Marlowe’s play ’Tamburlaine the Great’ was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler ?

Related Mcqs:

1. The title page which play of Christopher Marlow attributes the play to Marlowe and Thomas Nashe ?

   A. Doctor Faustus
   B. Dido, Queen of Carthage
   C. Edward the Second
   D. Tamburlaine the Great

2. What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572 ?

   A. The Massacre at Berlin
   B. The Massacre at Rome
   C. The Massacre at Copenhagen
   D. The Massacre at Paris

3. In the title of Marlowe’s play, of where was Dido the Queen ?

   A. Troy
   B. Carthage
   C. Sparta
   D. Persia

4. Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe ?

   A. Henry V
   B. Richard III
   C. Edward II
   D. John

5. In Marlowe’s play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta ?

   A. Lazarus
   B. Solomon
   C. Barabas
   D. Shylock

6. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: “The historical approach, for instance, might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time, we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Bill Crisis, and that there are obvious similarities between the Conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot in history. The Tories would never approve of the bloody Popish Plot, but they nonetheless sympathized with the plotters for the way they were abused by the Tory enemy, the Whigs. Thus it makes sense for Otway to condemn the conspiracy itself in Vencie Preserv’d without condemning the conspirators themselves.” What purpose does this prescribe to ?

   A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the readin
   B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
   C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

7. Which was Marlowe’s first play ?

   A. Dr.Faustus
   B. Tamburlaine
   C. The Tragedy of Dido
   D. The Jew of Malta,

8. A critic of Thomas Otway’s “Venice Preserv’d” wishes to know why the play’s conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, are portrayed in a sympathetic light. She examines the author’s life and times and discovers that there are obvious similarities between the conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot. She is most likely a critic ?

   A. Historical
   B. Feminist
   C. Tory
   D. Psychological

9. One of Marlowe’s earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem ’Pharsalia’, written by which Roman poet ?

   A. Ovid
   B. Lucan
   C. Virgil
   D. Horace

10. One of Marlowe’s most famous poems was an account of which lovers ?

    A. Anthony and Cleopatra
    B. Hero and Leander
    C. Troilus and Cressida
    D. Apollo and Hyacinth