Chaucer to milton 2

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1. Chaucer to Milton MCQ Part - 2 SHRI BALAJI INFOTECH You Tube Channel By Payal Mudliar

2. What is the general theme of the Shepherd’s C alendar ? Ans :- The unrequitted love of Colin clout for Rosalind . The first three books of the faerie queen were published in- Ans :- 1589-90 Who was the central character in the faeries queen? Ans :- Prince Arthur

3. Sidey’s “The Defence of Poesy” is a prose essay which answered- Ans :- Sir Thomas M oore’s - Utopia The Twelve knights in the faerie queen represent twelve- Ans :- Virtues Why is war of roses known by that name? Ans :- The rose was the national flower of England

4. “A maiden queen that shone as titans say in glistening gold, and peerless precious stone.” These lines occur in Edmund Spenser’s- Ans :- The Faerie Q ueen W.H Hudson’s statement “essentially the poet of the people” applies to- Ans :- William Langland Sir Philip S ydney’s the defence of Poesie was published in- Ans :- 1595 W.H Hudson

5. Thomas M oore’s U topia was published in- Ans :- 1551 Which piece of work described as “the prologue to the renaissance”? Ans :- Utopia Arnold wrote “with him is born our real poetry”- Who does “him” refer to? Ans :- Chaucer Thomas Moore

6. Spenser wrote a preface to the faerie queen in the form of a letter. Whom is this letter addressed to- Ans :- Sir Walter Raleigh Who does Prince Arthur marry in the end in Spenser’s the faerie queen? Ans :- Gloriana In the faerie queen Elizabeth is allegorised through the character of- Ans :- Gloriana Sir Walter Raleigh

7. Whom did Spenser commemorate in the elegy Astrophel? Ans :- Sir Philip Sydney Who sings the song “tell me where is fancy bred” in Shakespeare’s the Merchant of Venice? Ans :- Bassanio In which Shakespearean comedy the song “sigh, no more ladies” occurs? Ans :- Much Ado about Nothing Much Ado about Nothing

8. Who wrote Delia? Ans :- Samuel Daniel As a writer of sonnets Sir Philip Sidney was influenced by- Ans :- Petrarch How many sonnets did Shakespeare compose? Ans :- 154 Samuel Daniel

9. Who wrote the famous lines? “Since there’s no help, come let us kiss and part, Nay I have done, yet get no more of me, And I am glad, yea, glad with my all my heart, That thus so cleanly I myself may free” Ans :- Drayton Which book has been called “the true prologue of Renaissance” and “the first modern monument of socialism”? Ans :- Utopia John Drayton

10. Which one is the first important treatise on educations? Ans :- The S chool M aster Sir F rancis Bacon was born in- Ans :- 1561 Sir Francis Bacon

11. Name the critic who summed up bacon’s character in the following couplet- “If part allure thee, think how bacon shined – the wisest, the brightest and meanest of mankind Ans :- Alexander pope The third edition of Bacon’s Essays containing 58 essays appeared in- Ans :- 1625 Bacon defined his essays as- Ans :- “Dispersed meditations” Alexander pope

12. Bacon borrowed the general conception of essay from- Ans :- Montaigne’s Essays Bacon is “the first English essayist, as he remains by sheer mass and weight of genius.” This opinion was expressed by- Ans :- Hugh walker Bacon’s essays are conspicuous for the absence of- Ans :- Confidential , Intimate , Personal and Lyrical element Montaigne

13. Which is called incidentally the “first novel” in English? Ans :- Lyly’s Euphues ………… is considered the first picaresque novel in English. Ans :- Thomas Nashe’s the Unfortunate traveller or the life of jack Wilton Richard Hooker’s the Laws of Ecclesiastical polity appeared in- Ans :- 1594 Thomas Nashe

14. The Laws of the Ecclesiastical polity is- Ans :- “A defence of the church against the puritans” and “The first monument of splendid literary prose that we possess” Between 1590 and 1593 the theatres were closed due to- Ans :- Disturbances caused by the actors The most important anti-dramatic book of this period was- Ans :- Gosson’s School of Abuse Richard Hooker

15. Which was the first play in Senecan form? Ans :- Gorboduc Who wrote the first revenge tragedy? Ans :- Ben Jonson Identify the dramatist who does not belong to the group of dramatists, known as “the University Wits”- Ans :- Thomas Heywood Gorboduc

16. Who was the only representative of the writers of real comedies in pre-Shakespearean drama? Ans :- John Lyly The first pure English comedy is- Ans :- Ralph Roister Doister Shakespeare arrived in London in- Ans :- 1586 John Lyly

17. “The great merit of the university wits was that they come with their passion and poetry, and their academical training, to unite these forces, and thus to give Shakespeare a pliable and fitting medium for the expression of their genius .” Identify the critic who expressed the above opinion- Ans :- A. Nicoll Allardyce Nicoll

18. ………… calls Marlowe “the first great poet, the father of English tragedy, and the creator of blank verse.” Ans :- Swinburne Marlowe’s blank verse is also known as- Ans :- Mighty Line Algernon Swinburne