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
Correct Answer :
D. a and c only
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Renaissance is a:
French word
Italian word
Greek word
Spanish word
Renaissance first came to the:
France
Italy
England
Rome
which of these kings was not served by Chaucer?
Edward III
Henry II
Richard II
None of the above
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An allegory
An epic
A ballad
A sonnet
Marlow died of?
Illness
stabbing
poisoned
Hanged
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Edmund Spenser
John Donne
Shakespeare
John Milton
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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
Philip Sidney was born on 30th November:
1553
1554
1555
1550
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
During Spencers visit to his Kinsfolk in Lancashire he felt in love a woman and who figures as__________________ much of his work:
Rosalind
Belinda
Both a and b
None of above
Who wrote The Massacre at Paris?
Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Edmund Spenser
john Milton
Thomas kyd (1558-95) achieved great popularity with which of his first work?
The Rare Triumphs of love and fortune
The Spanish Tragedy
Jeronimo
Cornelia
Paradise lost was lost by:
Eve
Adam
Both a and b
Satan
Shakespeares only son Hamnet died in?
1595
1596
1597
1598
Ann Hathaway was _________ years older than Shakespeare:
7
8
9
10
Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for
courtiers entering the service of Richard II
translators of French romances
women who have chosen to live as religious recluses
knights preparing for their first tournament
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 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
14 th and 16 th
By Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist:
1590
1591
1592
1593
John Donnes The Anniversaries is a:
An elegy in two parts
An epic in three parts
A ballad in four parts
None of these
Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury?
Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.
The common people were still essentially pagan.
They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic.
The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.
In Marlowes play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta?
Lazarus
Solomon
Barabas
Shylock
in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French?
1360
1357
1378
1358
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Boethiuss Consolidation of Philosophy
Saint Jeromes translation of the Bible
Malorys Morte Darthur
a code of laws promulgated by King Ethelbert
Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in:
About 1611
About 1610
About 1609
About 1608
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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.
The Prince Of Poets in his time, on whom grave the inscription is given?
Sir Philip Sidney
John Milton
Edmund Spencer
John Donne
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.
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John Donne
John Milton
Earnest Hemingway
d. H. Lawrence