English Literature MCQs

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To what does the phrase \the stigma of print\refer ?


alead poisoning contracted from handling printer’s ink


bthe brutal punishment for printing without a license


cthe pre-Reformation ban on printing the Bible in English


dthe perception among court poets that printed verses were less exclusive



From which of the following Italian texts might Tudor courtiers have learned the art of intrigue and the keys to gaining and keeping power ?


aCastiglione’s \The Courtier\


bDante’s \Divine Comedy\


cBoccaccio’s \Decameron\


dMachiavelli’s \The Prince\



Which of the following statements is not an accurate reflection of education during the English Renaissance ?


aIt was aimed primarily at sons of the nobility and gentry.


bIts curriculum emphasized ancient Greek, the language of diplomacy, professions, and higher learning.


cIt was conducted by tutors in wealthy families or in grammar schools.


d It was ordered according to the medieval trivium and quadrivium



What is blank verse ?


a iambic pentameter in rhyming couplets


bthe verse form of the Shakespearean sonnet


cfree verse, without rhyme or regular meter


dunrhymed iambic pentameter



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


athe growing authority of the Pope over domestic English affairs


bthe expansion of England’s colonial possessions


cthe rise in the power and confidence of the aristocracy


dthe countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority



To what subgenre did the Senecan influence give rise, as evidenced in the first English tragedy Gorboduc, or Ferrex and Porrex ?


avillain tragedy


bpoetic tragedy


cheroic tragedy


drevenge tragedy


View Answer revenge tragedy

The churchyard of St. Paul’s Cathedral was well-known for its____________?


aruinous condition


bperforming bears


cgraffiti


dbookshops


View Answer bookshops

Which of the following describes the chief system by which writers received financial rewards for their literary production ?


acharity


bpatronage


ccensorship


dsubscription


View Answer patronage

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


aChristopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus


bWilliam Shakespeare’s King Lear


cThomas More’s The History of King Richard III


dThomas More’s Utopia



Between 1520 and 1550, the population of London_______________?


aremained constant.


bfell from 375,00 to barely 100,000.


cdoubled from 60,000 to 120,000.


ddoubled from 600,000 to 1,200,000



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