Renaissance first came to the:
France
Italy
England
Rome
Correct Answer :
B. Italy
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Astrophel and Stella is a:
Allegory
Epic
Sonnet
Ballad
Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?
French
Norwegian
Spanish
Hungarian
In Marlowes play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta?
Lazarus
Solomon
Barabas
Shylock
Which of the following languages did not coexist in Anglo-Norman England?
Latin
Dutch
French
English
University Wits were those who:
Had training at two universities
gave curriculum of two universities
Erected two universities
None of the above
In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the floweringof Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers?
Geoffrey of Monmouth
the Gawain poet
the Beowulf poet
Chr�tien de Troyes
What is Faerie Queene:
An allegory
An epic
A ballad
A sonnet
What is the meaning of Renaissance:
Rebirth, revival and re-awaking
Reveal, revel and reverie
Raillery, renunciation and recoup
None of the above
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
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
In the tragic history of Doctor Faustus. Faustus was a :
German scholar
French scholar
Spanish scholar
Greek scholar
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
Which poet was first who used metaphysical poetry among his contemporaries:
Edmund Spenser
John Milton
John Donne
Sir Philip Sidney
Greville was biographer of:
Edmund Spencer
John Donne
Sir Philip Sidney
John Milton
Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot?
Julian of Norwich
Margery Kempe
William Langland
Sir Thomas Malory
At what famous university is Faustus a scholar?
Wittenburg
Sorbonne
Heidelberg
Cambridge
What is Christopher Marlowes Nationality?
British
German
Dutch
American
Renaissance is a:
French word
Italian word
Greek word
Spanish word
After __________ years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London.
two
three
four
five
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
After the death of Christopher Marlowe who completed his unfinished poem Hero and Leander?
Shakespeare
Thomas Nash
George Chapman
Thomas More
Who born in 1422:
William Caxton
Robert Henry
John Lyly
Thomas more
what was the duration of hundred years war?
1300 to 1350
1337 to 1453
1302 to 1343
None of the above
What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowes father?
Carpenter
Civil servant
Cobbler
Farmer
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
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
William Shakespeare was……. child of John and Mary:
second
fourth
third
fifth
Who succeeded Lyly?
Robert Greene
John Milton
Philip Sidney
Christopher Marlowe
By Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist:
1590
1591
1592
1593
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.