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The foundation story of what poem is the Genesis account of the Creation of the world and of Adam and Eve, culminating in the drama of their temptation and fall ?
A. “Canterbury Tales”
B. “The Faerie Queen”
C. “Paradise Lost”
D. “The Prelude”
Sir Thomas More wrote what famous text ?
A. “Toxophilus”
B. “Utopia”
C. “The Inferno”
D. “Paradise Lost”
Who was in charge of organizing court festivities and entertainment of the English court ?
A. Court Jester
B. Master of Revels
C. Master of Rebels
D. Master of Ceremonies
Who became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I and was knighted and appointed captain of the Queen’s Guard in 1587 ?
A. Sir Thomas More
B. Sir Walter Raleigh
C. Sir Philip Sidney
D. Sir William Shakespeare
Fill in the blank. Christopher Marlowe’s influence on William Shakespeare was in all probability _______________?
A. Very great
B. Insignificant
C. Somewhat significant
D. Impossible
On which of the following topics did Sir Thomas More focus in his “Utopia” ?
A. Riches, jewels, and gold
B. Suicide
C. Marriage and divorce
D. All of the above
In 1534, King Henry VIII was declared head of what church ?
A. The Catholic Church
B. The English Church
C. The Church of God
D. Both A and B
Fill in the blank. Although there is dispute about the actual “invention” of the printing press with movable metal type, _________ is usually the man credited with the invention.
A. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Johan Gutenberg
C. Peter Schoeffer
D. Johannes Fust
Edmund Spenser wrote what famous text ?
A. “Paradise Lost”
B. “The Faerie Queen”
C. “The Prelude”
D. “Canterbury Tales”
Fill in the blank. John Lyly’s ________ exercised considerable influence upon its author’s contemporaries?
A. “Euphues”
B. “Paradise Lost”
C. “Utopia”
D. “Zelauto”
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