Ages - Era - Period(English Literature ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. Marlowe’s play ’Tamburlaine the Great’ was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler ?
  1.    Zhu Yuanzhang
  2.    Genghis Khan
  3.    Timur
  4.    Kublai Khan
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Timur
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Question 2. One of Marlowe’s earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem ’Pharsalia’, written by which Roman poet ?
  1.    Ovid
  2.    Lucan
  3.    Virgil
  4.    Horace
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Lucan
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Question 3. One of Marlowe’s most famous poems was an account of which lovers ?
  1.    Anthony and Cleopatra
  2.    Hero and Leander
  3.    Troilus and Cressida
  4.    Apollo and Hyacinth
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Hero and Leander
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Question 4. What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572 ?
  1.    The Massacre at Berlin
  2.    The Massacre at Rome
  3.    The Massacre at Copenhagen
  4.    The Massacre at Paris
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> The Massacre at Copenhagen
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Question 5. In Marlowe’s play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta ?
  1.    Lazarus
  2.    Solomon
  3.    Barabas
  4.    Shylock
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Barabas
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Question 6. Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe ?
  1.    Henry V
  2.    Richard III
  3.    Edward II
  4.    John
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Edward II
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Question 7. In the title of Marlowe’s play, of where was Dido the Queen ?
  1.    Troy
  2.    Carthage
  3.    Sparta
  4.    Persia
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Carthage
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Question 8. Marlowe’s poem ’The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ begins with the line “Come live with me and be my love”; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line ?
  1.    William Shakespeare
  2.    Thomas Kyd
  3.    John Dryden
  4.    John Donne
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> John Donne
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Question 9. How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil ?
  1.    16
  2.    20
  3.    24
  4.    28
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> 24
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Question 10. The northern Renaissance differed from the Italian Renaissance__________________?
  1.    growth of religious activity among common people
  2.    earlier occurrence
  3.    greater appreciation of pagan writers
  4.    decline in the use of Latin
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> growth of religious activity among common people
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