The word “Jacobean” is derived from the ___________ name Jacob, which is the original form of the English name James?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following female authors of the Jacobean era wrote a work that became the \first\of its kind to be published by an English woman ?

   A. Rachel Speght
   B. Aemilia Lanyer
   C. Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland
   D. all of the above

2. “When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. … After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading…”?

   A. Samson Occcum
   B. John Winthrop
   C. Benjamin Franklin
   D. Mayflower Compact

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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)

6. “The Jacobean Era” refers to a period of time in the early 17th century in which of the following countries ?

   A. Jordan
   B. England
   C. Malaysia
   D. Tunisia

7. What proceeded Jacobean era ?

   A. Elizabethan Era
   B. Caroline era
   C. Victorian era
   D. Jacobean Era

8. The foremost poet of Jacobean era was ?

   A. John Milton
   B. Charles Bacon
   C. John Donne
   D. Herbert Spencer

9. With the accession of King James to the English throne, Lord Chamberlain’s Man was renamed ?

   A. King Lear
   B. Gentleman
   C. King’s Man
   D. None of above

10. Which of the following plays was not authored by Shakespeare in the Jacobean period ?

    A. Othello
    B. Volpone
    C. King Lear
    D. Antony and Cleopatra