace
Correct Answer :
B. Lucan
Related Questions
Who wrote Holy Sonnets?
Edmund Spenser
John Donne
Shakespeare
John Milton
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.
Which was Marlowes first play?
Dr.Faustus
Tamburlaine
The Tragedy of Dido
The Jew of Malta
Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devils angels?
Mephastophilis
beelzebub
Aamon
None of the above
Which of the following languages did not coexist in Anglo-Norman England?
Latin
Dutch
French
English
in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French?
1360
1357
1378
1358
The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by:
Wyclif
Thomas more
John Lyly
Robert Greene
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
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
Faustus servant shares his name with a famous German composer. Who?
Bach
Schumann
Beethoven
Wagner
Who is the author of Piers Plowman?
Sir Thomas Malory
Margery Kempe
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Langland
Paradise lost was lost by:
Eve
Adam
Both a and b
Satan
One of Marlowes most famous poems was an account of which lovers?
Anthony and Cleopatra
Hero and Leander
Troilus and Cressida
Apollo and Hyacinth
Which of the following statement is correct:
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.
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
Greville was biographer of:
Edmund Spencer
John Donne
Sir Philip Sidney
John Milton
Chaucer acted as a controller of custom during………….?
1374 to 1385
1350 to 1360
1360 to 1400
1365 to 1500
Christian writers like the Beowulf poet looked back on their pagan ancestors with:
nostalgia and ill-concealed envy.
bewilderment and visceral loathing.
admiration and elegiac sympathy.
bigotry and shallow triumphalism.
After __________ years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London.
two
three
four
five
Which of the following are University wits:
John Gower and Robert Peele
John Skelton and Thomas lodge
John Lyly and Robert Greene
John Donne and Thomas Nashe
Renaissance is a:
French word
Italian word
Greek word
Spanish word
From where Christopher Marlowe received his early Education? Corpus Christi College
Cambridge
oxford
witternburg
Harvard
46How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil?
16
20
24
28
Philip Sidney was born on 30th November:
1553
1554
1555
1550
Who succeeded Lyly?
Robert Greene
John Milton
Philip Sidney
Christopher Marlowe
What is Faerie Queene:
An allegory
An epic
A ballad
A sonnet
John Donnes The Anniversaries is a:
An elegy in two parts
An epic in three parts
A ballad in four parts
None of these
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
Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in:
About 1611
About 1610
About 1609
About 1608