English Literature MCQs

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


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


bThe early versions were oval in shape.


cThey were located outside the city limits of London.


dall of the above


View Answer all of the above

Who introduced the art of printing into England ?


aElizabeth Eisenstein


bJohannes Gutenberg


cHenry VIII


dWilliam Caxton


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


bMartin Luther


cPope Leo X


dUlrich Zwingli


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


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


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


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



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


aArchbishop Cranmer


bCatherine of Aragon


cElizabeth I


dMary Tudor


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


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


cpride for the vernacular language


da and c only


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


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


ccelebrations of religious ecstasy and divine inspiration


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



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


aWestminster Abbey


bTower Bridge


cthe Houses of Parliament


dBuckingham Palace



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


bUtopia


cLeviathan


dThe Advancement of Learning


View Answer Leviathan

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


acholer


bblood


ccholesterol


dblack bile


View Answer cholesterol

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