Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry?

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Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry?

A. Bede

B. Sir Thomas Malory

C. Geoffrey Chaucer

D. Caedmon

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When, is it estimated, was Dr Faustus first performed?

A. 1594

B. 1604

C. 1590

D. 1593

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46How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil?

A. 16

B. 20

C. 24

D. 28

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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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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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Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true?

A. She sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.

B. She was a virgin martyr.

C. She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.

D. She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.

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

A. Latin

B. Dutch

C. French

D. English

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Who wrote The Massacre at Paris?

A. Shakespeare

B. Christopher Marlowe

C. Edmund Spenser

D. john Milton

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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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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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Paradise lost was lost by:

A. Eve

B. Adam

C. Both a and b

D. Satan

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John Donnes The Anniversaries is a:

A. An elegy in two parts

B. An epic in three parts

C. A ballad in four parts

D. None of these

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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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Who was the first English Christian king?

A. Alfred

B. Richard III

C. Richard II

D. Ethelbert

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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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After the death of Christopher Marlowe who completed his unfinished poem Hero and Leander?

A. Shakespeare

B. Thomas Nash

C. George Chapman

D. Thomas More

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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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Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot?

A. Julian of Norwich

B. Margery Kempe

C. William Langland

D. Sir Thomas Malory

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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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Astrophel and Stella is a:

A. Allegory

B. Epic

C. Sonnet

D. Ballad

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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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one of Chaucers daughter was…………?

A. a musician

B. an astronomer

C. a nun

D. None of the above

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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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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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Faustus servant shares his name with a famous German composer. Who?

A. Bach

B. Schumann

C. Beethoven

D. Wagner

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

A. second

B. fourth

C. third

D. fifth

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What is Christopher Marlowes Nationality?

A. British

B. German

C. Dutch

D. American

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What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V?

A. the Battle of Agincourt

B. the Battle of Hastings

C. the Norman Conquest

D. the War of the Roses

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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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C. Geoffrey Chaucer

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

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

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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?

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

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

one of Chaucers daughter was…………?

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