Which of the following is an important component of John Foxe’s martyrology ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Fill in the blank. In the second edition of_________________, John Foxe promised that he would edit a collection of the works of William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes?

   A. “Acts and Monuments”
   B. “Utopia”
   C. “Euphues”
   D. “Paradise Regained”

2. In “The Book of Martyrs,” John Foxe provides a record of all known Christian martyrs throughout history, focusing on the persecution of people practicing which religion ?

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

3. The work of John Foxe was no longer read or heeded in educated circles after which major historical event ?

   A. Restoration
   B. Glorious Revolution
   C. French Revolution
   D. Seven Years War

4. Fill in the blank. John Foxe’s ambiguous attitude towards the Elizabethan church was ______________?

   A. Untypical
   B. Not untypical
   C. Exploded
   D. Rejected

5. Fill in the blank. John Foxe was deeply disgusted by the _______________, and could not believe that any honest Christian could accept its doctrinal basis ?

   A. Mass
   B. Transubstantiation
   C. Resurrection
   D. both A and C

6. Fill in the blank. John Foxe was extremely sensitive to the_______________?

   A. Buddhist
   B. Anglican
   C. Quaker
   D. Catholic

7. What Renaissance text uses martyrology as a device to historicize the conflict between the true Church and the false Church in England ?

   A. “Euphues”
   B. “Paradise Lost”
   C. “Paradise Regained”
   D. “Acts and Monuments”

8. Which of the following themes or subjects was not common in the works of Cavalier poets, such as Thomas Carew, Sir John Denham, Edmund Walter, Sir John Suckling, James Shirely, Richard Lovelace, and Robert Herrick ?

   A. courtly ideals of the good life
   B. carpe diem
   C. loyalty to the king
   D. pious devotion to religious virtues

9. Where was John Milton born? Where was John Milton born ?

   A. London
   B. Bristol
   C. Wales
   D. Yorkshire

10. John Dryden’s poem “Annus Mirabilis” emphasizes the solution to which of the following important Restoration problems or events ?

    A. England’s power to overcome the recent plague and the great fire of London
    B. The monarch’s ability to squelch continuing Puritan resistance
    C. The church’s potential to unify the populace after the English revolution
    D. Parliament’s ability to restrain the power of the King