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Question 1Single Answer
The period of English literature between 1400 and 1600 is primarily associated with:
  1. A
    Romanticism
  2. B
    Restoration
  3. C
    Modernism
  4. D
    Renaissance and Humanism
Question 2Single Answer
Who introduced the printing press into England in 1476?
  1. A
    William Caxton
  2. B
    Thomas More
  3. C
    John Skelton
  4. D
    Richard Hakluyt
Question 3Single Answer
Le Morte d'Arthur was written by:
  1. A
    Geoffrey Chaucer
  2. B
    Sir Thomas Malory
  3. C
    Philip Sidney
  4. D
    Edmund Spenser
Question 4Single Answer
The first printed edition of Le Morte d'Arthur appeared in:
  1. A
    1485
  2. B
    1492
  3. C
    1470
  4. D
    1500
Question 5Single Answer
Identify the author of Utopia?
  1. A
    Francis Bacon
  2. B
    Roger Ascham
  3. C
    Thomas More
  4. D
    Thomas Elyot
Question 6Single Answer
Utopia was originally published in:
  1. A
    Greek
  2. B
    English
  3. C
    Latin
  4. D
    French
Question 7Single Answer
The publication year of Thomas More's Utopia is:
  1. A
    1525
  2. B
    1516
  3. C
    1540
  4. D
    1536
Question 8Single Answer
The term Renaissance literally means:
  1. A
    Enlightenment
  2. B
    Revolution
  3. C
    Rebirth
  4. D
    Reformation
Question 9Single Answer
The central concern of Renaissance humanism was:
  1. A
    Exclusive dependence on medieval scholasticism
  2. B
    Revival of classical learning and human potential
  3. C
    Rejection of secular education
  4. D
    Elimination of rhetoric
Question 10Single Answer
Identify the poet traditionally credited with introducing the Italian sonnet into English literature?
  1. A
    Thomas Wyatt
  2. B
    John Donne
  3. C
    John Milton
  4. D
    Alexander Pope
Question 11Single Answer
The poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is associated with:
  1. A
    Invention of the dramatic monologue
  2. B
    Introduction of free verse
  3. C
    Early development of English blank verse
  4. D
    Origin of the heroic epic
Question 12Single Answer
Blank verse normally consists of:
  1. A
    Rhymed iambic tetrameter
  2. B
    Unrhymed trochaic pentameter
  3. C
    Rhymed dactylic hexameter
  4. D
    Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Question 13Single Answer
The collection popularly known as Tottel's Miscellany was published in:
  1. A
    1542
  2. B
    1579
  3. C
    1557
  4. D
    1590
Question 14Single Answer
The original title of Tottel's Miscellany was:
  1. A
    The Phoenix Nest
  2. B
    Songes and Sonettes
  3. C
    England's Helicon
  4. D
    The Paradise of Dainty Devices
Question 15Single Answer
Consider the following poets: I. Thomas Wyatt II. Henry Howard III. John Milton The poets represented in Tottel's Miscellany include:
  1. A
    I and III only
  2. B
    II and III only
  3. C
    III only
  4. D
    I and II only
Question 16Single Answer
The rhyme scheme ABBA ABBA CDE CDE is characteristic of:
  1. A
    Petrarchan sonnet
  2. B
    Spenserian stanza
  3. C
    Shakespearean sonnet
  4. D
    Heroic couplet
Question 17Single Answer
The sonnet beginning "Whoso List to Hunt" was composed by:
  1. A
    Philip Sidney
  2. B
    Thomas Wyatt
  3. C
    Edmund Spenser
  4. D
    Walter Raleigh
Question 18Single Answer
Identify the writer of The Book Named the Governor?
  1. A
    Thomas Wilson
  2. B
    Thomas Elyot
  3. C
    Roger Ascham
  4. D
    Stephen Gosson
Question 19Single Answer
The Schoolmaster, published posthumously in 1570, was written by:
  1. A
    George Puttenham
  2. B
    Thomas More
  3. C
    John Lyly
  4. D
    Roger Ascham
Question 20Single Answer
The first complete printed English Bible appeared in 1535 through the work of:
  1. A
    John Wycliffe
  2. B
    William Tyndale
  3. C
    Miles Coverdale
  4. D
    Thomas Cranmer
Question 21Single Answer
The author of The Shepheardes Calender is:
  1. A
    Philip Sidney
  2. B
    Edmund Spenser
  3. C
    Michael Drayton
  4. D
    Samuel Daniel
Question 22Single Answer
The Shepheardes Calender was first published in:
  1. A
    1586
  2. B
    1579
  3. C
    1596
  4. D
    1609
Question 23Single Answer
The Shepheardes Calender contains:
  1. A
    Twelve eclogues
  2. B
    Fourteen eclogues
  3. C
    Sixteen eclogues
  4. D
    Ten eclogues
Question 24Single Answer
The pastoral persona Colin Clout is most closely associated with:
  1. A
    Edmund Spenser
  2. B
    Thomas Kyd
  3. C
    Christopher Marlowe
  4. D
    Thomas Nashe
Question 25Single Answer
The first three books of The Faerie Queene appeared in:
  1. A
    1590
  2. B
    1580
  3. C
    1596
  4. D
    1609
Question 26Single Answer
Identify the principal virtue represented by the Redcrosse Knight?
  1. A
    Holiness
  2. B
    Justice
  3. C
    Friendship
  4. D
    Courtesy
Question 27Single Answer
Una in The Faerie Queene symbolises:
  1. A
    Political ambition
  2. B
    Truth
  3. C
    Vanity
  4. D
    Falsehood
Question 28Single Answer
The character Duessa represents:
  1. A
    Chastity
  2. B
    Justice
  3. C
    Friendship
  4. D
    Falsehood
Question 29Single Answer
Sir Guyon in The Faerie Queene personifies:
  1. A
    Courtesy
  2. B
    Temperance
  3. C
    Holiness
  4. D
    Magnificence
Question 30Single Answer
The female knight Britomart represents:
  1. A
    Chastity
  2. B
    Pride
  3. C
    Friendship
  4. D
    Justice
Question 31Single Answer
Identify the knight associated with the virtue of Justice in The Faerie Queene?
  1. A
    Calidore
  2. B
    Guyon
  3. C
    Cambell
  4. D
    Artegall
Question 32Single Answer
The virtue represented by Sir Calidore is:
  1. A
    Holiness
  2. B
    Courtesy
  3. C
    Temperance
  4. D
    Friendship
Question 33Single Answer
The Spenserian stanza consists of:
  1. A
    Eight lines
  2. B
    Ten lines
  3. C
    Nine lines
  4. D
    Twelve lines
Question 34Single Answer
The rhyme scheme of the Spenserian stanza is:
  1. A
    AABBCCDDE
  2. B
    ABABCDCDEFEFGG
  3. C
    ABBAABBACDECDE
  4. D
    ABABBCBCC
Question 35Single Answer
The final line of a Spenserian stanza is usually:
  1. A
    An iambic trimeter
  2. B
    A heroic couplet
  3. C
    An alexandrine
  4. D
    A trochaic tetrameter
Question 36Single Answer
Spenser's sonnet sequence Amoretti contains:
  1. A
    89 sonnets
  2. B
    154 sonnets
  3. C
    108 sonnets
  4. D
    100 sonnets
Question 37Single Answer
Epithalamion celebrates Spenser's marriage to:
  1. A
    Elizabeth Boyle
  2. B
    Stella
  3. C
    Mary Sidney
  4. D
    Penelope Devereux
Question 38Single Answer
The poem Prothalamion celebrates:
  1. A
    A royal coronation
  2. B
    A double marriage
  3. C
    A military victory
  4. D
    A poet's funeral
Question 39Single Answer
Astrophil and Stella was written by:
  1. A
    Thomas Campion
  2. B
    Philip Sidney
  3. C
    Michael Drayton
  4. D
    Samuel Daniel
Question 40Single Answer
The number of sonnets in Astrophil and Stella is:
  1. A
    89
  2. B
    100
  3. C
    108
  4. D
    154
Question 41Single Answer
The Defence of Poesy is associated with:
  1. A
    George Puttenham
  2. B
    Stephen Gosson
  3. C
    Philip Sidney
  4. D
    Thomas Wilson
Question 42Single Answer
Poetry is described as a "speaking picture" in:
  1. A
    The Book of the Courtier
  2. B
    The Schoolmaster
  3. C
    The Arte of English Poesie
  4. D
    The Defence of Poesy
Question 43Single Answer
The Arcadia was written by:
  1. A
    Robert Greene
  2. B
    Thomas Lodge
  3. C
    Philip Sidney
  4. D
    John Lyly
Question 44Single Answer
The Arte of English Poesie, published in 1589, is attributed to:
  1. A
    William Webbe
  2. B
    Thomas Campion
  3. C
    Stephen Gosson
  4. D
    George Puttenham
Question 45Single Answer
Identify the author of The Schoole of Abuse?
  1. A
    Thomas Nashe
  2. B
    Thomas Kyd
  3. C
    Stephen Gosson
  4. D
    Thomas Lodge
Question 46Single Answer
The Elizabethan tragedy Gorboduc was written by:
  1. A
    Robert Greene and George Peele
  2. B
    Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nashe
  3. C
    Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville
  4. D
    John Lyly and Thomas Lodge
Question 47Single Answer
Gorboduc was first performed in:
  1. A
    1561
  2. B
    1590
  3. C
    1603
  4. D
    1576
Question 48Single Answer
The classical playwright most strongly associated with the influence on Elizabethan revenge tragedy is:
  1. A
    Aristophanes
  2. B
    Plautus
  3. C
    Seneca
  4. D
    Terence
Question 49Single Answer
The Spanish Tragedy was composed by:
  1. A
    Thomas Kyd
  2. B
    Robert Greene
  3. C
    George Peele
  4. D
    John Lyly
Question 50Single Answer
The character Hieronimo appears in:
  1. A
    The Spanish Tragedy
  2. B
    Doctor Faustus
  3. C
    Tamburlaine the Great
  4. D
    Gorboduc
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