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801. According to the Book of Luke, Herod was the king of ?
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A. Egypt

B. Jerusalem

C. Syria

D. Judea

802. In the early books of John Miltons Paradise Lost, Satan conspires with which of the following characters ?
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A. Baal

B. Beelzebub

C. Michel

D. A and B
803. Which is the first extant poem of John Keats, which is written in the year 1814 when when was 19 years of age ?
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A. La Belle Dame Sans Mercy

B. Ode on a Grecian Urn

C. An Imitation of Spenser

D. Ode to a Skylark

804. What British Romantic artist famously depicted John Miltons Paradise Lost in a series of etchings and prints ?
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A. William Wordsworth

B. John Keats

C. William Blake

D. Percy Bysshe Shelley

805. The English Civil War was waged between what two political groups ?
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A. Anarchists and Royalists

B. Parliamentarians and Roundheads

C. Royalists and Parliamentarians

D. Royalists and Monarchists

806. Who took Degree at fifteen from Cambridge in 1518 ?
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A. Thomas Wyatt

B. Thomas Nash

C. Thomas More

D. Thomas lodge

807. Satans name before he fell from heaven was ?
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A. Lucifer

B. Belial

C. Beezlebub

D. Michael

808. In which year the play of Christopher Marlow The Jew of Malta first performed ?
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A. 1587

B. 1601

C. 1597

D. 1592
809. John Milton claimed from an early age that he would become ?
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A. Englands poet laureate

B. Englands first dramatist

C. Englands first poet

D. Englands greatest civil engineer

810. Who succeeded Lyly ?
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A. Christopher Marlowe

B. Robert Greene

C. John Milton

D. Philip Sidney

811. On the second day of battle in heaven, what does Satan use that surprises Gods forces ?
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A. Artillery

B. Catapults

C. The Holy Sepulcher

D. Illusions

812. Which of the Marlowes plays were written in collaboration with Thomas Nash ?
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A. Queen of Carthage and The Massacre of Paris

B. The tragedy of Dido and Queen of Carthage.

C. The passionate Shepherd and The tragedy of Dido.

D. Queen of Carthage and The passionate Shepherd.

813. Paradise lost was lost by ?
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A. Eve

B. Adam

C. Both a and b

D. Satan

814. Who of the following is known as Child Of Renaissance ?
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A. Spencer

B. Marlowe

C. Johnson

D. Milton

815. The reason for Satans fall might best be described as ?
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A. greed

B. pride

C. incest

D. lust

816. 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 blind, but he is not in Judges.

B. In Samson, Samson is married to Dalila, but he is not in Judges.

C. In Samson, Manoa is Samsons father, but he is not in Judges.

D. In Samson, Dalila cuts Samsons hair, but she does not in Judges.

817. Which famous work of John Miltons was based on the fall of man ?
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A. On the Late Massacre in Piedmont

B. Samson Agonistes

C. Paradise Regained

D. Paradise Lost
818. The title page which play of Christopher Marlow attributes the play to Marlowe and Thomas Nashe ?
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A. Edward the Second

B. Dido, Queen of Carthage

C. Doctor Faustus

D. Tamburlaine the Great

819. When was Paradise Lost published ?
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A. 1658

B. 1660

C. 1667

D. 1654

820. As originally envisioned by John Milton, Paradise Lost would consist of how many books ?
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A. Ten

B. Eleven

C. Twelve

D. Nine