Who translated Utopia in English language:
Thomas More
Thomas lodge
Ralph Robinson
William Tyndale
Correct Answer :
C. Ralph Robinson
Related Questions
Shakespeares only son Hamnet died in?
1595
1596
1597
1598
Shakespeare is buried inside the:
Westminster Abbey
Trinity Church
Protestant Cemetery
None of above
By Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist:
1590
1591
1592
1593
Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus character at the beginning of the play?
kind
stupid
sensitive
arrogant
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
what was the duration of hundred years war?
1300 to 1350
1337 to 1453
1302 to 1343
None of the above
Philip Sidney was born on 30th November:
1553
1554
1555
1550
The use of whale-roadfor sea and life-housefor body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry?
symbolism
simile
metonymy
kenning
Which book Edmund Spenser dedicated to the Philip Sidney:
The Faerie Queene
The shepheaedes Calendar
Complaints
Colin Clouts come home again
Who wrote Holy Sonnets?
Edmund Spenser
John Donne
Shakespeare
John Milton
What does Faustus promise to the devil in exchange for great knowledge, riches and power for a period of 24 years?
his body
his house
his soul
his horse
At what famous university is Faustus a scholar?
Wittenburg
Sorbonne
Heidelberg
Cambridge
Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336?
Henry II
Henry III
Henry V
Edward III
In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the floweringof Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers?
Geoffrey of Monmouth
the Gawain poet
the Beowulf poet
Chr�tien de Troyes
Which century is known as Dawn of Renaissance:
14 th
15 th
16 th
14 th and 16 th
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
Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, which came to know as………?
Chaucers corner
poets corner
legends corner
None of the above
which of these is not certain about Chaucer?
his birth date
his death year
his fathers name
None of the above
Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450?
the Normans
the Geats
the Celts
the Anglo-Saxons
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
Astrophel and Stella is a:
Allegory
Epic
Sonnet
Ballad
in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French?
1360
1357
1378
1358
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.
Renaissance is a:
French word
Italian word
Greek word
Spanish word
Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of Old English poetry?
Romantic love is a guiding principle of moral conduct.
Its formal and dignified use of speech was distant from everyday use of language.
Irony is a mode of perception, as much as it was a figure of speech.
Christian and pagan ideals are sometimes mixed.
In Paradise regained who regained the paradise?
Satan
Jesus
Adam and Eve
Only Adam
what did Chaucers wife use to do?
lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainaut
nurse of royal court
governess to Henry IV
None of the above
Who took Degree at fifteen from Cambridge in 1518?
Thomas Nash
Thomas More
Thomas lodge
Thomas Wyatt
Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife?
Dantes Divine Comedy
Boccaccios Decameron
The Dream of the Rood
Chaucers Legend of Good Women
William Shakespeare born in:
26 April 1567
26 April 1566
26 April 1565
26 April 1564