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 ?

Related Mcqs:

1. The shepherd in “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” is_________________?

   A. sentimental
   B. practical
   C. irresponsible
   D. romantic

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. 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

4. After the death of Christopher Marlowe who completed his unfinished poem “Hero and Leander” ?

   A. Shakespeare
   B. Thomas Nash
   C. George Chapman
   D. Thomas More

5. the first fire-breathing dragon in English literature occurs in which Old English epic poem ?

   A. Iliad
   B. Odyssey
   C. Beowulf
   D. Canterbury Tales

6. Who wrote one of the most famous African American poems that begins with “what happens to a dream deferred” ?

   A. Alice Walker
   B. Etheridge Knight
   C. Martin Luther King, Jr.
   D. Langston Hughes

7. What author wrote the poem “Whoso list to hunt” ?

   A. Sir Philip Sidney
   B. Sir Thomas More
   C. Thomas Wyatt
   D. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

8. From which of Shakespeare’s plays is this famous line: ’Did my heart love til now?/ Forswear it, sight/ For I never saw a true beauty until this night’. ?

   A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
   B. Hamlet
   C. Othello
   D. Romeo and Juliet

9. 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

10. The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject ?

    A. Sexuality
    B. Criticism of the queen
    C. Murder
    D. Witchcraft