Religion played a pivotal part in Elizabethan life. Protestants, Catholics, Puritans, and other religious groups jostled for power and survival in uncertain times. In 1559, an Act of Parliament was passed which determined the “supreme governor” of all things spiritual. Who was it ?

Related Mcqs:

1. The Puritans who settled Massachusetts Bay were non-separating Puritans, which meant ?

   A. They did not want to disassociate from the Church of England
   B. Separate from church of England
   C. Start their own beliefs
   D. Create seperation

2. The Puritans who settled Plymouth Colony were separating Puritans which meant ?

   A. Continue being apart of the Church of England
   B. Reform
   C. Separate from the Church of England
   D. None of the above

3. Which historical figure initiated a series of religious persecutions condemning Protestants as heretics and burning them at the stake in the 1550s ?

   A. Archbishop Cranmer
   B. Catherine of Aragon
   C. Elizabeth I
   D. Mary Tudor

4. When the Parliament, controlled by the puritans, took power in England, one of the acts that greatly influenced Literature of that time was_____________?

   A. The closing of theatres
   B. The return of the King.
   C. King Arthurs’ dead
   D. King to exile

5. Which of the following was not a cause associated with militant Protestant reformers (Puritans, Presbyterians, and separatists) ?

   A. the pursuit of a more confrontational policy towards Catholic powers
   B. the elimination of bishops
   C. the right of congregations to choose their own leaders
   D. the wider use of religious images in churches

6. Shakespeare makes fun of the Puritans in his play ?

   A. Twelfth Night
   B. Hamlet
   C. The Tempest
   D. Henry IV,Pt I

7. How did increased lay participation in religious life impact monasteries ?

   A. it made them more valuable sources of information
   B. it made them seem irrelevant since they separated religious life from worldly life
   C. it made them more important since there were few literate lay worshipers
   D. it made them symbols of the Church’s progress

8. What religion had the most political and social power in Shakespeare’s time ?

   A. Catholicism
   B. Buddhism
   C. Protestantism
   D. Mormonism

9. What approach to literary criticism requires the critic to know about the author’s life and times ?

   A. Historical
   B. Formalist
   C. Mimetic
   D. All of these

10. 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