One of Marlowes most famous poems was an account of which lovers?

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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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Chaucer became a member of Parliament in………..?

A. 1386

B. 1300

C. 1343

D. 1350

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William Shakespeare was……. child of John and Mary:

A. second

B. fourth

C. third

D. fifth

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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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Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true?

A. She sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.

B. She was a virgin martyr.

C. She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.

D. She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.

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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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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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which of these kings was not served by Chaucer?

A. Edward III

B. Henry II

C. Richard II

D. None of the above

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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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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

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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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The use of whale-roadfor sea and life-housefor body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry?

A. symbolism

B. simile

C. metonymy

D. kenning

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University Wits were those who:

A. Had training at two universities

B. gave curriculum of two universities

C. Erected two universities

D. None of the above

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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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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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Who wrote Holy Sonnets?

A. Edmund Spenser

B. John Donne

C. Shakespeare

D. John Milton

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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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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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Shakespeare is buried inside the:

A. Westminster Abbey

B. Trinity Church

C. Protestant Cemetery

D. None of above

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Who declared him as Britains greatest dramatist in 1598?

A. Queen Elizabeth

B. Francis Meres, a lawyer

C. Burbage, an actor

D. King James

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Paradise lost was lost by:

A. Eve

B. Adam

C. Both a and b

D. Satan

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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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What is Christopher Marlowes Nationality?

A. British

B. German

C. Dutch

D. American

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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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Marlowes play Tamburlaine the Great was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler?

A. Zhu Yuanzhang

B. Genghis Khan

C. Timur

D. Kublai Khan

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In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the floweringof Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers?

A. Geoffrey of Monmouth

B. the Gawain poet

C. the Beowulf poet

D. Chr�tien de Troyes

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The Prince Of Poets in his time, on whom grave the inscription is given?

A. Sir Philip Sidney

B. John Milton

C. Edmund Spencer

D. John Donne

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Astrophel and Stella is a:

A. Allegory

B. Epic

C. Sonnet

D. Ballad

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Who translated Utopia in English language:

A. Thomas More

B. Thomas lodge

C. Ralph Robinson

D. William Tyndale

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Which was Marlowes first play?

A. Dr.Faustus

B. Tamburlaine

C. The Tragedy of Dido

D. The Jew of Malta

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Who was the son of a rich London merchant and born in 1557?

A. Thomas Nah

B. Thomas lodge

C. Thomas Kyd

D. Thomas Hardy

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B. Hero and Leander

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