english literature MCQs – Page 294

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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