A. Nicholas Udall
B. Thomas Colwell
C. Lord Burghley
D. none of the above
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - “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 - “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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - In which section of The Divine Comedy does Saint Bernard appear ?
A. The Inferno
B. The Convivio
C. The Purgatorio
D. The Paradiso - 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 - Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?
A. Sir Thomas Malory
B. Geoffrey Chaucer
C. Caedmon
D. John Gower - Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?
A. Bede
B. Sir Thomas Malory
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. Caedmon