Famous Playwright, Poet And Others MCQs

Option A: get revenge on his enemies

Option B: re-instated as a Judge

Option C: retire

Option D: convert

Correct Answer: retire ✔

Option A: Greek Olympic Games

Option B: A Roman Circus

Option C: A Gladiator competition

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: A and B ✔

Option A: Pastoral elegy

Option B: Prose polemic

Option C: Blank verse tragedy

Option D: Masque

Correct Answer: Blank verse tragedy ✔

Option A: Homer, Virgil, and Dante

Option B: Dante, Spenser, and Pope

Option C: Homer, Dryden, and Longfellow

Option D: Virgil, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen

Correct Answer: Homer, Virgil, and Dante ✔

Option A: Virgil

Option B: Shakespeare

Option C: Chaucer

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: Virgil ✔

Option A: superior

Option B: inferior

Option C: equal

Option D: irrelevant in comparison

Correct Answer: inferior ✔

Option A: The Baptism of Jesus

Option B: The story of Luke

Option C: The Ascension of Jesus

Option D: The Second Coming of Jesus

Correct Answer: The Baptism of Jesus ✔

Option A: “Paradise Lost”

Option B: “Areopagitica”

Option C: “On Christian Doctrine”

Option D: “Samson Agonistes”

Correct Answer: “Samson Agonistes” ✔

Option A: to justify the ways of God to humankind.

Option B: to justify the ways of humankind to God.

Option C: to justify the ways of Heaven to Hell.

Option D: to justify the ways of Hell to Heaven.

Correct Answer: to justify the ways of God to humankind. ✔

Option A: Michelangelo

Option B: Raphael

Option C: Uriel

Option D: Michael

Correct Answer: Michael ✔

Option A: Judea

Option B: Egypt

Option C: Syria

Option D: Jerusalem

Correct Answer: Jerusalem ✔

Option A: Charles I

Option B: Charles II

Option C: Queen Anne

Option D: Henry VIII

Correct Answer: Charles I ✔

Option A: The top of the Pantheon in Rome

Option B: The Pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem

Option C: The top of a “Mountain high”

Option D: “Up to the middle Region of thick Air”

Correct Answer: The Pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem ✔

Option A: “Paradise Lost”

Option B: “Samson Agonistes”

Option C: “Areopagitica”

Option D: “Paradise Regained”

Correct Answer: “Areopagitica” ✔

Option A: He followed the Shakespearean rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.

Option B: He followed the Petrarchan rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.

Option C: He followed the Spenserian rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form.

Option D: He followed the Spenserian rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form.

Correct Answer: He followed the Petrarchan rather than the Shakespearean sonnet form. ✔

Option A: Michelangelo

Option B: Raphael

Option C: Pandosto

Option D: Baal

Correct Answer: Raphael ✔

Option A: Anglican

Option B: Methodist

Option C: Protestant

Option D: Buddhist

Correct Answer: Protestant ✔

Option A: Satan contemplates his reflection in a pool of water.

Option B: Adam contemplates his reflection in a pool of water.

Option C: Eve contemplates her reflection in a pool of water.

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: Eve contemplates her reflection in a pool of water. ✔

Option A: Eve

Option B: Adam

Option C: God

Option D: Satan

Correct Answer: Satan ✔

Option A: “What is the precise relationship between Satan, Sin, and Death?”

Option B: “How, exactly, was Eve tempted to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?”

Option C: “How, exactly, was Adam convinced to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?”

Option D: B and C

Correct Answer: B and C ✔

Option A: Romantic

Option B: Victorian

Option C: Cavalier

Option D: Enlightenment

Correct Answer: Cavalier ✔

Option A: Manoa.

Option B: Dalila.

Option C: the Chorus.

Option D: a Messenger.

Correct Answer: a Messenger. ✔

Option A: He was imprisoned.

Option B: His left index finger was chopped off.

Option C: He was placed in the stocks for a week.

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: He was imprisoned. ✔

Option A: Uriel

Option B: Urania

Option C: Calypso

Option D: Calliope

Correct Answer: Urania ✔

Option A: There was to be no king, bishops, or House of Lords.

Option B: There were to be no churches except Anglican churches.

Option C: There was to be no Oxford University.

Option D: A and C

Correct Answer: There was to be no king, bishops, or House of Lords. ✔

Option A: Anglicism

Option B: Puritanism

Option C: Buddhism

Option D: A and C

Correct Answer: Puritanism ✔

Option A: Raphael

Option B: Eve

Option C: Adam

Option D: The Son

Correct Answer: Eve ✔

Option A: he wants to get respect from the Philistine general standing beside him.

Option B: he wants Samson to break out of prison and kill some more Philistines.

Option C: he wants to encourage Samson.

Option D: he wants to seem more heroic than he really is.

Correct Answer: he wants to seem more heroic than he really is. ✔

Option A: Belial

Option B: Beelzebub

Option C: Venus

Option D: Satan

Correct Answer: Belial ✔

Option A: France

Option B: Germany

Option C: Spain

Option D: Italy

Correct Answer: Italy ✔

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

Option B: Satan embarks on his passage across the great gulf of Chaos.

Option C: The Narrator invokes his muse by the name of “Holy Light.”

Option D: The demons begin exploring Hell, engaging in philosophical debates, and entering

Correct Answer: The Narrator invokes his muse by the name of “Holy Light.” ✔

Option A: Virgil, Shakespeare, and Spenser

Option B: Homer, Virgil, and Spenser

Option C: Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Spenser

Option D: Gilgamesh, Petrarch, and Dryden

Correct Answer: Homer, Virgil, and Spenser ✔

Option A: First Mary, then Joseph

Option B: First Andrew and Simon (Peter), then Mary

Option C: First Mary, then James and John

Option D: First Peter, then Paul and Mary

Correct Answer: First Peter, then Paul and Mary ✔

Option A: Charles I

Option B: Charles II

Option C: Henry VIII

Option D: Charles III

Correct Answer: Charles I ✔

Option A: Jesus

Option B: Samson

Option C: Satan

Option D: Adam

Correct Answer: Satan ✔

Option A: Sexual desire

Option B: Seeking God’s Will and Guidance

Option C: What it means to be the “Son of God”

Option D: Temptation

Correct Answer: Sexual desire ✔

Option A: Samson will not fight him.

Option B: He does not want to fight Samson.

Option C: He must hurry to catch up with Dalila.

Option D: He has been called back to his hometown of Gath.

Correct Answer: He does not want to fight Samson. ✔

Option A: plain

Option B: luminescent

Option C: Latinate

Option D: Sophistic

Correct Answer: plain ✔

Option A: The fall of the Son

Option B: The fall of the Rebel Angels

Option C: The fall of God

Option D: The death of Michael

Correct Answer: The fall of the Rebel Angels ✔

Option A: Pastoral elegy

Option B: Prose polemic

Option C: Blank verse tragedy

Option D: Epic

Correct Answer: Epic ✔

Option A: Heaven

Option B: Hell

Option C: Chaos

Option D: Sunshine

Correct Answer: Chaos ✔

Option A: In “Samson,” Harapha is Samson’s enemy, but he is not in “Judges.”

Option B: In “Samson,” Samson is a Jew, but he is not in “Judges.”

Option C: In “Samson,” Samson marries the Woman of Timnah, but not in “Judges.”

Option D: In “Samson,” Samson never worships Dagon, but he does in “Judges.”

Correct Answer: In “Samson,” Harapha is Samson’s enemy, but he is not in “Judges.” ✔

Option A: Three and Four

Option B: Five and Six

Option C: Eight and Nine

Option D: Eleven and Twelve

Correct Answer: Eleven and Twelve ✔

Option A: the Chorus has just stated it hates this kind of lavish, external beauty.

Option B: Samson hates this kind of lavish, external beauty.

Option C: Dalila usually dresses in a more understated Puritan manner.

Option D: Samson is blind.

Correct Answer: Samson is blind. ✔

Option A: Their surnames

Option B: The names of pagan gods

Option C: The names of foreign countries

Option D: The names of the angels they will become

Correct Answer: The names of pagan gods ✔

Option A: William Blake

Option B: Alfred Lord Tennyson

Option C: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Option D: T.S. Eliot

Correct Answer: William Blake ✔

Option A: Pastoral elegy

Option B: Prose polemic

Option C: Blank verse tragedy

Option D: Masque

Correct Answer: Masque ✔

Option A: it can be acted out on a very small stage.

Option B: it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage.

Option C: people will read it in secret and not publically admit they read it.

Option D: it was written to be acted in a church.

Correct Answer: it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage. ✔

Option A: Michelangelo

Option B: Charles II

Option C: Galileo

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: Galileo ✔

Option A: Charles I

Option B: Charles II

Option C: Queen Anne

Option D: Henry VIII

Correct Answer: Charles I ✔

Option A: iambic pentameter

Option B: tetrameter couplets

Option C: heroic couplets

Option D: Shakespearean sonnets

Correct Answer: tetrameter couplets ✔

Option A: Nine

Option B: Ten

Option C: Eleven

Option D: Twelve

Correct Answer: Ten ✔

Option A: Death is Satan’s father.

Option B: Death is Satan’s son.

Option C: Death is Satan’s brother.

Option D: Death is Satan’s daughter

Correct Answer: Death is Satan’s son. ✔

Option A: A toad

Option B: A serpent

Option C: A lion

Option D: A tiger

Correct Answer: A serpent ✔

Option A: Baal

Option B: Beelzebub

Option C: Michel

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: A and B ✔

Option A: Royalists and Monarchists

Option B: Royalists and Parliamentarians

Option C: Parliamentarians and Roundheads

Option D: Anarchists and Royalists

Correct Answer: Royalists and Parliamentarians ✔

Option A: He experiences some “rousing motions” which might be from God.

Option B: Manoa convinces him to do it or the Philistines will execute Samson.

Option C: The Chorus demands he stay in his prison cell and Samson reacts against them.

Option D: He wishes to see Dalila one last time in the crowd.

Correct Answer: He experiences some “rousing motions” which might be from God. ✔

Option A: Adam and Eve hold hands and walk across an arid plain.

Option B: Adam and Eve promise to be fruitful and multiply.

Option C: Adam and Eve curse their God.

Option D: Adam and Eve curse Satan.

Correct Answer: Adam and Eve hold hands and walk across an arid plain. ✔

Option A: An Epic Council

Option B: An “Arming of the Hero” Scene

Option C: A “Tragic Recognition” Speech

Option D: An Invocation to the Muse

Correct Answer: A “Tragic Recognition” Speech ✔

Option A: Theist

Option B: Atheist

Option C: Antagonist

Option D: Wrestler

Correct Answer: Wrestler ✔

Option A: Katherine Woodcock

Option B: Oliver Cromwell

Option C: Edward II

Option D: Mary Powell

Correct Answer: Katherine Woodcock ✔

Option A: Paradise Lost

Option B: Il Penseroso

Option C: Areopagitica

Option D: Lycidas

Correct Answer: Paradise Lost ✔

Option A: Queens college

Option B: Trinity college

Option C: Christ’s college

Option D: Warwick college

Correct Answer: Christ’s college ✔

Option A: 1667

Option B: 1639

Option C: 1669

Option D: 1651

Correct Answer: 1667 ✔

Option A: Taste

Option B: Voice

Option C: Hearing

Option D: Vision

Correct Answer: Vision ✔

Option A: Agnes

Option B: Ann Powell

Option C: Lynda

Option D: Mary Powell

Correct Answer: Mary Powell ✔

Option A: his friends

Option B: his friends

Option C: his daughters

Option D: his sons

Correct Answer: his daughters ✔

Option A: 12 June 1628

Option B: 2 May 1614

Option C: 17 August 1612

Option D: 9 December 1608

Correct Answer: 9 December 1608 ✔

Option A: 22 June 1675

Option B: 9 December 1670

Option C: 14 February 1669

Option D: 8 November 1674

Correct Answer: 8 November 1674 ✔

Option A: London

Option B: Bristol

Option C: Wales

Option D: Yorkshire

Correct Answer: London ✔

Option A: L’Allegro

Option B: Paradise Regained

Option C: Samson Agonistes

Option D: Paradise Lost

Correct Answer: Paradise Regained ✔

Option A: 1628

Option B: 1649

Option C: 1645

Option D: 1637

Correct Answer: 1649 ✔

Option A: Paradise Regained

Option B: Paradise Lost

Option C: Samson Agonistes

Option D: On the Late Massacre in Piedmont

Correct Answer: Paradise Lost ✔

Option A: Westminster Abbey

Option B: Trinity Church

Option C: Protestant Cemetery

Option D: None of above

Correct Answer: Trinity Church ✔

Option A: 1590

Option B: 1591

Option C: 1592

Option D: 1593

Correct Answer: 1592 ✔

Option A: two

Option B: three

Option C: four

Option D: five

Correct Answer: four ✔

Option A: 18, 1582

Option B: 17, 1581

Option C: 16, 1580

Option D: 15, 1579

Correct Answer: 18, 1582 ✔

Option A: 26 April 1567

Option B: 26 April 1566

Option C: 26 April 1565

Option D: 26 April 1564

Correct Answer: 26 April 1564 ✔

Option A: An elegy in two parts

Option B: An epic in three parts

Option C: A ballad in four parts

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: An elegy in two parts ✔

Option A: Colin clouts come home again

Option B: Faerie queen, first three books

Option C: The Shepherd’s calendar

Option D: Faerie queen, second three books

Correct Answer: The Shepherd’s calendar ✔

Option A: Eve

Option B: Adam

Option C: Both a and b

Option D: Satan

Correct Answer: Both a and b ✔

Option A: Edmund Spenser

Option B: John Donne

Option C: Shakespeare

Option D: John Milton

Correct Answer: John Donne ✔

Option A: Thomas Nah

Option B: Thomas lodge

Option C: Thomas Kyd

Option D: Thomas Hardy

Correct Answer: Thomas lodge ✔

Option A: Shakespeare

Option B: Christopher Marlowe

Option C: Edmund Spenser

Option D: john Milton

Correct Answer: Christopher Marlowe ✔

Option A: Shakespeare

Option B: Thomas Nash

Option C: George Chapman

Option D: Thomas More

Correct Answer: George Chapman ✔

Option A: 1562

Option B: 1563

Option C: 1564

Option D: 1565

Correct Answer: 1564 ✔

Option A: Edmund Spenser

Option B: John Milton

Option C: John Donne

Option D: Sir Philip Sidney

Correct Answer: John Donne ✔

Option A: Henry five

Option B: Elizabeth one

Option C: Henry six

Option D: Henry eight

Correct Answer: Henry six ✔

Option A: An allegory

Option B: An epic

Option C: A ballad

Option D: A sonnet

Correct Answer: An allegory ✔

Option A: Edmund Spencer

Option B: John Donne

Option C: Sir Philip Sidney

Option D: John Milton

Correct Answer: Sir Philip Sidney ✔

Option A: 1553

Option B: 1554

Option C: 1555

Option D: 1550

Correct Answer: 1554 ✔

Option A: Thomas Nash

Option B: Thomas More

Option C: Thomas lodge

Option D: Thomas Wyatt

Correct Answer: Thomas Wyatt ✔

Option A: Thomas More

Option B: Thomas lodge

Option C: Ralph Robinson

Option D: William Tyndale

Correct Answer: Ralph Robinson ✔

Option A: William Caxton

Option B: Robert Henry

Option C: John Lyly

Option D: Thomas more

Correct Answer: William Caxton ✔

Option A: French word

Option B: Italian word

Option C: Greek word

Option D: Spanish word

Correct Answer: French word ✔

Option A: The Pope

Option B: The Holy Roman Emperor

Option C: The King of England

Option D: The King of France

Correct Answer: The Pope ✔

Option A: his body

Option B: his house

Option C: his soul

Option D: his horse

Correct Answer: his soul ✔

Option A: Bach

Option B: Schumann

Option C: Beethoven

Option D: Wagner

Correct Answer: Wagner ✔

Option A: 1594

Option B: 1604

Option C: 1590

Option D: 1593

Correct Answer: 1594 ✔

Option A: John Donne

Option B: John Milton

Option C: Earnest Hemingway

Option D: Lawrence

Correct Answer: John Donne ✔