Who wrote Holy Sonnets?
Edmund Spenser
John Donne
Shakespeare
John Milton
Correct Answer :
B. John Donne
Related Questions
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
In whose reign Morality plays began?
Henry five
Elizabeth one
Henry six
Henry eight
Greville was biographer of:
Edmund Spencer
John Donne
Sir Philip Sidney
John Milton
Who wrote Mirror for Magistrates?
Thomas Sacville
Thomas Wyatt
Thomas lodge
Thomas Kyde
In the title of Marlowes play, of where was Dido the Queen?
Troy
Carthage
Sparta
Persia
Which was Marlowes first play?
Dr.Faustus
Tamburlaine
The Tragedy of Dido
The Jew of Malta
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
Philip Sidney was born on 30th November:
1553
1554
1555
1550
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.
What is Christopher Marlowes Nationality?
British
German
Dutch
American
Shakespeare is buried inside the:
Westminster Abbey
Trinity Church
Protestant Cemetery
None of above
Who was the son of a rich London merchant and born in 1557?
Thomas Nah
Thomas lodge
Thomas Kyd
Thomas Hardy
Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry?
embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine
repetition of parallel syntactic structures
ironic understatement
stress on every third diphthong
What is Faerie Queene:
An allegory
An epic
A ballad
A sonnet
Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues?
the short story
the heroic epic
the morality play
the romance
Utopia was first printed in:
1615
1516
1517
1518
The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200?
They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.
Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.
Their readers primary language was English.
a and c only
Renaissance first came to the:
France
Italy
England
Rome
In what country is Dr Faustus based?
England
Italy
France
Germany
The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by:
Wyclif
Thomas more
John Lyly
Robert Greene
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.
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
Which of the following are University wits:
John Gower and Robert Peele
John Skelton and Thomas lodge
John Lyly and Robert Greene
John Donne and Thomas Nashe
In Paradise regained who regained the paradise?
Satan
Jesus
Adam and Eve
Only Adam
By Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist:
1590
1591
1592
1593
Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe?
Henry V
Richard III
Edward II
John
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
Who wrote The Massacre at Paris?
Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Edmund Spenser
john Milton
what was the duration of hundred years war?
1300 to 1350
1337 to 1453
1302 to 1343
None of the above
Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?
French
Norwegian
Spanish
Hungarian