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| 451. |
Thomas Hobbes wrote …….. |
| A. | gondibert (1650 |
| B. | the history of holy war (1639 |
| C. | holy dying (1651 |
| D. | leviathan (1651 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 452. |
In his “Every Man out of His Humour” Ben Jonson attacked which of the followingcontemporary dramatists. |
| A. | john webster |
| B. | john marston |
| C. | philip bourke marston |
| D. | cyril tourneur |
| Answer» C. philip bourke marston | |
| 453. |
Milton was educated at Christ’s College, Cambridge, where his delicate features earned himthe name of |
| A. | “the delicate flower of christ’s” |
| B. | “the incarnation of christ’s” |
| C. | “the lady of christ’s” |
| D. | “exotic fruit of eden” |
| Answer» D. “exotic fruit of eden” | |
| 454. |
John Milton’s Lycidas (1637) is an elegy on …….. |
| A. | king james i |
| B. | his friend edward king |
| C. | his first wife |
| D. | his father |
| Answer» C. his first wife | |
| 455. |
Puritanism was a reaction against ………… |
| A. | the renaissance advocacy and admittance of strict rules. |
| B. | the thematic devices used by the elizabethan dramatists. |
| C. | the excesses of the post- shakespearean dramatists and the reaction the theaters were closed in 1642. |
| D. | both a & b. |
| Answer» D. both a & b. | |
| 456. |
Ben Jonson is famous for his Comedy of Humours; William Congreve is known today forhis………. |
| A. | comedy of ideas |
| B. | comedy of intrigue |
| C. | comedy of manners |
| D. | comedy of errors |
| Answer» D. comedy of errors | |
| 457. |
Who is called the originator of the “Comedy of Manners”? |
| A. | ben jonson |
| B. | william congreve |
| C. | richard hooker |
| D. | john earle |
| Answer» C. richard hooker | |
| 458. |
The Phrase Jacobean Drama is related to ………. |
| A. | the drama of the age of james iv |
| B. | the drama of the age of james i |
| C. | the drama of the age of charles i |
| D. | the drama of the age of elizabeth. |
| Answer» C. the drama of the age of charles i | |
| 459. |
Who amongst the following prose writers was appointed tutor to Queen Elizabeth and Latinsecretary to Queen Mary? |
| A. | roger ascham |
| B. | lord francis bacon |
| C. | john lyly |
| D. | richard hooker |
| Answer» B. lord francis bacon | |
| 460. |
When was the Tudor Dynasty brought to close? |
| A. | by the death of henry i. |
| B. | by the death of elizabeth in 1603. |
| C. | by the death of james i. |
| D. | by the dominance of civil war. |
| Answer» C. by the death of james i. | |
| 461. |
Who is regarded as “the first great English Neolithic-Classicist”? |
| A. | ben jonson |
| B. | francis beaumont |
| C. | thomas heywood |
| D. | john webster |
| Answer» B. francis beaumont | |
| 462. |
In which of the following tragedies did Shakespeare act a part? |
| A. | the device is an ass |
| B. | the new inne |
| C. | catiline |
| D. | sejanus his fall |
| Answer» E. | |
| 463. |
In Elizabethan theatres there was a jester to dance between the acts ……… |
| A. | to tell the story |
| B. | tto introduce the actors |
| C. | to keep up the spirits of the audience |
| D. | to examine audience’s responses |
| Answer» D. to examine audience’s responses | |
| 464. |
The private theatres in Elizabethan period were designed on the model of …………. |
| A. | the greek theatres |
| B. | the guild halls |
| C. | the babylonian structures |
| D. | the royal theatres |
| Answer» C. the babylonian structures | |
| 465. |
What was the name of Shakespeare’s mother? |
| A. | mary adam |
| B. | mary eden |
| C. | mary arden |
| D. | mary hyden |
| Answer» D. mary hyden | |
| 466. |
What was the name of Shakespeare’s father? |
| A. | thomas shakespeare |
| B. | joseph shakespeare |
| C. | john shakespeare |
| D. | jonathan shakespeare |
| Answer» D. jonathan shakespeare | |
| 467. |
The chief characteristic of the Renaissance was its……….. |
| A. | emphasis on traditionalism |
| B. | emphasis on humanism |
| C. | emphasis on classicism |
| D. | emphasis on individual talent |
| Answer» C. emphasis on classicism | |
| 468. |
Renaissance means………… |
| A. | the revival of life |
| B. | tthe revival of learning |
| C. | the revival of science |
| D. | the revival of essence |
| Answer» C. the revival of science | |
| 469. |
Who has been called England’s “National Homer”? |
| A. | thomas cranmer |
| B. | john rogers |
| C. | richard hakluyt |
| D. | john wycliff |
| Answer» D. john wycliff | |
| 470. |
Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well is called a |
| A. | alow romantic comedy |
| B. | a high romantic comedy |
| C. | a problem comedy |
| D. | a sentimental comedy |
| Answer» D. a sentimental comedy | |
| 471. |
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night also has a little |
| A. | what you wish? |
| B. | what you like? |
| C. | what you will? |
| D. | what you speak? |
| Answer» D. what you speak? | |
| 472. |
Shakespeare borrowed the formula of Romantic Comedy from |
| A. | george peele |
| B. | john lyly |
| C. | robert greene |
| D. | aristophanes |
| Answer» D. aristophanes | |
| 473. |
Shakespeare borrowed the plot for his ‘The Comedy of Errors’ from |
| A. | gargantua by rabelais |
| B. | metamorphoses by ovid |
| C. | menaechmi by plautus |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 474. |
Who affirmed that Shakespeare knew “small Latin and less Greek”? |
| A. | ben jonson |
| B. | francis beaumont |
| C. | thomas heywood |
| D. | john webster |
| Answer» B. francis beaumont | |
| 475. |
Which is the Last Play written by Shakespeare? |
| A. | tempest |
| B. | henry viii (in parts |
| C. | the winter’s tale |
| D. | cymbeline |
| Answer» C. the winter’s tale | |
| 476. |
In 1609, a collection of Shakespeare’s sonnets was printed by |
| A. | thomas thorpe |
| B. | ben jonson |
| C. | john shakespeare |
| D. | john marston |
| Answer» B. ben jonson | |
| 477. |
Shakespeare played the roles of Adam and Ghost in his plays |
| A. | as you like it and hamlet respectively. |
| B. | much ado about nothing and hamlet respectively. |
| C. | measure for measure and king lear respectively. |
| D. | as you like it and king henry v respectively. |
| Answer» B. much ado about nothing and hamlet respectively. | |
| 478. |
The name of Shakespeare’s birth place is ………. |
| A. | stratford-on avon |
| B. | stratford down-avon |
| C. | winchester avon |
| D. | somerset-avon |
| Answer» B. stratford down-avon | |
| 479. |
Shakespeare wrote his poem Venus and Adonis in a pattern of |
| A. | six-line stanzas |
| B. | seven-line stanzas |
| C. | eight-line stanzas |
| D. | ten-line stanzas |
| Answer» B. seven-line stanzas | |
| 480. |
Stella means ……….. |
| A. | star |
| B. | king |
| C. | constellation |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. king | |
| 481. |
In Astrophel and Stella, Astrophel has a name…….. |
| A. | star-love |
| B. | star-king |
| C. | star-heaven |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. star-king | |
| 482. |
Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella is inspired by ………. |
| A. | penelope devereux |
| B. | sir walter railegh |
| C. | phillipe de mornay |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. sir walter railegh | |
| 483. |
Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella brought out in 1591 is |
| A. | a sequence of 108 sonnets |
| B. | a sequence of 208 sonnets |
| C. | a sequence of 350 sonnects |
| D. | a sequence of 1350 sonnects. |
| Answer» B. a sequence of 208 sonnets | |
| 484. |
Which of the following works was left unfinished by Christopher Marlowe? |
| A. | the tragedy of dido, queen of carthage |
| B. | the massacre at paris |
| C. | edward ii |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. edward ii | |
| 485. |
The most important anti-dramatic book of Elizabethan period was……….. |
| A. | sidney’s apologie for poetrie |
| B. | spenser’s the shepheards calendar |
| C. | gosson’s school of abuse |
| D. | donne’s pseudo-martyr |
| Answer» D. donne’s pseudo-martyr | |
| 486. |
Philip Sidney wrote Arcadia……… |
| A. | in the form of the short story |
| B. | in the form of fiction |
| C. | in the form of farce |
| D. | in the form of poetry |
| Answer» B. in the form of fiction | |
| 487. |
The chief characteristic of the Renaissance was ……… |
| A. | its emphasis on humanism |
| B. | its emphasis on high imagination |
| C. | its refusal of cultural progress |
| D. | its refusal of scientific achievements |
| Answer» B. its emphasis on high imagination | |
| 488. |
What is the meaning of Utopia? |
| A. | “no place” in greek language. |
| B. | “imaginary kingdom” in latin language. |
| C. | “welfare state” in english language |
| D. | “complete liberty” in french language. |
| Answer» B. “imaginary kingdom” in latin language. | |
| 489. |
Sir Thomas More’s Utopia is ……. |
| A. | a tragic history of king henry viii. |
| B. | a political essay-romance describing an imaginary commonwealth. |
| C. | a love song for the queen elizabeth. |
| D. | a hymn sung at the court of king henry viii. |
| Answer» C. a love song for the queen elizabeth. | |
| 490. |
Humanism is a term ………. |
| A. | strictly applies to the revival of interest in the classic literature of greece and rome. |
| B. | strictly applies to the nature of humanitarian approach to literature. |
| C. | strictly applies to the nature of human-ki |
| Answer» B. strictly applies to the nature of humanitarian approach to literature. | |
| 491. |
What is the period of Queen Elizabeth’s reign? |
| A. | 1550 – 1600 |
| B. | 1545 – 1590 |
| C. | 1567 – 1599 |
| D. | 1558 – 1603 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 492. |
Who was apostrophized by Shakespeare in As You Like It? |
| A. | sir philip sideny |
| B. | edmund spenser |
| C. | christopher marlowe |
| D. | sir thomas wyatt |
| Answer» D. sir thomas wyatt | |
| 493. |
Edmund Spenser’s Epithalamion is ……….. |
| A. | a lyric in petrarchan form. |
| B. | a dirge in the greek form. |
| C. | a nuptial hymn modelled upon the catullan form, influenced by the italian or provencal canzone. |
| D. | a song to be sung in the festival. |
| Answer» D. a song to be sung in the festival. | |
| 494. |
What was the name of Edmund Spenser’s father? |
| A. | william spenser |
| B. | edward spenser |
| C. | reginald spenser |
| D. | john spenser |
| Answer» E. | |
| 495. |
W.H. Hudson’s statement “essentially the poet of the people” reveals the personality of………. |
| A. | william langland |
| B. | geoggrey chaucer |
| C. | alexander barclay |
| D. | edmund spenser |
| Answer» B. geoggrey chaucer | |
| 496. |
Who succeeded Wyclife as a Leader of Lollard Movement? |
| A. | fortescue |
| B. | john purvey |
| C. | lord barners |
| D. | john rogers |
| Answer» C. lord barners | |
| 497. |
Utopia is a fine description of “Imaginative Ideal State” written by |
| A. | edmund spenser |
| B. | thomas occleve |
| C. | geoggrey chaucer |
| D. | sir thomas more |
| Answer» E. | |
| 498. |
The War of the Roses is a thirty-year struggle between the houses of ………. |
| A. | york and tudor. |
| B. | lancaster and surrey. |
| C. | lancaster and lancashire. |
| D. | lancaster and york. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 499. |
Who was led to imprisonment in 1534 for his refusal to accept the Act of Supremacy? |
| A. | lord barners |
| B. | william tyndale |
| C. | sir thomas more |
| D. | cranmer |
| Answer» D. cranmer | |
| 500. |
Who was imprisoned for participation in the War of the Roses? |
| A. | sir david lindsay |
| B. | sir john mandeville |
| C. | william caxton |
| D. | sir thomas malory |
| Answer» E. | |