english literature MCQs – Page 181

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3603. Which was Marlowes first play ?
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A. Tamburlaine

B. The Jew of Malta,

C. The Tragedy of Dido

D. Dr.Faustus

3604. Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in ?
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A. About 1611

B. About 1608

C. About 1610

D. About 1609

3605. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE concerning Book Two of John Miltons Paradise Lost ?
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A. Satan embarks on his passage across the great gulf of Chaos.

B. ging competitions.

C. The Narrator invokes his muse by the name of Holy Light.

D. A debate is held in Hell by Satan and his compatriots concerning whether to attempt to recover Heaven.

E. The demons begin exploring Hell, engaging in philosophical debates, and entering

3606. When did Christopher Marlow die ?
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A. 26 April 1601

B. 12 September 1598

C. 30 May 1593

D. 15 February 1611

3607. Who translated Utopia in English language ?
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A. Thomas lodge

B. William Tyndale

C. Thomas More

D. Ralph Robinson
3609. Which one of the following dramas attributed to Christopher Marlow is believed to have been his first ?
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A. Tamburlaine the Great

B. Dido, Queen of Carthage

C. The Jew of Malta

D. Edward the Second

3612. In Book Six of Paradise Lost, Adam is told of what major event ?
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A. The fall of the Son

B. The fall of God

C. The death of Michael

D. The fall of the Rebel Angels
3613. Who declared him as Britains greatest dramatist in 1598 ?
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A. Burbage, an actor

B. Francis Meres, a lawyer

C. Queen Elizabeth

D. King James

3614. From where Christopher Marlowe received his early Education ?
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A. witternburg

B. Cambridge

C. Corpus Christi College

D. oxford

3615. Who took Degree at fifteen from Cambridge in 1518 ?
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A. Thomas Nash

B. Thomas Wyatt

C. Thomas More

D. Thomas lodge

3616. Which college did John Milton attend ?
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A. Christs college

B. Warwick college

C. Queens college

D. Trinity college

3619. Samson Agonistes differs from its source material, the Biblical book of Judges, in what way(s) ?
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A. In Samson, Samson is a Jew, but he is not in Judges.

B. In Samson, Samson never worships Dagon, but he does in Judges.

C. In Samson, Samson marries the Woman of Timnah, but not in Judges.

D. In Samson, Harapha is Samsons enemy, but he is not in Judges.
3620. John Miltons Comus is best described by which of the following genres ?
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A. Pastoral elegy

B. Blank verse tragedy

C. Masque

D. Prose polemic