Who was in charge of organizing court festivities and entertainment of the English court ?

Related Mcqs:

1. “When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. … After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading…”?

   A. Samson Occcum
   B. John Winthrop
   C. Benjamin Franklin
   D. Mayflower Compact

2. What was a favorite entertainment in Elizabeth’s court ?

   A. Swimming
   B. Gambling
   C. Jousting
   D. Backgammon

3. Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces, which of these was not in his charge ?

   A. Westminster Palace
   B. Tower of London
   C. St. George’s chapel at Windsor
   D. Buckingham Palace

4. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?

   A. Sir Thomas Malory
   B. Geoffrey Chaucer
   C. Caedmon
   D. John Gower

5. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?

   A. Bede
   B. Sir Thomas Malory
   C. Geoffrey Chaucer
   D. Caedmon

6. 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

7. the first fire-breathing dragon in English literature occurs in which Old English epic poem ?

   A. Iliad
   B. Odyssey
   C. Beowulf
   D. Canterbury Tales

8. Sir Thomas More held which of the following positions in the English court ?

   A. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
   B. Speaker of the House of Commons
   C. Master of Requests
   D. All of the above

9. Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law ?

   A. tenth
   B. twelfth
   C. thirteenth
   D. fourteenth

10. Who authored Il Cortigiano (The Courtier), a book that was highly influential in the English court, providing subtle guidance on self-display ?

    A. Cavalcanti
    B. Castiglione
    C. Pirandello
    D. Boccaccio