Renaissance is a:
French word
Italian word
Greek word
Spanish word
Correct Answer :
A. French word
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Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues?
the short story
the heroic epic
the morality play
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William Shakespeare born in:
26 April 1567
26 April 1566
26 April 1565
26 April 1564
Which century is known as Dawn of Renaissance:
14 th
15 th
16 th
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An epic
A ballad
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Sir Thomas Malory
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Troilus and Cressida
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England
Italy
France
Germany
one of Chaucers daughter was…………?
a musician
an astronomer
a nun
None of the above
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Beowulf
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Caedmon
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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?
Geoffrey of Monmouth
the Gawain poet
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Chr�tien de Troyes
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Mephastophilis
beelzebub
Aamon
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Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What are their names?
Valdes and Cornelius
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Troilus and Cressida
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What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V?
the Battle of Agincourt
the Battle of Hastings
the Norman Conquest
the War of the Roses
Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?
French
Norwegian
Spanish
Hungarian
Chaucer became a member of Parliament in………..?
1386
1300
1343
1350
Who took Degree at fifteen from Cambridge in 1518?
Thomas Nash
Thomas More
Thomas lodge
Thomas Wyatt
At what famous university is Faustus a scholar?
Wittenburg
Sorbonne
Heidelberg
Cambridge
Who succeeded Lyly?
Robert Greene
John Milton
Philip Sidney
Christopher Marlowe
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
Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers?
Colin clouts come home again
Faerie queen, first three books
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Faerie queen, second three books
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John Donne
Shakespeare
John Milton
Who wrote The Massacre at Paris?
Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Edmund Spenser
john Milton
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Edward III
Richard II
Henry IV
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In Paradise regained who regained the paradise?
Satan
Jesus
Adam and Eve
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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.
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Epic
Sonnet
Ballad
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Nicholas Udall
Thomas Colwell
Lord Burghley
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Lazarus
Solomon
Barabas
Shylock
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Troy
Carthage
Sparta
Persia