Question: The Petrarchan sonnet is composed of how many lines ?

• 1. 9
• 2. 10
• 3. 12
• 4. 14

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

• 1. Untypical
• 2. Not untypical
• 3. Exploded
• 4. Rejected

Question: Choose the best answer. Which of the following statements is true concerning epic poetry ?

• 1. Epic poetry is of a moral nature and tends to the promotion of virtue.
• 2. “Canterbury Tales” is an example of epic poetry.
• 3. All of the above answers are true.
• 4. Both A and B are true.

Question: Who was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn who also reigned as Queen of England from 1558 to1603 ?

• 1. Elizabeth I
• 2. Elizabeth II
• 3. Mary, Queen of Scots
• 4. Catherine of Aragon

Question: Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks. Throughout the Middle Ages, English drama, like that of other European countries, was mainly ______________ and ______________?

• 1. Psychological, Sexual
• 2. Religious, Didactic
• 3. Emotional, Psychological
• 4. none of these

Question: Fill in the blank. Martin Luther nailed his _____________ to a church door in Wittenberg, accusing the Roman Catholic Church of heresy upon heresy?

• 1. “Paradise Lost”
• 2. “95 Theses”
• 3. “The Bible”
• 4. “Piers Plowman”

Question: Fill in the blank. John Lyly’s style is best described as ___________________?

• 1. Anachronistic
• 2. Euphuistic
• 3. Marxist
• 4. Solipsistic

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

• 1. Restoration
• 2. Glorious Revolution
• 3. French Revolution
• 4. Seven Years War

Question: Fill in the blanks. From being narrowly focused on the achievements of north Italians in the______________ and early ____________centuries, the Renaissance is now being seen in a far wider context.

• 1. 12th and 13th
• 2. 14th and 15th
• 3. 15th and 16th
• 4. Non of these

Question: Fill in the blank. The economic analysis of poverty was advanced by______________ in the fourteenth century?

• 1. Petrarch
• 2. Dante
• 3. Langland
• 4. Machiavelli