English Literature Mcqs 461 To 480

 English Literature Mcqs... 461 to 480.

461)Which of the following was Elizabeth known as?

(a) Unintelligent

(b) Rude

(c) Stingy

(d) Fanatic

462)Which language did young Elizabeth learn in secret?

(a) French

(b) Gaelic

(c) Esperanto

(d) Welsh

463)Who was Edmund Spenser's patron?

(a) The Earl of Leicester

(b) Elizabeth

(c) Lord Burleigh

(d) Francis Bacon

464)What was a favorite entertainment in Elizabeth's court?

(a) Swimming

(b) Gambling

(c) Jousting

(d) Backgammon

465)Which of the following disciplines most fascinated Elizabeth?

(a) Philology

(b) Alchemy

(c) Zoology

(d) Astrology

466)Elizabeth's reign was longer than that of any other Tudor. When she died at the age of 69 in 1603, how many years had she reigned?

a)35

b)40

c)45

d)50

467)What was Elizabeth’s nickname for Sir Walter Raleigh?

a)Waldimor

b)Water

c)William

d)Winter

468)The complex ranking system that Elizabethans believed ordered every single thing in the universe was known as:

a)The Great Order of Life

b)The Great Chain of Being

c)The Great System of Shakespeare

d)The Great Sonnet Symbolism Maker

469)A poem that deals in an idealized way with Shepherds and rustic life is known as:

a)A Protestant Poem

b)A Petrarchan Sonnet

c)An extended metaphor

d)A pastoral poem

470)The term for the reaction against corruption in the Catholic Church was known as:

a)The Protestant Revolution

b)The Protestant Reformation

c)The Protestant Restoration

d)The Protestant Resolution

471)What is the name for a shift in tone or meaning of a sonnet

a)Octave

b)Volta

c)Iambic Pentameter

d)Petrarchan

Jacobean Era

472)In literature, some of Shakespeare's most powerful plays were written in that period (for example The Tempest, King Lear, and Macbeth), as well as powerful works by John Webster and ________.

a)William Shakespeare

b)Ben Jonson

c)Ben Jonson folios

d)English Renaissance theatre

473)What proceeded Jacobean era?

a)Elizabethan Era

b)Caroline era

c)Victorian era

d)Jacobean Era

474)The Jacobean era ended with a severe economic depression in 1620–1626, complicated by a serious outbreak of ________ in London in 1625.

a)Cholera

b)Tuberculosis

c)Bubonic plague

d)Plague (disease)

475)The word "Jacobean" is derived from the ________ name Jacob, which is the original form of the English name James.

a)Samaritan Hebrew language

b)Biblical Hebrew

c)Mishnaic Hebrew

d)Hebrew language

476)The Jacobean era succeeds the ________ and precedes the Caroline era, and specifically denotes a style of architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is predominant of that period.

a)Elizabethan era

b)English Reformation

c)England

d)Tudor period

477)Jonson was also an important innovator in the specialized literary sub-genre of the ________, which went through an intense development in the Jacobean era.

a)William Shakespeare

b)Ben Jonson

c)Masque

d)A Midsummer Night's Dream

478)the first fire-breathing dragon in English literature occurs in which Old English epic poem.

a)Iliad

b)Odyssey

c)Beowulf

d)Canterbury Tales

479)What are the beginning and ending dates of the reign of James I ?

a)1592-1608

b)1603-1625

c)1607-1627

d)1608-1639

480)Famous satiric drama,Volpone,is written by?

a)Sir Walter Scot

b)Christopher Marlow

c)Ben Johnson

d)George Herbert