Cultural And Literary English Renaissance MCQs

Option A: “Two Gentlemen of Verona”

Option B: “The Winter’s Tale”

Option C: “The Tempest”

Option D: “Faustus”

Correct Answer: “Faustus” ✔

Option A: It regarded human beings as social creatures who could create meaningful lives only in association with other social beings.

Option B: Its major premise was that every existing thing in the universe had its “place” in a divinely planned hierarchical order which was pictured as a chain, vertically extended.

Option C: It could only be achieved through faith in God’s grace.

Option D: Both A and B

Correct Answer: Its major premise was that every existing thing in the universe had its “place” in a divinely planned hierarchical order which was pictured as a chain, vertically extended. ✔

Option A: Catholicism

Option B: Medieval Europe

Option C: Classical antiquity

Option D: Protestantism

Correct Answer: Classical antiquity ✔

Option A: Large hillside amphitheaters

Option B: Large indoor theaters

Option C: Small indoor theaters

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Large hillside amphitheaters ✔

Option A: “Henry IV, Part I”

Option B: “Henry IV, Part II”

Option C: “Titus Andronicus”

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Niccolo Machiavelli

Option B: Francesco Petrarcha

Option C: Aristotle

Option D: Plato

Correct Answer: Niccolo Machiavelli ✔

Option A: 10

Option B: 20

Option C: 30

Option D: 40

Correct Answer: 30 ✔

Option A: “Romeo and Juliet”

Option B: “Hamlet”

Option C: “Much Ado about Nothing”

Option D: “Henry IV, Part I”

Correct Answer: “Much Ado about Nothing” ✔

Option A: Lust

Option B: Pride

Option C: Jealousy

Option D: Love

Correct Answer: Pride ✔

Option A: Socialism

Option B: Capitalism

Option C: Humanitarianism

Option D: Humanism

Correct Answer: Humanism ✔

Option A: Catholic

Option B: Protestant

Option C: Buddhist

Option D: Quaker

Correct Answer: Protestant ✔

Option A: Benvolio

Option B: Lady Capulet

Option C: Mercutio

Option D: Falstaff

Correct Answer: Falstaff ✔

Option A: Heaven vs. hell

Option B: God vs. Satan

Option C: Good vs. evil

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Reincarnation

Option B: Rebirth

Option C: Reproduction

Option D: Recapitulation

Correct Answer: Rebirth ✔

Option A: “Astrophil and Stella”

Option B: “Utopia”

Option C: “Paradise Lost”

Option D: “Canterbury Tales”

Correct Answer: “Astrophil and Stella” ✔

Option A: Court Jester

Option B: Master of Revels

Option C: Master of Rebels

Option D: Master of Ceremonies

Correct Answer: Master of Revels ✔

Option A: “Toxophilus”

Option B: “Utopia”

Option C: “The Inferno”

Option D: “Paradise Lost”

Correct Answer: “Utopia” ✔

Option A: Niccolo Machiavelli

Option B: Johan Gutenberg

Option C: Peter Schoeffer

Option D: Johannes Fust

Correct Answer: Johan Gutenberg ✔

Option A: Riches, jewels, and gold

Option B: Suicide

Option C: Marriage and divorce

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: The Curtain

Option B: The Rose

Option C: The Globe

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: “Euphues”

Option B: “Paradise Lost”

Option C: “Paradise Regained”

Option D: “Acts and Monuments”

Correct Answer: “Acts and Monuments” ✔

Option A: It burned down and was reconstructed hundreds of years later.

Option B: It was situated on the Thames River.

Option C: It was lit from natural sunlight as well as by candle light.

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Very great

Option B: Insignificant

Option C: Somewhat significant

Option D: Impossible

Correct Answer: Very great ✔

Option A: Buddhist

Option B: Anglican

Option C: Quaker

Option D: Catholic

Correct Answer: Catholic ✔

Option A: Drugs

Option B: Sex

Option C: Animals

Option D: Propaganda

Correct Answer: Sex ✔

Option A: “Acts and Monuments”

Option B: “Utopia”

Option C: “Euphues”

Option D: “Paradise Regained”

Correct Answer: “Acts and Monuments” ✔

Option A: Mass

Option B: Transubstantiation

Option C: Resurrection

Option D: both A and C

Correct Answer: Mass ✔

Option A: “Paradise Lost”

Option B: “The Faerie Queen”

Option C: “The Prelude”

Option D: “Canterbury Tales”

Correct Answer: “The Faerie Queen” ✔

Option A: Sir Philip Sidney

Option B: Sir Thomas More

Option C: Thomas Wyatt

Option D: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Correct Answer: Thomas Wyatt ✔

Option A: Homer

Option B: Dante

Option C: Virgil

Option D: Milton

Correct Answer: Homer ✔

Option A: “Paradise Lost”

Option B: “The Odyssey”

Option C: “The Iliad”

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Print halted the corruption of texts by copyists, giving everyone identical texts.

Option B: Scientific research became a more collaborative effort.

Option C: Learning to read was made easier as print was standardized and made clearer.

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Tragedy

Option B: Comedy

Option C: Romance

Option D: Satire

Correct Answer: Tragedy ✔

Option A: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Option B: Speaker of the House of Commons

Option C: Master of Requests

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Sir Thomas More

Option B: Sir Walter Raleigh

Option C: Sir Philip Sidney

Option D: Sir William Shakespeare

Correct Answer: Sir Walter Raleigh ✔

Option A: John Donne

Option B: Sir Walter Raleigh

Option C: Sir Thomas More

Option D: John Foxe

Correct Answer: John Foxe ✔

Option A: Catherine of Aragon

Option B: Anne Boleyn

Option C: Mary, Queen of Scots

Option D: Anne of Cleves

Correct Answer: Catherine of Aragon ✔

Option A: The Catholic Church

Option B: The English Church

Option C: The Church of God

Option D: Both A and B

Correct Answer: The English Church ✔

Option A: Tragedy

Option B: Comedy

Option C: Romance

Option D: History

Correct Answer: History ✔

Option A: Queen Elizabeth I

Option B: Queen Elizabeth II

Option C: Queen Anne

Option D: Both A and B

Correct Answer: Queen Elizabeth I ✔

Option A: A pastoral elegy

Option B: A satire

Option C: An epic

Option D: A mock-epic

Correct Answer: A pastoral elegy ✔

Option A: 1400

Option B: 1500

Option C: 1600

Option D: 1650

Correct Answer: 1500 ✔

Option A: “Euphues”

Option B: “Paradise Lost”

Option C: “Utopia”

Option D: “Zelauto”

Correct Answer: “Euphues” ✔

Option A: Sir Thomas More

Option B: Sir Walter Raleigh

Option C: John Foxe

Option D: John Lyly

Correct Answer: Sir Walter Raleigh ✔

Option A: Niccolo Machiavelli

Option B: Martin Luther

Option C: John Milton

Option D: John Wycliffe

Correct Answer: Martin Luther ✔

Option A: Marxism

Option B: Christian Humanism

Option C: Feminism

Option D: New Historicism

Correct Answer: Christian Humanism ✔

Option A: “The Jew of Malta”

Option B: “Doctor Faustus”

Option C: “Edward II”

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: “The Curtain”

Option B: “The Globe”

Option C: “The Rose”

Option D: “The Anchor”

Correct Answer: “The Globe” ✔

Option A: Sex

Option B: Emotions

Option C: Psychology

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Emotions ✔

Option A: Catholic Restoration

Option B: Catholic Reformation

Option C: Protestant Reformation

Option D: None of

Correct Answer: Protestant Reformation ✔

Option A: John Milton

Option B: Ludovico Ariosto

Option C: Sir Philip Sidney

Option D: William Shakespeare

Correct Answer: Ludovico Ariosto ✔

Option A: Charles I

Option B: Charles II

Option C: Henry V

Option D: Henry VIII

Correct Answer: Henry V ✔

Option A: Sir Philip Sidney

Option B: Sir Thomas More

Option C: Thomas Wyatt

Option D: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Correct Answer: Thomas Wyatt ✔

Option A: Sir Thomas More

Option B: Sir Walter Raleigh

Option C: John Lyly

Option D: Sir Philip Sidney

Correct Answer: Sir Philip Sidney ✔

Option A: Roman Catholic

Option B: Anglican

Option C: Buddhist

Option D: Protestant

Correct Answer: Roman Catholic ✔

Option A: Hexagrams

Option B: Epigrams

Option C: Heroic couplets

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Epigrams ✔

Option A: Marxism

Option B: Feminism

Option C: New Historicism

Option D: Psychoanalysis

Correct Answer: New Historicism ✔

Option A: Sir Thomas More

Option B: Sir Walter Raleigh

Option C: Sir Philip Sidney

Option D: John Milton

Correct Answer: Sir Walter Raleigh ✔

Option A: Satan

Option B: Adam

Option C: Eve

Option D: Christ

Correct Answer: Satan ✔

Option A: Tragedy

Option B: Comedy

Option C: Romance

Option D: A and B only

Correct Answer: A and B only ✔

Option A: Milton

Option B: Wordsworth

Option C: Aristo

Option D: Both A and B

Correct Answer: Aristo ✔

Option A: Medieval

Option B: Romantic

Option C: Victorian

Option D: Elizabethan

Correct Answer: Medieval ✔

Option A: Henry VIII

Option B: John Lyly

Option C: Sir Thomas More

Option D: John Foxe

Correct Answer: John Lyly ✔

Option A: 9

Option B: 10

Option C: 12

Option D: 14

Correct Answer: 14 ✔

Option A: Untypical

Option B: Not untypical

Option C: Exploded

Option D: Rejected

Correct Answer: Not untypical ✔

Option A: Epic poetry is of a moral nature and tends to the promotion of virtue.

Option B: “Canterbury Tales” is an example of epic poetry.

Option C: All of the above answers are true.

Option D: Both A and B are true.

Correct Answer: Both A and B are true. ✔

Option A: Elizabeth I

Option B: Elizabeth II

Option C: Mary, Queen of Scots

Option D: Catherine of Aragon

Correct Answer: Elizabeth I ✔

Option A: Psychological, Sexual

Option B: Religious, Didactic

Option C: Emotional, Psychological

Option D: none of these

Correct Answer: Religious, Didactic ✔

Option A: “Paradise Lost”

Option B: “95 Theses”

Option C: “The Bible”

Option D: “Piers Plowman”

Correct Answer: “Paradise Lost” ✔

Option A: Anachronistic

Option B: Euphuistic

Option C: Marxist

Option D: Solipsistic

Correct Answer: Euphuistic ✔

Option A: M. H. Abrams

Option B: Stephen Greenblatt

Option C: Helen Vendler

Option D: Wayne C. Booth

Correct Answer: Stephen Greenblatt ✔

Option A: Restoration

Option B: Glorious Revolution

Option C: French Revolution

Option D: Seven Years War

Correct Answer: Glorious Revolution ✔

Option A: 12th and 13th

Option B: 14th and 15th

Option C: 15th and 16th

Option D: Non of these

Correct Answer: 15th and 16th ✔

Option A: Petrarch

Option B: Dante

Option C: Langland

Option D: Machiavelli

Correct Answer: Langland ✔

Option A: Romance

Option B: Satire

Option C: Comedy

Option D: Tragedy

Correct Answer: Tragedy ✔

Option A: “Paradise Lost”

Option B: “Canterbury Tales”

Option C: “The Bible”

Option D: “Piers Plowman”

Correct Answer: “The Bible” ✔

Option A: John Donne

Option B: John Dryden

Option C: John Wycliffe

Option D: Johan Gutenberg

Correct Answer: John Wycliffe ✔

Option A: John Locke

Option B: John Lyly

Option C: John Foxe

Option D: John Milton

Correct Answer: John Foxe ✔

Option A: Masque

Option B: Satire

Option C: Burlesque

Option D: Tragedy

Correct Answer: Masque ✔

Option A: Catholicism

Option B: Protestantism

Option C: Buddhism

Option D: Roman Catholicism

Correct Answer: Protestantism ✔

Option A: “Canterbury Tales”

Option B: “The Faerie Queen”

Option C: “Paradise Lost”

Option D: “The Prelude”

Correct Answer: “Paradise Lost” ✔

Option A: Medieval

Option B: Victorian

Option C: Romantic

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Romantic ✔

Option A: Masque

Option B: Satire

Option C: Tragedy

Option D: Comedy

Correct Answer: Masque ✔

Option A: Chaucer

Option B: Langland

Option C: Homer

Option D: Shakespeare

Correct Answer: Shakespeare ✔

Option A: Trochaic trimeter

Option B: Terza rima

Option C: Iambic pentameter

Option D: Anapestic pentameter

Correct Answer: Iambic pentameter ✔

Option A: Hanover

Option B: Protestant

Option C: Tudor

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Tudor ✔

Option A: William Blake

Option B: William Wordsworth

Option C: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Option D: William Shakespeare

Correct Answer: William Shakespeare ✔

Option A: Clowns

Option B: Women

Option C: Politicians

Option D: Pantomimes

Correct Answer: Clowns ✔

Option A: John Foxe

Option B: John Lyly

Option C: Sir Thomas More

Option D: Sir Walter Raleigh

Correct Answer: John Foxe ✔

Option A: Tragedies

Option B: Comedies

Option C: Romances

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Thomas Wyatt

Option B: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Option C: John Donne

Option D: Both A and B

Correct Answer: Both A and B ✔

Option A: The idea that William Shakespeare never lived.

Option B: The idea that William Shakespeare was a Catholic.

Option C: All of the above

Option D: A and B only

Correct Answer: A and B only ✔

Option A: “95 Theses”

Option B: “Utopia”

Option C: “Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit”

Option D: “Paradise Lost”

Correct Answer: “Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit” ✔

Option A: Protestantism

Option B: Catholicism

Option C: Roman Catholicism

Option D: Buddhism

Correct Answer: Protestantism ✔