Which of the following sixteenth-century works of English literature was translated into the English language after its first publication in Latin ?

Which of the following sixteenth-century works of English literature was translated into the English language after its first publication in Latin ?

A. Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
B. William Shakespeare’s King Lear
C. Thomas More’s The History of King Richard III
D. Thomas More’s Utopia

Which of the following shifts began in the reign of Henry VII and continued under his Tudor successors ?

Which of the following shifts began in the reign of Henry VII and continued under his Tudor successors ?

A. the growing authority of the Pope over domestic English affairs
B. the expansion of England’s colonial possessions
C. the rise in the power and confidence of the aristocracy
D. the countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority

What is blank verse ?

What is blank verse ?

A. iambic pentameter in rhyming couplets
B. the verse form of the Shakespearean sonnet
C. free verse, without rhyme or regular meter
D. unrhymed iambic pentameter