Who was considered to be England’s first literary celebrity ?

A. John donne
B. Sir walter raleigh
C. Sir thomas more
D. John foxe

John Milton’s “Lycidas” is what genre of poetry ?

A. A pastoral elegy
B. A satire
C. An epic
D. A mock-epic

Which queen of England attended a number of William Shakespeare’s play ?

A. Queen elizabeth i
B. Queen elizabeth ii
C. Queen anne
D. Both a and b

William Shakespeare’s “Henry V” is an example of what dramatic genre ?

A. Tragedy
B. Comedy
C. Romance
D. History

Fill in the blank. John Lyly’s ________ exercised considerable influence upon its author’s contemporaries?

A. “euphues”
B. “paradise lost”
C. “utopia”
D. “zelauto”

There was greater emphasis placed on human potentiality for growth and excellence through Europe by which year ?

A. 1400
B. 1500
C. 1600
D. 1650

Fill in the blank. _______ was a Christian theologian and Augustinian monk whose teachings inspired the Protestant Reformation?

A. Niccolo machiavelli
B. Martin luther
C. John milton
D. John wycliffe

Fill in the blank. In 1585, _______________ sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island (now North Carolina)?

A. Sir thomas more
B. Sir walter raleigh
C. John foxe
D. John lyly

What doctrine significantly influenced Sir Thomas More’s “Utopia” ?

A. Marxism
B. Christian humanism
C. Feminism
D. New historicism

Compared to Aquinas, the writers of Florentine humanism considered which of the following only unsystematically ?

A. Sex
B. Emotions
C. Psychology
D. All of the above