The foremost poet of Jacobean era was ?

Related Mcqs:

1. The Jacobean era succeeds the ___________and precedes the Caroline era, and specifically denotes a style of architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is predominant of that period ?

   A. Elizabethan era
   B. English Reformation
   C. England
   D. Tudor period

2. Jonson was also an important innovator in the specialized literary sub-genre of the….., which went through an intense development in the Jacobean era ?

   A. William Shakespeare
   B. Ben Jonson
   C. Masque
   D. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

3. The Jacobean era ended with a severe economic depression in 1620-1626, complicated by a serious outbreak of ____________in London in 1625 ?

   A. Cholera
   B. Tuberculosis
   C. Bubonic plague
   D. Plague (disease)

4. “The Jacobean Era” refers to a period of time in the early 17th century in which of the following countries ?

   A. Jordan
   B. England
   C. Malaysia
   D. Tunisia

5. What proceeded Jacobean era ?

   A. Elizabethan Era
   B. Caroline era
   C. Victorian era
   D. Jacobean Era

6. What major new prose genre emerged in the Jacobean era ?

   A. the novel
   B. the sermon
   C. the familiar essay
   D. the diary

7. Which of the following female authors of the Jacobean era wrote a work that became the \first\of its kind to be published by an English woman ?

   A. Rachel Speght
   B. Aemilia Lanyer
   C. Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland
   D. all of the above

8. The word “Jacobean” is derived from the ___________ name Jacob, which is the original form of the English name James?

   A. Samaritan Hebrew language
   B. Biblical Hebrew
   C. Mishnaic Hebrew
   D. Hebrew language

9. Which of the following plays was not authored by Shakespeare in the Jacobean period ?

   A. Othello
   B. Volpone
   C. King Lear
   D. Antony and Cleopatra

10. He was famed for great skill in horsemanship; he was foremost at all races and cockfights; and, with the ascendancy which bodily strength acquires in rustic life, was the umpire in all disputes. He was always ready for either a fight or a frolic, but had more mischief and good humor than ill will in his composition. Who is this ?

    A. Cotton Mather
    B. Diedrich Knickerbocker
    C. Brom Bones
    D. Geoffrey Crayon