5856. Which queen of England attended a number of William Shakespeares play ?
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A. Queen Elizabeth I

B. Queen Elizabeth II

C. Queen Anne

D. Both A and B

5857. Sir Thomas More wrote what famous text ?
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A. Paradise Lost

B. Toxophilus

C. The Inferno

D. Utopia
5858. Greek theatre took place where ?
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A. Small indoor theaters

B. Large indoor theaters

C. Large hillside amphitheaters

D. All of the above

5862. Sir Thomas More held which of the following positions in the English court ?
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A. Master of Requests

B. Speaker of the House of Commons

C. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

D. All of the above
5864. Which of the following is an important component of John Foxes martyrology ?
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A. Heroic couplets

B. Epigrams

C. Hexagrams

D. All of the above

5865. Edmund Spenser wrote what famous text ?
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A. Paradise Lost

B. The Faerie Queen

C. Canterbury Tales

D. The Prelude

5868. Which of the following texts is an example of epic poetry ?
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A. The Odyssey

B. Paradise Lost

C. All of the above

D. The Iliad

5872. Who wrote Orlando Furioso ?
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A. John Milton

B. Sir Philip Sidney

C. Ludovico Ariosto

D. William Shakespeare

5873. What doctrine significantly influenced Sir Thomas Mores Utopia ?
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A. Christian Humanism

B. Marxism

C. New Historicism

D. Feminism

5875. Who was in charge of organizing court festivities and entertainment of the English court ?
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A. Court Jester

B. Master of Rebels

C. Master of Ceremonies

D. Master of Revels
5879. John Miltons Lycidas is what genre of poetry ?
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A. A satire

B. A pastoral elegy

C. A mock-epic

D. An epic

5882. Which of the following critics is a famous Shakespearean scholar ?
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A. M. H. Abrams

B. Wayne C. Booth

C. Helen Vendler

D. Stephen Greenblatt
5883. John Lylys work significantly shaped the writing of which famous writer ?
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A. William Shakespeare

B. William Blake

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

D. William Wordsworth

5886. John Lyly became instantly famous with the publication of what text ?
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A. Paradise Lost

B. 95 Theses

C. Utopia

D. Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit
5891. Greek theater was often of what genre ?
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A. Romance

B. Comedy

C. A and B only

D. Tragedy

5896. What genres of plays did William Shakespeare write ?
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A. Romances

B. Comedies

C. All of the above

D. Tragedies

5897. Who introduced the Italian sonnet to the British Isles during the reign of King Henry VIII ?
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A. Thomas Wyatt

B. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

C. John Donne

D. Both A and B