A. All royalties from the sale of books went to the crown (hence the name).
B. Poets were required to have a university diploma (the original \poetic license\).
C. All books had to be dedicated to a noble or royal patron.
D. All books had to be submitted for official approval before publication.
Related Mcqs:
- According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by “legitimate” drama ?
A. The dramaturge and playwright had to be related.
B. All of the actors were male.
C. All of the actors were British.
D. The play was spoken. - According to a theater licensing act, repealed in 1843, what was meant by \legitimate\ drama ?
A. The dramaturge and playwright had to be related.
B. All of the actors were male.
C. All of the actors were British.
D. The play was spoken. - Which religious radical advocated the civic toleration of all religions, including Catholicism, Judaism, and Islam ?
A. John Lilburne
B. William Laud
C. Roger Williams
D. Oliver Cromwell - Which of the following was not one of the four bodily humours ?
A. choler
B. blood
C. cholesterol
D. black bile - What was one of the first acts of Parliament after the outbreak of hostilities in the First Civil War ?
A. the abolishment of public plays and sports
B. the conversion of the English church to Catholicism
C. the adoption of English as the official language
D. the consolidation of power in an absolute monarch - Who authored the scholarly biography, Life of Donne ?
A. Izaak Walton
B. Katherine Philips
C. John Skelton
D. Isabella Whitney - Which of the following was not an expressed objective of the \Long Parliament\ when it convened in 1640 ?
A. abolishing extra-legal taxes and courts
B. mounting a revolution and executing the king
C. bringing to trial the king’s hated ministers, Strafford and Laud
D. remaining in session until they themselves agreed to disband - Which poet was a member of the powerful and culturally influential Sidney family ?
A. Ben Jonson
B. Aemilia Lanyer
C. Samuel Daniel
D. Mary Wroth - Restored to the throne in 1660, Charles II ruled_______________?
A. with an absolute prerogative his father would have envied.
B. through a system of draconian military courts.
C. with deference to Parliament’s legislative supremacy.
D. only a small area around London and Oxford. - Which of the following was characteristic of the court of James I ?
A. gluttonous feasting
B. hard drinking
C. hunting
D. all of the above
