Famous Playwright, Poet And Others MCQs

Option A: He promotes the separation of Church and State.

Option B: He declares papal authority infallible.

Option C: He declares emperors infallible.

Option D: He says that all empires should be ruled by dictators.

Correct Answer: He promotes the separation of Church and State. ✔

Option A: Faith, hope, and love

Option B: Faith, wisdom, and love

Option C: Love, compassion, and pride

Option D: Justice, temperance, and faith

Correct Answer: Faith, hope, and love ✔

Option A: It symbolizes Dante’s distrust of the Church.

Option B: It is the home of the angels.

Option C: It separates heaven from hell.

Option D: It reminds Dante of his own pride

Correct Answer: It is the home of the angels. ✔

Option A: The Inferno

Option B: The Convivio

Option C: The Purgatorio

Option D: The Paradiso

Correct Answer: The Paradiso ✔

Option A: Virgil

Option B: Beatrice

Option C: Cato

Option D: Ulysses

Correct Answer: Beatrice ✔

Option A: Justice

Option B: Temperance

Option C: Fortitude

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: The soul’s union with the body

Option B: The soul’s ascent to heaven

Option C: The soul’s tour of purgatory

Option D: The soul’s descent into hell

Correct Answer: The soul’s ascent to heaven ✔

Option A: With his exclusion from purgatory

Option B: With a vision of the Trinity

Option C: With his return to hell

Option D: With his death

Correct Answer: With a vision of the Trinity ✔

Option A: The Renaissance concept of the planets

Option B: The Ptolemaic universe

Option C: Ancient Roman cosmology

Option D: Ancient Greek cosmology

Correct Answer: The Ptolemaic universe ✔

Option A: He says that God’s ways are similar to those of Roman emperors.

Option B: He says that God’s ways are extremely simple.

Option C: He says that God’s ways are beyond human understanding.

Option D: He says that God’s ways are only available to those in heaven.

Correct Answer: He says that God’s ways are beyond human understanding. ✔

Option A: English

Option B: Latin

Option C: Italian

Option D: Tuscan

Correct Answer: Latin ✔

Option A: It alludes to the Garden of Eden.

Option B: It symbolizes perfection and paradise.

Option C: It is a symbol of the Virgin Mary.

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: The wise

Option B: The warriors of faith

Option C: The justice rulers

Option D: The contemplative

Correct Answer: The warriors of faith ✔

Option A: A character who appears in the lust circle of hell

Option B: A character who appears in the ninth circle of hell

Option C: The example Dante uses to show a perfect Christian man

Option D: An ancient pagan that Dante meets in purgatory

Correct Answer: An ancient pagan that Dante meets in purgatory ✔

Option A: Sapia

Option B: Cato

Option C: Sordello

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: It separates heaven from hell.

Option B: It prevents sinners from escaping hell.

Option C: It washes away the memory of sin.

Option D: It separates Dante from the other sinners

Correct Answer: It washes away the memory of sin. ✔

Option A: The ability to move from purgatory into heaven

Option B: The translation of culture from one civilization to another

Option C: The movement from one circle of hell to another

Option D: The idea that the punishment fits the crime

Correct Answer: The translation of culture from one civilization to another ✔

Option A: The planets

Option B: The seven deadly sins

Option C: The Augustan calendar

Option D: The seven sacraments

Correct Answer: The seven deadly sins ✔

Option A: Rachel and Leah

Option B: Brutus and Cassius

Option C: Dido and Aeneas

Option D: Pope Boniface and Pope Clement

Correct Answer: Rachel and Leah ✔

Option A: The punishments prevent hope from being reborn in sinners.

Option B: The punishments keep the sinners from entering the path to salvation.

Option C: The punishments allow the sinners to purge their sins.

Option D: The punishments remind the sinners that they are damned to hell.

Correct Answer: The punishments allow the sinners to purge their sins. ✔

Option A: He must be allowed by Cerberus to pass.

Option B: He must walk through an immense wall of flames.

Option C: He must be escorted into the terrace by an angelic messenger.

Option D: He must first be ferried across the River Lethe.

Correct Answer: He must walk through an immense wall of flames. ✔

Option A: The penitent life

Option B: The afterlife existence for mortal sinners

Option C: The heavenly paradise

Option D: The earthly paradise

Correct Answer: The penitent life ✔

Option A: Purgatory is less future-oriented.

Option B: Purgatory is a place of redemptive intervention.

Option C: Purgatory includes references to time.

Option D: Purgatory is less rooted in the human, natural world.

Correct Answer: Purgatory includes references to time. ✔

Option A: The poet’s attempt to climb the mountain

Option B: The poet’s attempt to find his way back to Florence from Jerusalem

Option C: The poet’s descent into hell

Option D: The poet’s tour of earthly paradise

Correct Answer: The poet’s attempt to climb the mountain ✔

Option A: The souls of those who are ready to enter heaven

Option B: The souls of those who are not yet ready to purge their sins

Option C: The souls of those who are about to enter hell

Option D: The souls of the repentant who are punished for their sins

Correct Answer: The souls of those who are not yet ready to purge their sins ✔

Option A: The Gate to Limbo

Option B: The Garden of Eden

Option C: The Dark Wood

Option D: The circles of Hell

Correct Answer: The Garden of Eden ✔

Option A: Francesca

Option B: Judas

Option C: Ciacco

Option D: Alberigo

Correct Answer: Francesca ✔

Option A: In The Inferno, the place for many ancient Roman, Greek, and Egyptian thinkers

Option B: For Dante, the home of major figures from the Hebrew Bible

Option C: The place for virtuous non-Christian adults

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Vita Nuova

Option B: The Divine Comedy

Option C: De Vulgari Eloquentia

Option D: De Monarchia

Correct Answer: The Divine Comedy ✔

Option A: The circle of violence

Option B: The circle of wrath

Option C: The circle of heresy

Option D: The circle of treachery

Correct Answer: The circle of violence ✔

Option A: Guinevere, Dido, and Francesca

Option B: Homer, Dante, and Virgil

Option C: Brutus, Cassius, and Judas

Option D: Pope Nicholas, Pope Boniface, and Pope Clement

Correct Answer: Brutus, Cassius, and Judas ✔

Option A: Beneath Cairo

Option B: Beneath Jerusalem

Option C: Beneath Rome

Option D: Beneath Florence

Correct Answer: Beneath Jerusalem ✔

Option A: Fortune is a “divine minister” similar to an angel.

Option B: Fortune is responsible for the distribution of worldly goods.

Option C: Fortune is beyond human understanding.

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: He remains in hell.

Option B: He returns to earth.

Option C: He escapes into Purgatory.

Option D: He emerges in Paradise.

Correct Answer: He escapes into Purgatory. ✔

Option A: Christmas

Option B: All Saint’s Day

Option C: All Soul’s Day

Option D: Good Friday

Correct Answer: Good Friday ✔

Option A: Fraud

Option B: Reason

Option C: Justice

Option D: Lust

Correct Answer: Fraud ✔

Option A: The Annunciation

Option B: Baptism

Option C: Holy Communion

Option D: The Last Judgment

Correct Answer: The Last Judgment ✔

Option A: Gluttony

Option B: Avarice

Option C: Heresy

Option D: Treachery

Correct Answer: Treachery ✔

Option A: His dislike of the vernacular language

Option B: His opposition to the separation of Church and State

Option C: His love for Beatrice

Option D: His experiences in exile

Correct Answer: His love for Beatrice ✔

Option A: Many people were unable to understand Church texts written in Latin.

Option B: Many people were unable to understand the language of the Mass.

Option C: Many people took issue with the Pope’s inordinate wealth and power.

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Cicero

Option B: Thomas Aquinas

Option C: Brunetto Latini

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Most professional scribes found it difficult to write in Medieval Latin.

Option B: The spoken language tended to take precedence in areas where the Church was weak.

Option C: Official documents were written in spoken language.

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Paris

Option B: Ravenna

Option C: England

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: The movement to write more in vernacular

Option B: The intellectual movement interested in classical antiquity

Option C: The scientific movement away from classical antiquity

Option D: The movement based on literature about courtly love

Correct Answer: The intellectual movement interested in classical antiquity ✔

Option A: Vita Nuova

Option B: De Monarchia

Option C: De Vulgari Eloquentia

Option D: The Divine Comedy

Correct Answer: Vita Nuova ✔

Option A: The Convivio

Option B: Vita Nuova

Option C: De Vulgari Eloquentia

Option D: Eclogues

Correct Answer: Vita Nuova ✔

Option A: London

Option B: Rome

Option C: Florence

Option D: Sorrento

Correct Answer: Florence ✔

Option A: Love is an ennobling force that offers a chance for salvation.

Option B: Love is problematic for Dante, because Beatrice is considered impure.

Option C: Love has little to do with spirituality.

Option D: Love obscures all possibility for salvation.

Correct Answer: Love is an ennobling force that offers a chance for salvation. ✔

Option A: The relationship watches Dante pass through stages of love for Beatrice’s physical, moral, and divine beauty.

Option B: The relationship provides an example of passionate love rather than arranged matches.

Option C: The relationship focuses on Beatrice’s chastity and purity.

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Autobiography

Option B: Framed narrative

Option C: Lyric poetry

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: It is static language with unchanging rules.

Option B: It is the language spoken by everyday people.

Option C: It is the only kind of illustrious vernacular.

Option D: It is synonymous with natural language.

Correct Answer: It is static language with unchanging rules. ✔

Option A: The Dark Lady

Option B: Hamlet

Option C: Christopher Marlow

Option D: Hamnet Shakespeare

Correct Answer: The Dark Lady ✔

Option A: “Tintern Abbey”

Option B: “A Lover’s Complaint”

Option C: “El Cid”

Option D: “The Wasteland”

Correct Answer: “A Lover’s Complaint” ✔

Option A: The Dark Lady

Option B: Shakespeare’s father

Option C: A young man

Option D: A rival poet

Correct Answer: Shakespeare’s father ✔

Option A: Ordinary speech

Option B: Blank verse

Option C: Rhyming verse

Option D: Non-English word use

Correct Answer: Ordinary speech ✔

Option A: The same as an iamb with an unstressed and stressed syllable in a foot

Option B: The opposite of an iamb with a stressed and then unstressed syllable in a foot

Option C: Only one syllable for the length of a foot

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The opposite of an iamb with a stressed and then unstressed syllable in a foot ✔

Option A: A fairy queen

Option B: A Roman matron

Option C: A villainess

Option D: A beggar woman

Correct Answer: A Roman matron ✔

Option A: When ghosts speak

Option B: When characters speak naturally

Option C: When a lower class character speaks

Option D: When the play necessitates ritualistic, choral, and sensuous effect

Correct Answer: When the play necessitates ritualistic, choral, and sensuous effect ✔

Option A: Marlowe

Option B: Swift

Option C: Oxford

Option D: Bacon

Correct Answer: Oxford ✔

Option A: Greek mythology

Option B: European history

Option C: Early scientific studies

Option D: The works of earlier poets

Correct Answer: The works of earlier poets ✔

Option A: Serious letters

Option B: Iambic pentameter

Option C: Rhyming verse

Option D: Couplets

Correct Answer: Serious letters ✔

Option A: Tragedy

Option B: History

Option C: Comedy

Option D: Lyric

Correct Answer: History ✔

Option A: Tyrell

Option B: King Edward IV

Option C: Queen Elizabeth

Option D: The Earl of Richmond

Correct Answer: The Earl of Richmond ✔

Option A: Greece

Option B: France

Option C: Norway

Option D: England

Correct Answer: England ✔

Option A: Lady Anne

Option B: Queen Elizabeth

Option C: Margaret

Option D: Duchess of York

Correct Answer: Margaret ✔

Option A: Buckingham

Option B: Clarence

Option C: Tyrell

Option D: Richmond

Correct Answer: Buckingham ✔

Option A: Ratcliffe

Option B: Richmond

Option C: Clarence

Option D: Tyrell

Correct Answer: Tyrell ✔

Option A: Queen Isabel

Option B: Queen Nim

Option C: Queen Alice

Option D: Queen Montjoy

Correct Answer: Queen Isabel ✔

Option A: Montjoy

Option B: Horatio

Option C: Falstaff

Option D: Nim

Correct Answer: Falstaff ✔

Option A: Make jokes about Henry

Option B: Sing songs about the events

Option C: Comment on the plot and themes of the play

Option D: Dance upon the stage

Correct Answer: Comment on the plot and themes of the play ✔

Option A: England

Option B: Norway

Option C: Denmark

Option D: France

Correct Answer: England ✔

Option A: He is killed.

Option B: He is arrested.

Option C: He is crowned king.

Option D: He was sent into exile.

Correct Answer: He is killed. ✔

Option A: Duncan

Option B: Lady Macbeth

Option C: Lady Macduff

Option D: Macduff

Correct Answer: Macduff ✔

Option A: England

Option B: Scotland

Option C: France

Option D: Norway

Correct Answer: Scotland ✔

Option A: England

Option B: France

Option C: Scotland

Option D: Norway

Correct Answer: England ✔

Option A: Hamlet

Option B: Claudius

Option C: Horatio

Option D: Gertrude

Correct Answer: Horatio ✔

Option A: Lennox

Option B: Lady Macbeth

Option C: The porter

Option D: Hecate

Correct Answer: Hecate ✔

Option A: Banquo

Option B: Macduff

Option C: Malcolm

Option D: Lady Macbeth

Correct Answer: Lady Macbeth ✔

Option A: He shoots him.

Option B: He strangles him.

Option C: He stabs him.

Option D: He beheads him.

Correct Answer: He stabs him. ✔

Option A: King Hamlet’s former jester

Option B: A friend of Hamlet’s from school

Option C: The King of Norway

Option D: A castle guard

Correct Answer: King Hamlet’s former jester ✔

Option A: Compare Shakespeare to other writers.

Option B: Evaluate and examine Hamlet.

Option C: Consider anything about Shakespeare’s comedies.

Option D: Discuss any aspect of Shakespeare’s philosophy.

Correct Answer: Compare Shakespeare to other writers. ✔

Option A: A worship of the gods

Option B: A song for the prize or sacrifice of a goat

Option C: A comedic performance

Option D: A story that ended with a marriage

Correct Answer: A song for the prize or sacrifice of a goat ✔

Option A: History

Option B: Comedy

Option C: Tragedy

Option D: Epic poem

Correct Answer: Comedy ✔

Option A: Parolles

Option B: Lafew

Option C: The First Lord

Option D: The Clown

Correct Answer: Parolles ✔

Option A: England

Option B: Denmark

Option C: Spain

Option D: France

Correct Answer: France ✔

Option A: An Athenian craftsman

Option B: A professional actor

Option C: A Duke

Option D: An Amazonian

Correct Answer: An Athenian craftsman ✔

Option A: Antonio

Option B: Maria

Option C: Olivia

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Antonio ✔

Option A: Viola’s twin brother

Option B: Viola’s eventual lover

Option C: A clown

Option D: Olivia’s uncle

Correct Answer: Viola’s twin brother ✔

Option A: France

Option B: Denmark

Option C: Illyria

Option D: England

Correct Answer: Illyria ✔

Option A: Paris

Option B: Naples

Option C: Athens

Option D: London

Correct Answer: Athens ✔

Option A: Oberon

Option B: Robin Goodfellow

Option C: Demetrius

Option D: Hermia

Correct Answer: Robin Goodfellow ✔

Option A: Highly sexual

Option B: Not comedic at all

Option C: Satirical and political

Option D: Grounded in religion

Correct Answer: Satirical and political ✔

Option A: A politician

Option B: A teacher

Option C: A glover

Option D: A professional actor

Correct Answer: A glover ✔

Option A: Elizabeth Marlowe

Option B: Joan Shakespeare

Option C: Anne Hathaway

Option D: Juliet Shakespeare

Correct Answer: Anne Hathaway ✔

Option A: Christopher Marlow

Option B: William Shakespeare

Option C: Philip Sidney

Option D: The Earl of Oxford

Correct Answer: Christopher Marlow ✔

Option A: Ben Johnson

Option B: Christopher Marlow

Option C: Philip Sidney

Option D: Thomas Kyd

Correct Answer: Christopher Marlow ✔

Option A: Nobility

Option B: Peasants

Option C: Yeomen

Option D: The gentry

Correct Answer: Peasants ✔

Option A: Catholicism

Option B: Buddhism

Option C: Protestantism

Option D: Mormonism

Correct Answer: Protestantism ✔

Option A: Death

Option B: Theater

Option C: Drama

Option D: Rebirth

Correct Answer: Rebirth ✔

Option A: “Doctor Faustus”

Option B: “The Faerie Queen”

Option C: “Titus Andronicus”

Option D: “The Jew of Malta”

Correct Answer: “Titus Andronicus” ✔