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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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B. Thomas lodge


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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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Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?

A. French

B. Norwegian

C. Spanish

D. Hungarian

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From where Christopher Marlowe received his early Education? Corpus Christi College

A. Cambridge

B. oxford

C. witternburg

D. Harvard

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Which of the following statement is correct:

A. Shakespeares first child Susanna was born in 1583.

B. In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith.

C. both a and b.

D. None of above.

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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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Marlow died of?

A. Illness

B. stabbing

C. poisoned

D. Hanged

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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 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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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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In what country is Dr Faustus based?

A. England

B. Italy

C. France

D. Germany

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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 the following statements is not an accurate description of Old English poetry?

A. Romantic love is a guiding principle of moral conduct.

B. Its formal and dignified use of speech was distant from everyday use of language.

C. Irony is a mode of perception, as much as it was a figure of speech.

D. Christian and pagan ideals are sometimes mixed.

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

A. Latin

B. Dutch

C. French

D. English

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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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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 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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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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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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Who is the author of Piers Plowman?

A. Sir Thomas Malory

B. Margery Kempe

C. Geoffrey Chaucer

D. William Langland

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Utopia was first printed in:

A. 1615

B. 1516

C. 1517

D. 1518

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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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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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The use of whale-roadfor sea and life-housefor body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry?

A. symbolism

B. simile

C. metonymy

D. kenning

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

A. 1386

B. 1300

C. 1343

D. 1350

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Which was Marlowes first play?

A. Dr.Faustus

B. Tamburlaine

C. The Tragedy of Dido

D. The Jew of Malta

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Spencer married in June 11, 1594 to ?

A. Elizabeth Wilton D/O Lord Grey De Wilton

B. Elizabeth Raleigh D/O Walter Raleigh

C. Elizabeth Boyle D/O James Boyle

D. Elizabeth Boyle D/O Richard Boyle

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At what famous university is Faustus a scholar?

A. Wittenburg

B. Sorbonne

C. Heidelberg

D. Cambridge

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In Paradise regained who regained the paradise?

A. Satan

B. Jesus

C. Adam and Eve

D. Only Adam