English MCQs — Test 54
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Question 1
Who was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn who also reigned as Queen of England from 1558 to1603 ?
Question 2
Christopher Marlowe’s “Faustus” is an example of what dramatic genre ?
Question 3
Fill in the blank. The economic analysis of poverty was advanced by______________ in the fourteenth century?
Question 4
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.
Question 5
The work of John Foxe was no longer read or heeded in educated circles after which major historical event ?
Question 6
“The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses” is an example of what dramatic genre ?
Question 7
Which of the following writers remained a firm believer in the Royal Supremacy ?
Question 8
Fill in the blank. ____________ is remembered as the “Morning Star of the Reformation.”
Question 9
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 ?
Question 10
Fill in the blank. Although Sir Philip Sidney is writing 200 years before the …. revolution, he presents a very inward and self-absorbed narrator in “Astrophil and Stella.” ?