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

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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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On his blindness, a collection of sonnets is written by:

A. Edmund Spenser

B. John Milton

C. Shakespeare

D. Sir Philip Sidney

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What is Faerie Queene:

A. An allegory

B. An epic

C. A ballad

D. A sonnet

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Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What are their names?

A. Valdes and Cornelius

B. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

C. Troilus and Cressida

D. Pyramus and Thisbe

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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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The first regular English comedy, based on the model of the Latin comedy, is attributed to ?

A. Nicholas Udall

B. Thomas Colwell

C. Lord Burghley

D. None of the above

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What is the first extended written specimen of Old English?

A. Boethiuss Consolidation of Philosophy

B. Saint Jeromes translation of the Bible

C. Malorys Morte Darthur

D. a code of laws promulgated by King Ethelbert

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William Shakespeare born in:

A. 26 April 1567

B. 26 April 1566

C. 26 April 1565

D. 26 April 1564

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Which book Edmund Spenser dedicated to the Philip Sidney:

A. The Faerie Queene

B. The shepheaedes Calendar

C. Complaints

D. Colin Clouts come home again

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What was vellum?

A. parchment made of animal skin

B. the service owed to a lord by his peasants (villeins)

C. unrhymed iambic pentameter

D. an unbreakable oath of fealty

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Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for

A. courtiers entering the service of Richard II

B. translators of French romances

C. women who have chosen to live as religious recluses

D. knights preparing for their first tournament

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Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336?

A. Henry II

B. Henry III

C. Henry V

D. Edward III

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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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Who born in 1422:

A. William Caxton

B. Robert Henry

C. John Lyly

D. Thomas more

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Chaucer became a member of Parliament in………..?

A. 1386

B. 1300

C. 1343

D. 1350

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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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Greville was biographer of:

A. Edmund Spencer

B. John Donne

C. Sir Philip Sidney

D. John Milton

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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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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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Shakespeares only son Hamnet died in?

A. 1595

B. 1596

C. 1597

D. 1598

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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 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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Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures?

A. Beowulf

B. Arthur

C. Caedmon

D. Augustine of Canterbury

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in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French?

A. 1360

B. 1357

C. 1378

D. 1358

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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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What does Faustus promise to the devil in exchange for great knowledge, riches and power for a period of 24 years?

A. his body

B. his house

C. his soul

D. his horse

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Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in:

A. the Anglo-Saxon Conquest beginning in the 1450s.

B. the Norman Conquest of 1066.

C. the Peasant Uprising of 1381.

D. the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s.

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which of these kings was not served by Chaucer?

A. Edward III

B. Henry II

C. Richard II

D. None of the above

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Which of the following languages did not coexist in Anglo-Norman England?

A. Latin

B. Dutch

C. French

D. English

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In the tragic history of Doctor Faustus. Faustus was a :

A. German scholar

B. French scholar

C. Spanish scholar

D. Greek scholar

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How did Henry II, the first of Englands Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces in southern France?

A. the Battle of Hastings

B. Saint Patricks mission

C. the Fourth Lateran Council

D. his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine

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C. The Shepherds calendar

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Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What are their names?

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

The first regular English comedy, based on the model of the Latin comedy, is attributed to ?

What is the first extended written specimen of Old English?

William Shakespeare born in:

Which book Edmund Spenser dedicated to the Philip Sidney:

What was vellum?

Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for

Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336?

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?

Who born in 1422:

Chaucer became a member of Parliament in………..?

Who declared him as Britains greatest dramatist in 1598?

Greville was biographer of:

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

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Shakespeares only son Hamnet died in?

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

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

Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures?

in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French?

In Paradise regained who regained the paradise?

What does Faustus promise to the devil in exchange for great knowledge, riches and power for a period of 24 years?

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which of these kings was not served by Chaucer?

Which of the following languages did not coexist in Anglo-Norman England?

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