Philip Sidney was born on 30th November:
1553
1554
1555
1550
Correct Answer :
B. 1554
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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.
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
Greville was biographer of:
Edmund Spencer
John Donne
Sir Philip Sidney
John Milton
Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues?
the short story
the heroic epic
the morality play
the romance
William Shakespeare was……. child of John and Mary:
second
fourth
third
fifth
one of Chaucers daughter was…………?
a musician
an astronomer
a nun
None of the above
The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by:
Wyclif
Thomas more
John Lyly
Robert Greene
Who succeeded Lyly?
Robert Greene
John Milton
Philip Sidney
Christopher Marlowe
Who translated Utopia in English language:
Thomas More
Thomas lodge
Ralph Robinson
William Tyndale
Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of Old English poetry?
Romantic love is a guiding principle of moral conduct.
Its formal and dignified use of speech was distant from everyday use of language.
Irony is a mode of perception, as much as it was a figure of speech.
Christian and pagan ideals are sometimes mixed.
What is Faerie Queene:
An allegory
An epic
A ballad
A sonnet
Chaucer became a page to which kings daughter-in-law?
Edward III
Richard II
Henry IV
None of the above
Chaucer was released from legal action by …………………… in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape and abduction?
Miss Cecily Chaumpaigne
Philippa de Roet of Flanders
Agnes de Copton
None of the above
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
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.
What was vellum?
parchment made of animal skin
the service owed to a lord by his peasants (villeins)
unrhymed iambic pentameter
an unbreakable oath of fealty
One of Marlowes most famous poems was an account of which lovers?
Anthony and Cleopatra
Hero and Leander
Troilus and Cressida
Apollo and Hyacinth
In whose reign Morality plays began?
Henry five
Elizabeth one
Henry six
Henry eight
Who wrote following lines:…….. I am involved in mankind: and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
John Donne
John Milton
Earnest Hemingway
d. H. Lawrence
Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devils angels?
Mephastophilis
beelzebub
Aamon
None of the above
Chaucer became a member of Parliament in………..?
1386
1300
1343
1350
chaucer was fined in 1367 or 1366 for…………..?
beating a friar in a London street
for writing poetry against the church
for crossing the border of Great Britain
None of the above
In what country is Dr Faustus based?
England
Italy
France
Germany
Marlowes play Tamburlaine the Great was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler?
Zhu Yuanzhang
Genghis Khan
Timur
Kublai Khan
46How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil?
16
20
24
28
One of Marlowes earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem Pharsalia, written by which Roman poet?
Ovid
Lucan
Virgil
Horace
Marlow died of?
Illness
stabbing
poisoned
Hanged
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?
William Shakespeare
Thomas Kyd
John Dryden
John Donne
Ann Hathaway was _________ years older than Shakespeare:
7
8
9
10
Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, which came to know as………?
Chaucers corner
poets corner
legends corner
None of the above