Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devils angels?
Mephastophilis
beelzebub
Aamon
None of the above
Correct Answer :
A. Mephastophilis
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British
German
Dutch
American
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Nicholas Udall
Thomas Colwell
Lord Burghley
None of the above
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16
20
24
28
Which century is known as Dawn of Renaissance:
14 th
15 th
16 th
14 th and 16 th
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Sir Philip Sidney
John Milton
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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
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parchment made of animal skin
the service owed to a lord by his peasants (villeins)
unrhymed iambic pentameter
an unbreakable oath of fealty
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
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John Gower and Robert Peele
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John Lyly and Robert Greene
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How did Henry II, the first of Englands Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces in southern France?
the Battle of Hastings
Saint Patricks mission
the Fourth Lateran Council
his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine
Utopia was first printed in:
1615
1516
1517
1518
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.
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An allegory
An epic
A ballad
A sonnet
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 book Edmund Spenser dedicated to the Philip Sidney:
The Faerie Queene
The shepheaedes Calendar
Complaints
Colin Clouts come home again
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Valdes and Cornelius
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Troilus and Cressida
Pyramus and Thisbe
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 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
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
By Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist:
1590
1591
1592
1593
In the title of Marlowes play, of where was Dido the Queen?
Troy
Carthage
Sparta
Persia
Renaissance is a:
French word
Italian word
Greek word
Spanish word
When, is it estimated, was Dr Faustus first performed?
1594
1604
1590
1593
Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, which came to know as………?
Chaucers corner
poets corner
legends corner
None of the above
Faustus servant shares his name with a famous German composer. Who?
Bach
Schumann
Beethoven
Wagner
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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.
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Shakespeare
Thomas Nash
George Chapman
Thomas More
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Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Edmund Spenser
john Milton
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Rosalind
Belinda
Both a and b
None of above
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Marlowe
Milton
Spencer
Johnson