The first regular English comedy, based on the model of the Latin comedy, is attributed to___________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following sixteenth-century works of English literature was translated into the English language after its first publication in Latin ?

   A. Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
   B. William Shakespeare’s King Lear
   C. Thomas More’s The History of King Richard III
   D. Thomas More’s Utopia

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. “The tragic-comedy which is the product of the English theatre is one the most monstrous inventions that ever entered into a poet’s thought.” Whose view is this ?

   A. John Dryden’s
   B. Alexander Pope’s
   C. Joseph Addison’s
   D. Dr. Johnson’s

4. Which of the following is the earliest comedy of Shakespeare ?

   A. A mid summer night’s dream
   B. Much ado about nothing
   C. As you like it
   D. Love’s labour’s lost

5. Fill in the blank. According to Dr. Debra Schwartz, Greek “new comedy” was often characterized as being ?

   A. Highly sexual
   B. Violent
   C. Satirical
   D. Dull and political

6. Fill in the blank. According to Dr. Debora Schwartz, Greek “old comedy” was often characterized as being ?

   A. Highly sexual
   B. Not comedic at all
   C. Satirical and political
   D. Grounded in religion

7. In which section of The Divine Comedy does Saint Bernard appear ?

   A. The Inferno
   B. The Convivio
   C. The Purgatorio
   D. The Paradiso

8. In The Divine Comedy, what do many critics believe Beatrice allegorically represents ?

   A. Natural light
   B. Revelations
   C. The light of grace
   D. All of the above

9. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?

   A. Sir Thomas Malory
   B. Geoffrey Chaucer
   C. Caedmon
   D. John Gower

10. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?

    A. Bede
    B. Sir Thomas Malory
    C. Geoffrey Chaucer
    D. Caedmon