Crime was ardently followed by punishment. Elizabethans had devised various ways to fine, humiliate, torture, and kill offenders. Which crime was punishable by death ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Staying alive was a difficult task for Elizabethans. Disease, infection, poverty, childbirth, and occupational accidents could all result in one’s untimely demise. Most people never reached the age of fifty. When an Elizabethan died, intricate rituals were followed. What was NOT a funeral custom ?

   A. Long processionals
   B. Mourning clothes
   C. Strict simplicity
   D. Tolling of church bells

2. Elizabethans had many occupational choices. One could become an apothecary, clerk, physician, or even court jester. Though there seemed to be a myriad of careers to choose from, most people still ended up being very poor. In order to survive, what illegal activity did a large number of citizens pursue ?

   A. Begging
   B. Money lending
   C. Fortune-telling
   D. Wine bottling

3. 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

4. Elizabethans were notoriously superstitious. They feared witches, believed in magical animals, and sought good luck charms. What “science” did they utilize in trying to predict and control the future ?

   A. Alchemy
   B. Metallurgy
   C. Geocentricity
   D. Astrology

5. Who wrote ‘Crime and Punishment’ ?

   A. Shelley
   B. Tolstoy
   C. Byron
   D. Dostoyevsky

6. ______________ is the system of phonetic notation composed of symbols and letters devised by the International Phonetic Association?

   A. The international phonetic script
   B. The international phonetic alphabet
   C. The international phonemic script
   D. The intelligible phonetic script.

7. “O my death mother! I am miserable, truly miserable! But yet, don’t be frightened, I am honest! God, of his goodness, keep me so!” These lines characterize Samuel Richardson’s Pamela in all of the following ways EXCEPT ______________?

   A. through the personal, direct appeal enabled by his epistolary form.
   B. by emphasizing the character’s fright.
   C. by emphasizing sexual morality.
   D. through the sentimental attempt to make readers strongly identify with the character’s feelings.

8. Which bird did the Ancient Mariner kill ?

   A. Seagull
   B. Albatross
   C. Humming Bird
   D. Crow

9. which famous Shakespeare play does the quote “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers” come from ?

   A. The Merry Wives of Windsor
   B. Othello, the Moor of Venice
   C. Pericles, Prince of Tyre
   D. King Henry the Sixth, Part II

10. What is the central theme of Keith Douglas’s “How to Kill” ?

    A. Combat detaches a man from humanity.
    B. All is fair in love and war.
    C. It is honorable and just to defend your country in a war.
    D. There is a right and a wrong way to throw a hand grenade.