Cultural And Literary English Re Mcqs
Q.1: In The Book of Martyrs, John Foxe provides a record of all known Christian martyrs throughout history, focusing on the persecution of people practicing which religion ?
A. Protestantism
B. Catholicism
C. Roman Catholicism
D. Buddhism
Q.2: John Lyly became instantly famous with the publication of what text ?E
A. 95 Theses
B. Utopia
C. Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit$
D. Paradise Lost
Q.3: Which of the following controversial ideas surround the life and work of William Shakespeare ?^
A. The idea that William Shakespeare never lived..
B. The idea that William Shakespeare was a Catholic.1
C. All of the above
D. A and B only
Q.4: Who introduced the Italian sonnet to the British Isles during the reign of King Henry VIII ?\
A. Thomas Wyatt
B. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
C. John Donne
D. Both A and B
Q.5: What genres of plays did William Shakespeare write ?4
A. Tragedies
B. Comedies
C. Romances
D. All of the above
Q.6: What author speaks of the exemplary story as a fundamental narrative unit in which it is important to follow chronological order ?
A. John Foxe
B. John Lyly
C. Sir Thomas More
D. Sir Walter Raleigh
Q.7: Fill in the blank. Prior to the rise of the famed tragedians of the late 1580s,_____________ were the great headliners of the Elizabethan stage?
A. Clowns
B. Women
C. Politicians
D. Pantomimes
Q.8: John Lylys work significantly shaped the writing of which famous writer ?L
A. William Blake
B. William Wordsworth
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. William Shakespeare
Q.9: Fill in the blank. The greatest insurrection of the______________ age in England was over religion?c
A. Hanover
B. Protestant
C. Tudor
D. None of these
Q.10: The Petrarchan sonnet is typically composed in what form of meter ?C
A. Trochaic trimeter
B. Terza rima
C. Iambic pentameter
D. Anapestic pentameter