A. Poliziano
B. Cervantes
C. Martin Luther
D. Alexander VI
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 - Who translated Utopia in English language ?
A. Thomas More
B. Thomas lodge
C. Ralph Robinson
D. William Tyndale - Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures ?
A. Beowulf
B. Arthur
C. Augustine of Canterbury
D. Alfred - Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures ?
A. Beowulf
B. Arthur
C. Caedmon
D. Augustine of Canterbury - Faustus’ servant shares his name with a famous German composer. Who ?
A. Bach
B. Schumann
C. Beethoven
D. Wagner - Martin Luther’s translation of what text helped to develop a standard version of the German language and added several principles to the art of translation ?
A. “Paradise Lost”
B. “Canterbury Tales”
C. “The Bible”
D. “Piers Plowman” - As a result of the outbreak of World War I and anti-German sentiment which important British public figure had to adopt the family name of Windsor ?
A. The Suffragette Emmeline Pankhust
B. King George V
C. King Edward VII
D. King James II - When did John Milton die ?
A. 4 February 1702
B. 2 June 1700
C. 17 April 1688
D. 8 November 1674 - what sparked the Renaissance ?
A. The Feudal system was collapsing
B. the “95 theses”
C. the Crusades
D. the Black Plague - Which of the following works was NOT written by John Milton ?
A. ’L’Allegro’
B. ’Lycidas’
C. ’Il Penseroso’
D. ’Absolom and Achitophel’