Who born in 1422:
William Caxton
Robert Henry
John Lyly
Thomas more
Correct Answer :
A. William Caxton
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Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Edmund Spenser
john Milton
Utopia was first printed in:
1615
1516
1517
1518
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Bede
Sir Thomas Malory
Geoffrey Chaucer
Caedmon
What is the meaning of Renaissance:
Rebirth, revival and re-awaking
Reveal, revel and reverie
Raillery, renunciation and recoup
None of the above
Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus character at the beginning of the play?
kind
stupid
sensitive
arrogant
What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowes father?
Carpenter
Civil servant
Cobbler
Farmer
John Donnes The Anniversaries is a:
An elegy in two parts
An epic in three parts
A ballad in four parts
None of these
what was the duration of hundred years war?
1300 to 1350
1337 to 1453
1302 to 1343
None of the above
Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law?
tenth
eleventh
twelfth
fourteenth
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
One of Marlowes most famous poems was an account of which lovers?
Anthony and Cleopatra
Hero and Leander
Troilus and Cressida
Apollo and Hyacinth
Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, which came to know as………?
Chaucers corner
poets corner
legends corner
None of the above
Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true?
She sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.
She was a virgin martyr.
She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.
She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.
William Shakespeare was……. child of John and Mary:
second
fourth
third
fifth
Who wrote following lines:…….. I am involved in mankind: and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
John Donne
John Milton
Earnest Hemingway
d. H. Lawrence
Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe?
Henry V
Richard III
Edward II
John
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
What is Christopher Marlowes Nationality?
British
German
Dutch
American
William Shakespeare born in:
26 April 1567
26 April 1566
26 April 1565
26 April 1564
Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450?
the Normans
the Geats
the Celts
the Anglo-Saxons
In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance?
banishment to Asia
everlasting shame
conversion to Christianity
mild melancholia
Who wrote Mirror for Magistrates?
Thomas Sacville
Thomas Wyatt
Thomas lodge
Thomas Kyde
one of Chaucers daughter was…………?
a musician
an astronomer
a nun
None of the above
The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by:
Wyclif
Thomas more
John Lyly
Robert Greene
From where Christopher Marlowe received his early Education? Corpus Christi College
Cambridge
oxford
witternburg
Harvard
Faustus servant shares his name with a famous German composer. Who?
Bach
Schumann
Beethoven
Wagner
Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures?
Beowulf
Arthur
Caedmon
Augustine of Canterbury
Ann Hathaway was _________ years older than Shakespeare:
7
8
9
10
What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V?
the Battle of Agincourt
the Battle of Hastings
the Norman Conquest
the War of the Roses
Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to
the royal family and upper orders of the nobility
the lower orders of the nobility
agricultural laborers
the clergy