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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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C. Cobbler


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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 did Chaucers wife use to do?

A. lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainaut

B. nurse of royal court

C. governess to Henry IV

D. None of the above

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Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, which came to know as………?

A. Chaucers corner

B. poets corner

C. legends corner

D. None of the above

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The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by:

A. Wyclif

B. Thomas more

C. John Lyly

D. Robert Greene

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Who born in 1422:

A. William Caxton

B. Robert Henry

C. John Lyly

D. Thomas more

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Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devils angels?

A. Mephastophilis

B. beelzebub

C. Aamon

D. None of the above

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What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomews Day Massacre in 1572?

A. The Massacre at Berlin

B. The Massacre at Rome

C. The Massacre at Copenhagen

D. The Massacre at Paris

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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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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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Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus character at the beginning of the play?

A. kind

B. stupid

C. sensitive

D. arrogant

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The collection of the papers and correspondence of a well-to-do Norfolk family is known as:

A. Letters to the Margret Paston

B. Margret Paston to John Paston

C. The Paston letters

D. To John Paston

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Who was the son of a rich London merchant and born in 1557?

A. Thomas Nah

B. Thomas lodge

C. Thomas Kyd

D. Thomas Hardy

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Marlowes play Tamburlaine the Great was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler?

A. Zhu Yuanzhang

B. Genghis Khan

C. Timur

D. Kublai Khan

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Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury?

A. Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.

B. The common people were still essentially pagan.

C. They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic.

D. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.

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Who of the following is known as Child Of Renaissance?

A. Marlowe

B. Milton

C. Spencer

D. Johnson

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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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William Shakespeare was……. child of John and Mary:

A. second

B. fourth

C. third

D. fifth

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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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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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Utopia was first printed in:

A. 1615

B. 1516

C. 1517

D. 1518

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Which of the following are University wits:

A. John Gower and Robert Peele

B. John Skelton and Thomas lodge

C. John Lyly and Robert Greene

D. John Donne and Thomas Nashe

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After __________ years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London.

A. two

B. three

C. four

D. five

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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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Which of the Marlowes plays were written in collaboration with Thomas Nash?

A. Queen of Carthage and The passionate Shepherd.

B. The tragedy of Dido and Queen of Carthage.

C. The passionate Shepherd and The tragedy of Dido.

D. Queen of Carthage and The Massacre of Paris.

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Thomas kyd (1558-95) achieved great popularity with which of his first work?

A. The Rare Triumphs of love and fortune

B. The Spanish Tragedy

C. Jeronimo

D. Cornelia

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Ann Hathaway was _________ years older than Shakespeare:

A. 7

B. 8

C. 9

D. 10

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Marlowe born in________

A. 1562

B. 1563

C. 1564

D. 1565

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what was chaucers profession?

A. a poet

B. a merchant

C. a civil servant

D. None of the above

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Shakespeare is buried inside the:

A. Westminster Abbey

B. Trinity Church

C. Protestant Cemetery

D. None of above

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Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to

A. the royal family and upper orders of the nobility

B. the lower orders of the nobility

C. agricultural laborers

D. the clergy