Which work did Edmund Spenser author ?

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1. In which work Edmund Spenser celebrates his marriage with Elizabeth Boyle ?

   A. Prothalamion
   B. Faerie Queen
   C. Epithalamion
   D. Amoretti

2. In which work of Edmund Spenser the Ape and the Fox serve to satirize the customs of the court ?

   A. The Teares of the Muses
   B. Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberds Tale
   C. Muiopotmos, or the Fate of the Butterflie
   D. Ruines of Rome: by Bellay

3. To whom did Edmund Spenser dedicate his work The Shepheardes Calender ?

   A. Philip Sidney
   B. Boyle
   C. Queen Elizabeth
   D. Chaucer

4. To whom Edmund Spenser dedicated the work The Faerie Queene ?

   A. Sidney
   B. Elizabeth
   C. Mary
   D. Chaucer

5. Which one of the following is an unfinished work of Edmund Spenser ?

   A. The Faerie Queene
   B. Amoretti
   C. The Shepheardes Calender
   D. Astrophel

6. The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject ?

   A. Sexuality
   B. Criticism of the queen
   C. Murder
   D. Witchcraft

7. Who was Edmund Spenser’s patron ?

   A. The Earl of Leicester
   B. Elizabeth
   C. Lord Burleigh
   D. Francis Bacon

8. Which royal dynasty Edmund Spenser celebrates in his epic poem The Faerie Queene ?

   A. Tudor
   B. Stuart
   C. Anjou
   D. Plantagenet

9. When was Edmund Spenser born ?

   A. 1542
   B. 1552
   C. 1569
   D. 1558

10. In which year did Edmund Spenser publish his poem The Shepheardes Calender ?

    A. 1568
    B. 1579
    C. 1597
    D. 1585