James I liked to imagine himself as a modern version of which ruler ?
A. Pericles
B. Genghis Khan
C. Richard Lionheart
D. Augustus Caesar
Which religious radical advocated the civic toleration of all religions, including Catholicism, Judaism, and Islam ?
Which religious radical advocated the civic toleration of all religions, including Catholicism, Judaism, and Islam ?
A. John Lilburne
B. William Laud
C. Roger Williams
D. Oliver Cromwell
Which of the following was not an expressed objective of the Long Parliament when it convened in 1640 ?
Which of the following was not an expressed objective of the Long Parliament when it convened in 1640 ?
A. abolishing extra-legal taxes and courts
B. mounting a revolution and executing the king
C. bringing to trial the king’s hated ministers, Strafford and Laud
D. remaining in session until they themselves agreed to disband
Which writer was not active under both Elizabeth I and James I ?
Which writer was not active under both Elizabeth I and James I ?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Ben Jonson
C. John Donne
D. John Milton
The idea that God predestines human beings to be saved or damned is associated with which Protestant reformer ?
The idea that God predestines human beings to be saved or damned is associated with which Protestant reformer ?
A. Martin Luther
B. John Calvin
C. Henry VIII
D. Arminius
Which of the following themes or subjects was not common in the works of Cavalier poets, such as Thomas Carew, Sir John Denham, Edmund Walter, Sir John Suckling, James Shirely, Richard Lovelace, and Robert Herrick ?
Which of the following themes or subjects was not common in the works of Cavalier poets, such as Thomas Carew, Sir John Denham, Edmund Walter, Sir John Suckling, James Shirely, Richard Lovelace, and Robert Herrick ?
A. courtly ideals of the good life
B. carpe diem
C. loyalty to the king
D. pious devotion to religious virtues
Which poem testifies to the profound doubts and uncertainties attending Donne’s conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism ?
Which poem testifies to the profound doubts and uncertainties attending Donne’s conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism ?
A. Air and Angels
B. Satire 3
C. The Apparition
D. The Indifferent
Which of the following plays was not authored by Shakespeare in the Jacobean period ?
Which of the following plays was not authored by Shakespeare in the Jacobean period ?
A. Othello
B. Volpone
C. King Lear
D. Antony and Cleopatra
Who authored the scholarly biography, Life of Donne ?
Who authored the scholarly biography, Life of Donne ?
A. Izaak Walton
B. Katherine Philips
C. John Skelton
D. Isabella Whitney
What was one of the first acts of Parliament after the outbreak of hostilities in the First Civil War ?
What was one of the first acts of Parliament after the outbreak of hostilities in the First Civil War ?
A. the abolishment of public plays and sports
B. the conversion of the English church to Catholicism
C. the adoption of English as the official language
D. the consolidation of power in an absolute monarch