English Literature MCQs

Page No. 261

Which of the following is true about public theaters in Elizabethan England ?


aThey relied on admission charges, an innovation of the period.

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bThe early versions were oval in shape.

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cThey were located outside the city limits of London.

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dall of the above

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View Answer all of the above

Who introduced the art of printing into England ?


aElizabeth Eisenstein

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bJohannes Gutenberg

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cHenry VIII

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dWilliam Caxton

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View Answer William Caxton

Who began to ignite the embers of dissent against the Catholic church in November 1517 in a movement that came to be known as the Reformation ?


aAnne Boleyn

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bMartin Luther

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cPope Leo X

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dUlrich Zwingli

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View Answer Martin Luther

In the Defense of Poesy, what did Sidney attribute to poetry ?


aa magical power whereby poetry plays tricks on the reader

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ba divine power whereby poetry transmits a message from God to the reader

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ca moral power whereby poetry encourages the reader to emulate virtuous models

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da defensive power whereby poetry and its figurative expressions allow the poet to avoid censorship

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Which historical figure initiated a series of religious persecutions condemning Protestants as heretics and burning them at the stake in the 1550s ?


aArchbishop Cranmer

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bCatherine of Aragon

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cElizabeth I

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dMary Tudor

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View Answer Mary Tudor

What impulse probably accounts for the rise of distinguished translations of works, such as Homer’s lliad and Odyssey, into English during the sixteenth century ?


ahuman reverence for the classics

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bthe belief that the English were direct descendants of the ancient Greeks

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cpride for the vernacular language

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da and c only

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View Answer a and c only

What was the general subject of theWelsh poet Katherine Philips’s work ?


acelebrations of the transience of all life and beauty

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bcelebrations of lesbian sexuality in terms that did not imply a male readership

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ccelebrations of religious ecstasy and divine inspiration

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dcelebrations of female friendship in Platonic terms normally reserved for male Friendships

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What was the intended target of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 ?


aWestminster Abbey

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bTower Bridge

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cthe Houses of Parliament

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dBuckingham Palace

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What was the tile of Thomas Hobbes’s defense of absolute sovereignty based on a theory of social contract ?


aThe Litany in a Time of Plague

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bUtopia

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cLeviathan

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dThe Advancement of Learning

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View Answer Leviathan

Which of the following was not one of the four bodily humours ?


acholer

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bblood

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ccholesterol

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dblack bile

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View Answer cholesterol

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