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This section includes 91 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English Literature knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
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 |
| Answer» B. Catholicism | |
| 52. |
In 1583, which playwright became in control of the first Blackfriars Theatre along with director William Hunnis ? |
| A. | Henry VIII |
| B. | John Lyly |
| C. | Sir Thomas More |
| D. | John Foxe |
| Answer» C. Sir Thomas More | |
| 53. |
In 1534, King Henry VIII was declared head of what church ? |
| A. | The Catholic Church |
| B. | The English Church |
| C. | The Church of God |
| D. | Both A and B |
| Answer» C. The Church of God | |
| 54. |
How did the invention of the printing press affect European culture ? |
| A. | Print halted the corruption of texts by copyists, giving everyone identical texts. |
| B. | Scientific research became a more collaborative effort. |
| C. | Learning to read was made easier as print was standardized and made clearer. |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 55. |
Greek theatre took place where ? |
| A. | Large hillside amphitheaters |
| B. | Large indoor theaters |
| C. | Small indoor theaters |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Large indoor theaters | |
| 56. |
Greek theater was often of what genre ? |
| A. | Tragedy |
| B. | Comedy |
| C. | Romance |
| D. | A and B only |
| Answer» E. | |
| 57. |
Fill in the blanks. From being narrowly focused on the achievements of north Italians in the______________ and early ____________centuries, the Renaissance is now being seen in a far wider context. |
| A. | 12th and 13th |
| B. | 14th and 15th |
| C. | 15th and 16th |
| D. | Non of these |
| Answer» D. Non of these | |
| 58. |
Fill in the blank. _______ was a Christian theologian and Augustinian monk whose teachings inspired the Protestant Reformation? |
| A. | Niccolo Machiavelli |
| B. | Martin Luther |
| C. | John Milton |
| D. | John Wycliffe |
| Answer» C. John Milton | |
| 59. |
Fill in the blank. The term “Renaissance” literally translates as “_____________” ? |
| A. | Reincarnation |
| B. | Rebirth |
| C. | Reproduction |
| D. | Recapitulation |
| Answer» C. Reproduction | |
| 60. |
Fill in the blank. The intellectual and social movement which historians call “___________” is what lies at the base of the period we call the Renaissance ? |
| A. | Socialism |
| B. | Capitalism |
| C. | Humanitarianism |
| D. | Humanism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 61. |
Fill in the blank. The greatest insurrection of the______________ age in England was over religion? |
| A. | Hanover |
| B. | Protestant |
| C. | Tudor |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 62. |
Fill in the blank. The economic analysis of poverty was advanced by______________ in the fourteenth century? |
| A. | Petrarch |
| B. | Dante |
| C. | Langland |
| D. | Machiavelli |
| Answer» D. Machiavelli | |
| 63. |
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 |
| Answer» B. Women | |
| 64. |
Fill in the blank. Th …. was a movement that had profound implications not only for the modern world in general but also for literary history. |
| A. | Catholic Restoration |
| B. | Catholic Reformation |
| C. | Protestant Reformation |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 65. |
Fill in the blank. Sir Philip Sidney’s strong_____________ convictions made him publicly oppose a projected marriage for Queen Elizabeth? |
| A. | Catholic |
| B. | Protestant |
| C. | Buddhist |
| D. | Quaker |
| Answer» C. Buddhist | |
| 66. |
Fill in the blank. Renaissance thinkers strongly associated themselves with the values of ____________? |
| A. | Catholicism |
| B. | Medieval Europe |
| C. | Classical antiquity |
| D. | Protestantism |
| Answer» D. Protestantism | |
| 67. |
Fill in the blank. Martin Luther nailed his _____________ to a church door in Wittenberg, accusing the Roman Catholic Church of heresy upon heresy? |
| A. | “Paradise Lost” |
| B. | “95 Theses” |
| C. | “The Bible” |
| D. | “Piers Plowman” |
| Answer» B. “95 Theses” | |
| 68. |
Fill in the blank. King_____________ was notorious for his six marriages and for ruthlessly persecuting his political enemies, violently eliminating all opposition ? |
| A. | Charles I |
| B. | Charles II |
| C. | Henry V |
| D. | Henry VIII |
| Answer» E. | |
| 69. |
Fill in the blank. John Wycliffe challenged a number of ______________doctrines with arguments which centuries later would echo during the Protestant Reformation ? |
| A. | Roman Catholic |
| B. | Anglican |
| C. | Buddhist |
| D. | Protestant |
| Answer» B. Anglican | |
| 70. |
Fill in the blank. John Lyly’s style is best described as ___________________? |
| A. | Anachronistic |
| B. | Euphuistic |
| C. | Marxist |
| D. | Solipsistic |
| Answer» C. Marxist | |
| 71. |
Fill in the blank. John Lyly’s ________ exercised considerable influence upon its author’s contemporaries? |
| A. | “Euphues” |
| B. | “Paradise Lost” |
| C. | “Utopia” |
| D. | “Zelauto” |
| Answer» B. “Paradise Lost” | |
| 72. |
Fill in the blank. John Foxe’s ambiguous attitude towards the Elizabethan church was ______________? |
| A. | Untypical |
| B. | Not untypical |
| C. | Exploded |
| D. | Rejected |
| Answer» C. Exploded | |
| 73. |
Fill in the blank. John Foxe was extremely sensitive to the_______________? |
| A. | Buddhist |
| B. | Anglican |
| C. | Quaker |
| D. | Catholic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 74. |
Fill in the blank. John Foxe was deeply disgusted by the _______________, and could not believe that any honest Christian could accept its doctrinal basis ? |
| A. | Mass |
| B. | Transubstantiation |
| C. | Resurrection |
| D. | both A and C |
| Answer» B. Transubstantiation | |
| 75. |
Fill in the blank. ____________ is remembered as the “Morning Star of the Reformation.” |
| A. | John Donne |
| B. | John Donne |
| C. | John Wycliffe |
| D. | Johan Gutenberg |
| Answer» D. Johan Gutenberg | |
| 76. |
Fill in the blank. In the second edition of_________________, John Foxe promised that he would edit a collection of the works of William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes? |
| A. | “Acts and Monuments” |
| B. | “Utopia” |
| C. | “Euphues” |
| D. | “Paradise Regained” |
| Answer» B. “Utopia” | |
| 77. |
Fill in the blank. Christopher Marlowe’s influence on William Shakespeare was in all probability _______________? |
| A. | Very great |
| B. | Insignificant |
| C. | Somewhat significant |
| D. | Impossible |
| Answer» B. Insignificant | |
| 78. |
Fill in the blank. Although there is dispute about the actual “invention” of the printing press with movable metal type, _________ is usually the man credited with the invention. |
| A. | Niccolo Machiavelli |
| B. | Johan Gutenberg |
| C. | Peter Schoeffer |
| D. | Johannes Fust |
| Answer» C. Peter Schoeffer | |
| 79. |
Fill in the blank. In 1585, _______________ sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island (now North Carolina)? |
| A. | Sir Thomas More |
| B. | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| C. | John Foxe |
| D. | John Lyly |
| Answer» C. John Foxe | |
| 80. |
Fill in the blank. Although Sir Philip Sidney is writing 200 years before the …. revolution, he presents a very inward and self-absorbed narrator in “Astrophil and Stella.” ? |
| A. | Medieval |
| B. | Victorian |
| C. | Romantic |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 81. |
Fill in the blank. A ____________ was a spectacle performed at court or at the manor of a member of the nobility and was staged to glorify the court or the particular aristocrat? |
| A. | Masque |
| B. | Satire |
| C. | Tragedy |
| D. | Comedy |
| Answer» B. Satire | |
| 82. |
Edmund Spenser wrote what famous text ? |
| A. | “Paradise Lost” |
| B. | “The Faerie Queen” |
| C. | “The Prelude” |
| D. | “Canterbury Tales” |
| Answer» C. “The Prelude” | |
| 83. |
Edmund Spenser was directly influenced by which writer’s epic poetry ? |
| A. | Milton |
| B. | Wordsworth |
| C. | Aristo |
| D. | Both A and B |
| Answer» D. Both A and B | |
| 84. |
Compared to Aquinas, the writers of Florentine humanism considered which of the following only unsystematically ? |
| A. | Sex |
| B. | Emotions |
| C. | Psychology |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Psychology | |
| 85. |
Christopher Marlowe’s “Faustus” is an example of what dramatic genre ? |
| A. | Romance |
| B. | Satire |
| C. | Comedy |
| D. | Tragedy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 86. |
Choose the best answer. Which of the following statements is true concerning epic poetry ? |
| A. | Epic poetry is of a moral nature and tends to the promotion of virtue. |
| B. | “Canterbury Tales” is an example of epic poetry. |
| C. | All of the above answers are true. |
| D. | Both A and B are true. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 87. |
Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks. Throughout the Middle Ages, English drama, like that of other European countries, was mainly ______________ and ______________? |
| A. | Psychological, Sexual |
| B. | Religious, Didactic |
| C. | Emotional, Psychological |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Emotional, Psychological | |
| 88. |
Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence. All of the following are Shakespearean plays EXCEPT? |
| A. | “Two Gentlemen of Verona” |
| B. | “The Winter’s Tale” |
| C. | “The Tempest” |
| D. | “Faustus” |
| Answer» D. “Faustus” | |
| 89. |
According to many British Romantic poets, who is the protagonist of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ? |
| A. | Satan |
| B. | Adam |
| C. | Eve |
| D. | Christ |
| Answer» B. Adam | |
| 90. |
According to John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” what is Satan’s tragic flaw ? |
| A. | Lust |
| B. | Pride |
| C. | Jealousy |
| D. | Love |
| Answer» C. Jealousy | |
| 91. |
A total of how many sonnets constitute the entirety of “Astrophil and Stella” ? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 30 |
| D. | 40 |
| Answer» D. 40 | |