Fill in the blank. ____________ is remembered as the “Morning Star of the Reformation.”
A. John Donne
B. John Dryden
C. John Wycliffe
D. Johan Gutenberg
English Literature Mcqs
Which of the following writers remained a firm believer in the Royal Supremacy ?
Which of the following writers remained a firm believer in the Royal Supremacy ?
A. John Locke
B. John Lyly
C. John Foxe
D. John Milton
“The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses” is an example of what dramatic genre ?
“The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses” is an example of what dramatic genre ?
A. Masque
B. Satire
C. Burlesque
D. Tragedy
King Henry VIII adopted what religion ?
King Henry VIII adopted what religion ?
A. Catholicism
B. Protestantism
C. Buddhism
D. Roman Catholicism
The foundation story of what poem is the Genesis account of the Creation of the world and of Adam and Eve, culminating in the drama of their temptation and fall ?
The foundation story of what poem is the Genesis account of the Creation of the world and of Adam and Eve, culminating in the drama of their temptation and fall ?
A. “Canterbury Tales”
B. “The Faerie Queen”
C. “Paradise Lost”
D. “The Prelude”
Fill in the blank. Although Sir Philip Sidney is writing 200 years before the …. revolution, he presents a very inward and self-absorbed narrator in “Astrophil and Stella.” ?
Fill in the blank. Although Sir Philip Sidney is writing 200 years before the …. revolution, he presents a very inward and self-absorbed narrator in “Astrophil and Stella.” ?
A. Medieval
B. Victorian
C. Romantic
D. None of the above
Fill in the blank. A ____________ was a spectacle performed at court or at the manor of a member of the nobility and was staged to glorify the court or the particular aristocrat?
Fill in the blank. A ____________ was a spectacle performed at court or at the manor of a member of the nobility and was staged to glorify the court or the particular aristocrat?
A. Masque
B. Satire
C. Tragedy
D. Comedy
Romance, classical structure, and festive elements had already begun to come together in drama when what author began writing ?
Romance, classical structure, and festive elements had already begun to come together in drama when what author began writing ?
A. Chaucer
B. Langland
C. Homer
D. Shakespeare
The Petrarchan sonnet is typically composed in what form of meter ?
The Petrarchan sonnet is typically composed in what form of meter ?
A. Trochaic trimeter
B. Terza rima
C. Iambic pentameter
D. Anapestic pentameter
Fill in the blank. The greatest insurrection of the______________ age in England was over religion?
Fill in the blank. The greatest insurrection of the______________ age in England was over religion?
A. Hanover
B. Protestant
C. Tudor
D. None of these