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what was the occupation of Chaucers father?

A. leather merchant

B. civil servant

C. a vintner

D. None of the above

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Which poet was first who used metaphysical poetry among his contemporaries:

A. Edmund Spenser

B. John Milton

C. John Donne

D. Sir Philip Sidney

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Utopia was first printed in:

A. 1615

B. 1516

C. 1517

D. 1518

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Who wrote Mirror for Magistrates?

A. Thomas Sacville

B. Thomas Wyatt

C. Thomas lodge

D. Thomas Kyde

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what was the duration of hundred years war?

A. 1300 to 1350

B. 1337 to 1453

C. 1302 to 1343

D. None of the above

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Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law?

A. tenth

B. eleventh

C. twelfth

D. fourteenth

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What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowes father?

A. Carpenter

B. Civil servant

C. Cobbler

D. Farmer

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Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry?

A. embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine

B. repetition of parallel syntactic structures

C. ironic understatement

D. stress on every third diphthong

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Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true?

A. She sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.

B. She was a virgin martyr.

C. She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.

D. She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.

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Which twelfth-century poet or poets were indebted to Breton storytellers for their narratives?

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. Chrétien de Troyes

C. a and c only

D. b and c only

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What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouths The History of the Kings of Britain?

A. the reign of King Arthur

B. the coronation of Henry II

C. King Johns seal of the Magna Carta

D. the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine

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He married to the Anne Hathaway at the age of_ in.

A. 18, 1582

B. 17, 1581

C. 16, 1580

D. 15, 1579

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In Paradise regained who regained the paradise?

A. Satan

B. Jesus

C. Adam and Eve

D. Only Adam

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Chaucer became a page to which kings daughter-in-law?

A. Edward III

B. Richard II

C. Henry IV

D. None of the above

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Who declared him as Britains greatest dramatist in 1598?

A. Queen Elizabeth

B. Francis Meres, a lawyer

C. Burbage, an actor

D. King James

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At what famous university is Faustus a scholar?

A. Wittenburg

B. Sorbonne

C. Heidelberg

D. Cambridge

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chaucer was fined in 1367 or 1366 for…………..?

A. beating a friar in a London street

B. for writing poetry against the church

C. for crossing the border of Great Britain

D. None of the above

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Who is the author of Piers Plowman?

A. Sir Thomas Malory

B. Margery Kempe

C. Geoffrey Chaucer

D. William Langland

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The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200?

A. They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.

B. Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.

C. Their readers primary language was English.

D. a and c only

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University Wits were those who:

A. Had training at two universities

B. gave curriculum of two universities

C. Erected two universities

D. None of the above

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Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe?

A. Henry V

B. Richard III

C. Edward II

D. John

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What is Faerie Queene:

A. An allegory

B. An epic

C. A ballad

D. A sonnet

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One of Marlowes earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem Pharsalia, written by which Roman poet?

A. Ovid

B. Lucan

C. Virgil

D. Horace

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Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife?

A. Dantes Divine Comedy

B. Boccaccios Decameron

C. The Dream of the Rood

D. Chaucers Legend of Good Women

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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?

A. William Shakespeare

B. Thomas Kyd

C. John Dryden

D. John Donne

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one of Chaucers daughter was…………?

A. a musician

B. an astronomer

C. a nun

D. None of the above

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Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers?

A. Colin clouts come home again

B. Faerie queen, first three books

C. The Shepherds calendar

D. Faerie queen, second three books

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John Donnes The Anniversaries is a:

A. An elegy in two parts

B. An epic in three parts

C. A ballad in four parts

D. None of these

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Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in:

A. About 1611

B. About 1610

C. About 1609

D. About 1608

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What is the meaning of Renaissance:

A. Rebirth, revival and re-awaking

B. Reveal, revel and reverie

C. Raillery, renunciation and recoup

D. None of the above

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After the death of Christopher Marlowe who completed his unfinished poem Hero and Leander?

A. Shakespeare

B. Thomas Nash

C. George Chapman

D. Thomas More

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C. a vintner

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Who wrote Mirror for Magistrates?

what was the duration of hundred years war?

Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law?

What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowes father?

Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry?

Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true?

Which twelfth-century poet or poets were indebted to Breton storytellers for their narratives?

What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouths The History of the Kings of Britain?

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In Paradise regained who regained the paradise?

Chaucer became a page to which kings daughter-in-law?

Who declared him as Britains greatest dramatist in 1598?

At what famous university is Faustus a scholar?

chaucer was fined in 1367 or 1366 for…………..?

Who is the author of Piers Plowman?

The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200?

University Wits were those who:

Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe?

What is Faerie Queene:

One of Marlowes earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem Pharsalia, written by which Roman poet?

Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife?

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?

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Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers?

John Donnes The Anniversaries is a:

Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in:

What is the meaning of Renaissance:

After the death of Christopher Marlowe who completed his unfinished poem Hero and Leander?

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